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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 31. 



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i ■ 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



074 West HadXaon Streets Chicago, III. 



Contents of this Number. 



K. 111. .rl;. I : 



Editorial Items : 



273 



Lecture at St. Joseph, Uo 273 



Indiana State hair an 



Local Fairs l'7:i 



Taking nim at Hi- Word 273 



AmuiiK ■■in Exchange m : 



The Dees .-i Honej 274 



Mow. What and When to Peed 274 



Pasture for B*esa Necessity 274 



kfani imb Honey -"4 



i over asa Fertiliser -74 



Correspondent-* : 



Hon to Winter it"'-- Successfully 275 



How to Get Kldol Fertile Workers 273 



The Degeneral ol Bees 275 



a Model Prise List for Fairs 27fi 



Introducing Queens 278 



improving Honej Plants 276 



A Pew Interesting Pacta 276 



i iris doI Sending Queens bj Mail 2~>: 



Cj pi Ian and Palesi ii -~~ 



1 he Taledm in Society -77 



uaother Way ■ i Bwlndling 277 



t on v • -ni ."n Noli'* : 



Brin-ti Beeand Hone) Bbow l'77 



Bee-Keepers' i nton 274 



Selections from our i .•- 1 1 ■- • itox : 



Thorougbworl 278 



Weather Scorching, hut Sweet Clover 



\ leldlng Honey 27s 



Light Honey Crop 278 



Drouth in Texas 278 



The Docility ol 'vprluns 278 



Cellar \ entllatlon 278 



Hncb Interested 278 



one Hundred Pounds per Colony 278 



Anotbei Be 278 



Distance Between Prames. 278 



The Bee Moth 278 



My Keport 278 



Sections with VI i Instead ol Glass 278 



Hopes almosl Blasted 27m 



b@" \\ <■ received, too late Eoi inser- 

 tion in the programme of tin 1 National 

 Convention, information thai Mr. W. 

 T. Stewart, of Eminence, Ky., will 

 furnieb an article <>ii •• The Cultivation 

 of Honey- Producing Plants." 



<jg* It will p;i\ to devote a few hours 

 in getting up a clubfortbe Bee Jour- 

 nal. Read the list of premiums on 

 15. Every bee-keeper should 

 carefully examine this Journal. 



CYPRIANS ONLY, 



l will -eii i-tni [Langstroth) Nuclei, with Dn- 



■ pprian Queen, for 94 ; with Tested do., f 5. 

 Beady now. Bees by the pound, ai 



.1. H. I!. SHERBICE, 



Mt. /tun. Macon Count] . i II. 



•mwji 



Kxeebior Honey Extractors. ITALIAN BEES Books for Bee-Keepers. 



All standard colonies have elsht fnmitit. 17M " 



The following letter explains itself: 



\ II \i.» >■ -. 



Uoney (Extractor iwlth three-sided « 1 



to day and tested, I And it EXCELLENT. 

 I ran take from my hives, extract, and return 

 frames at the rate ol 1**0 pounds per hoar. 

 Do not know how long 1 could keep up at that rale. 

 I: this Isn't work, it resembles u very much. 



Truly yours, J. M BHDCK. 

 Dee Moines, i issi. 



Size* and Price* of Exlractom : 

 No. 1— for u Lannstrotb frames. 10x18 Inc — 



No. 2— fori* American frames. 13x13 inc 



No. 3— for _■ frames of any size, 13x20 inc — 

 No. 4— for 3 frames of any else, 12%x220lnc. 

 No. 5— for 4 frames Of any size. 13x20 Inc.... 



S* 1 xi 



S INI 



1 2 00 



All standard : fran 



Inc long and 11 Inc. deep All Nuclei, frames 11 ' ( 

 Inc. long and n*i inc. deep. Single full ■ ■ 

 |IO: in lots of five, each It) 1 In loiaol ton 

 each *-> : single pure Tested Queen, * 

 frame Nucleus, Tested Queen Juno, % 

 frame do., $4; 3* frame do., $5 ; l-fi 

 July, Angus! and September, 5 lr.i 1 s Nucleus, 

 Tested Italian Queen, J ■•. No Dollar Queens 

 bandied Wlllguarantee safe delivery 1 

 terminus "i every order from mi yards, Ship- 

 ping facllltlei I 1 With 

 ■jit rears expei lence in the props rid hand- 

 ling "f Italian bees, J think Loan suit > ; . 

 fastidious. 



■i ...... . attention, monej should be 



sent by New fork iir.itt 01 pnel on" Dionej order. 



No discount in 'in aboi e schedule. 



Address :iii communli atlons t>> 



.1. II. KOIM It I SUN. 



ivwtf Pewamo, Ionia Co., Mich. 



