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Contents of this Number. 



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Editorial t 



Editorial Items 2 



The National Convention 



More Good Words for Sweet Clover.... 



The Chicago Fair 



Metni i urners for Crate Covers 



Arkansas State Fttir 



Cook's Manual tit the Apiary 



Boney in the Hastern Markets 



St. Joseph. Mo.. Bee and Honey Show. . 



Among our Exchange" : 



Ligurlan Honey Bees 



Effects of Adulterations 



Bee Forage and Bee Keeping 



Bees and Honey at the Nebraska Fair., 

 English Law Regarding Bees 



Correspondence : 



Reproduction in the Honey Bee , 



Wintering Bee- In Texas 



Spruce Bonej Kegs 



The Arrival ui the Prize Queens 



The Wintering .it Bees 



Parthenogenesis again 



The Degeneration of Bees , 



Preparing B^es for Winter 



Convention Note* : 



Lecture on Bees and Honey 301 



Bee and Hom-v show at Manchester, Eng. am 

 Convention Notices 301 



Selection* from Our Letter Box : 



Amount of Honey Needed for Winter.... 302 



i i lit i. mm Honey Crop 302 



Maine Items 302 



Great Trotting Week at Lexington Ky... 902 



Autumn Boney Crop 303 



Well Sold.... 302 



Those Italian Bees In Australia 302 



Drone Eggs tmin Young Queens 302 



Better tb n Expected 302 



Light Busswnod Yield 3"2 



Another of H. A. Burch's Customers 302 



Bees have Done Well 302 



Bees and Honey in G orgia 302 



Three Hundred Pounds tn>ni One Colony. 302 



Bee and Hnney Show at Baltimore, Md... 302 



Good Honey Crop 802 



Cyprian Bees 802 



A Ton of Comb Honey from 35 Colonies.. 302 



Bees in New Jersey 302 



Virgil's Bee Lore 302 



rfir It will pay to devote a few hours 

 in getting up a club for the Bee Jour- 

 nal. Read the list of premiums on 

 another page, and take advantage of 

 the fall gatherings to get up clubs. 



Double-Boarded Langstroth Hives, 



A few good colonies of Cyprlan.Holj Land, Hun- 

 garian and Italian bees for sale In the above bives. 



They require the lensl Inn r and labor in their 



construction of any hive in use— best hive forwln- 

 ter. Send for price list. 

 37w3t II. ALLEY, Wenharu, Mass. 



SEEDS FOR 



Honey Plants. 



I keep at all times a full supply of 

 Seeds for Honey Plants, including 



Melilot Clover, 



White Clover, 



Alsike Clover, 



Mammoth Mignonette, &c. 



Send for my catalogue which gives 

 prices and instructions for planting — 

 sent free upon application. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



)72 West Madison St., 



CHICAGO, III. 



Rev. A. SALISBURY 



Camargo, Douglas