Kiiiijliaiii Hit Smoker. I 



The tlrst pra.t iral he! !■ i« 



n-. 1 fc * 

 The drsl and original patent smoker. 2 > S 



The iir-i never ta line bee controller. *- 1 & 



The Mr^t direct draft bellows b ker. 2. * e 



The first to burn stove » land notgo out K ■_ '; 



The iir*-t durable bellows 1 smoker. <& * i_ 



The Hrsi to create a demand for smokers. a •*> ,_ 



The first to meet the wants ol b keepers. 5 fc r- 



Thfl first 1 Lnder prooi bellows smoker. 5 C £ 

 The first twentj thousand now in use. **£,■■ - 



The first complaint yel to be received, a & 



it vet t" he rel 1 ;£ es 



n 



The firal ill ini; for bee-keepers to do, to save Im- 

 position and money, a\h) be happy and safe, Is to 

 send a curd for testimonials, <>r half dozen rates, to 



BINGHAM & HETHERINGT0N, 



ABRONLA, MICH. 



ALFRED H. XEWMAX, 

 972 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



I can now furnish ITALIAN QUEENS. BY 

 RETl'RV If AIL, at the following prices: 



Tested Queens *i 50 



\\ ai ranted Queens 1 no 



Cyprian Queens, untested 1 00 



As most all the DoIlarQueens I sold 

 1 .1-1 year were pure, I will v. irranl 

 them this year. J.T, Wilson, 

 Mortonsvllle, Woodford Co., Ky 



THE KANSAS BEE-KEEPER, 



Published Monthly at Columbus, Kan., 



a new slxteen-column bee paper, devoted entirely 

 totbebesl Interests ol honey producers; dealers 

 In Supplies and breeders "i Queens and Bees. 

 Will be sent to any address one year for only thirty 

 cents. We olubwltb the Weekly American Bee 

 Journal for only $2.15. Sample copies free. Ad- 

 dress, BCOVELL \ ANDERSON. 

 -'*wtf Columbus, Kansas. 



Rev. A. SALISBURY 



Camargo, Douglas County, 111. 



Warranted Italian Queens, $1.00 J Tested Italian 



Queens, $2 ; Cyprian Queens, S2.O0; 



TestedCyprlan Queens, $4 ; 1 frame 

 Nucleus, Italians, $4,00; 1 frame Nu- 

 cleus, Cyprians, $5 j Colony of Ital- 

 ians, B frames, $8.00 i Colony ol Cj 1 1 

 rlans, B 1 rames, $iu.(ni. Wax worked 

 HOo, per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 



in Dunbam Btachlne, 26 lbs, or over. 



|3s T ~8end for Circular. lwly 



:i."ic. per lb. 



Fortbe past few years 1 hai a this 



food my leading article. Having the best estab- 



ln PI KE 

 1 rom the Aplai Ii -. enables me to 

 obtain iiie blghesl market prices. N our consign- 

 ments and corn oil* Ited. 



E. A. BURNETT. Commission Merchant, 



Bnooeesor t ner, Burnett A Co., 



:nwi:tt Water Street, Chicago, III, 



\\ 



\ NTED Vou ular and 



Price ii-t ol A mvrlcan-Itall»n«« 



JOS, H. BBOOKSA ItlCO., 



iiiwiMn ■ olumbus, ind. 



WANTED A few tonsol Fork StuteCOMB 

 HONEY It amount, how ■ 



it can lie put in shipping order, an 

 82w4tp K. 1. BAOE, Wethersfleld, C 1. 



I M \\Y TO MAKE MONET. For particulars 

 1 1 \ Ml enclose 10 cents i" Look Buz :i 1 h, 



Kalannuo o. Mich. 



crjrr 1 \ sample copy ol tbeNwn BzuflsuidJBee 

 rntC 1 .loiirnui. 11 P .Mechanic Falls, Me. 



3iWtf 



HONEY A SPEGIALH. 



W. I". OOITITBII, 



I. ;i 1 1- ill Conner, Burnett A Ci>.. 



Kil So. Water Street, Chicago, 



PRODUCE COMMISSION. 



Weasl «pond with ns before dispos- 



ing of your HONEI CkOP, as can be of much 



co tlntelltgencG 11 all parts 



nil he cou 



We would refer t" Jamxs Hiddon, Dos 



Mich., and .Ida I man \ SONS, Dundee, III. HlWly 



FLAT- HOI TOM 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



ihu'Ii side-walls, • i" i'i square feel u 

 the pound. i Ircularand samples free. 

 .1. van DEI ^i:n \ SONS, 

 Bole Manufacturers, 

 Bpronl Brook, Mont <'->.. n. v. 



TIio British Bee Journal, 



and BEE-KEEPER'S ADVISER. 

 The British Bse Journal Is published monthly at 

 tains the best practical Inl atlon 



Inr the tune being, showliik' what to do, and when 



and howtododoTt C.N.ABBOTT, Bee Master 



1 School of Apiculture, Falrlawn. Southall, London. 



JUST WHAT YOU HAVE WANTED ! 



A Good Foundation Machine 



FOR ONLY FIVE DOLLARS! 



and one that works with 



RAPIDITY AMI SATISFACTION. 



Having been persuaded to t:>'t up several fbrmy 

 Immediate Mends,] bare on hand the patterns, 

 etc., tu make anv number. Therefore, send In vmr 

 orders. [Slwtf] W. a. PUEJLPS, Oalena, Md. 



Given's Foundation Press 



The latest ImproTement In Foundation. Our 



thin and common Koundati< m 1- ie it surpassed. 

 The only invention to make Foundation In the 



wired frame. All Tresses warranted to give s;:ti>- 

 tactlini. Send for Catal ogue and Samplea 

 lwly l>. j*. OIVKV, Hoopeaton. III. 



THE CANADIAN FABMER. 



niE 0x1.1 



Agricultural Weekly 



1 ■ 1 ■ 1 1 1 1 a b 1 1 1 in n 1 1 



Dominion of Canada. 



This practical Journal Is now In Its Third Wear, 



and etlng with Immense success, The low price 



ol Its subsoi Iptton ($i.tRJ per year) In Its new and 

 Improved form jlti p >. folded ami 



pasted makes It very popular. Its editors are all 

 practical men, it is tin- Besi Advertising Me- 

 dium hi Canada, Sample copies sent free to an] 

 addi ess, 



Uw2tftx A', it. <-»i^-04-k, Welland.Ont. 



DATIS' PATENT HONEY CARR1 \(.i:. 



' REVOLVING 0OUB-HJ WQBR, 



Tool Box and Recording Desk Combined. 



Carrie;* honey from the hive to the Extractor, s set 

 of iipiiirinTi tools, metal lined drawei 

 combs and fragraonts ol wax, rovolvlng comb- 

 hanger, which holds comb Brmlj while pru 

 fiiitiiiK out Queen cells, writing desk, and ws h 

 ba in ; will 11. .1 break nor bi ulse combs . 

 in lit nil 1 e acting and brood coml 



is less laborious to handle than the ordinal 1 band- 

 ba Itets Write 1 0111 i< ai d, and 



II to JOHN K. i» \ » I*. 



aowl] Patentee and Proprietor, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



For* s ILS. hoi eEi irtne an<1 Bolli 

 complete. Price, 1100. Also, Tested Italian 

 and 1 vpnan Queeruv |i.5<) each 

 Address RET. -»»* WOODB1 it\. 

 p Wvormore. Westmoreland Co., Pa. 



Sent bj mall, postpaid, on receipt of price, by 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN. 

 Weal Uadlaon Btreet. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Bee-Kecpei**a Guide : «n - . < sok'i Uunuui 

 ••I 1 h« kplury. 



Illustrated and fully "up with the times "on every 

 subject e. Ii 1- inn only Instructive, 



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thou) Cloth, SI. SA ; paper cover, SI. 

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and forcible, making all it.* re . tlmt ita 



author la master of the -<: 1 1 ^1 ..-,4». 

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 Klnsr*a Bee-Keepera 1 Text-Book, by A. J. 



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I.itiiifklrolli on the lllvt* and Unite-, lice. 



- This Is a standard sclentlflo work. Price, BS. 



Bleaaed it'-* 1 *, by John Allen. A roma 

 bee-keeping, lull <<i practical Information and 

 contagious th, $1.00. 



1:. . » .-i Mil Honey ; or, aaccesafstl munnxc- 



men I ol' I he A pi my, l.y Th..iiias ii. Nev. 



This embi il lowing subjects: 1. (.ration 



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Swarming Dividing- I'ransfeiTlog 

 Italianizing— Introducing Queens 

 Quieting and Handling Bees Uarketlng Honey 



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Dzlerxon Theory : preai damen- 



print iples ol bee-culture, ana rurnisbi 



1 demonstrate them, ifia 



II ..11. v . sui Food and Me ill »•! ne, by Thoaj&B 

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Ancient History ol Bees and Honoy . t tit- nature, 

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 .Market; Hone] pes for making 



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Wintering Bees. - This contains the Prize 

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 ■ was awarded to Pro! Cook's Essay, which la here 

 given in tuil. Price, lOc. 



Thi'llhi- 1 Use Being a description of the 

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Extracted Honey 1 Hstrreetlngft Haadl- 



lag and afarketlng.— A M-page pamphlet, by 



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Practical Hint* to Bee-Keepers, by Cbae. 

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Kendall's Horse Boole. Not k could be 



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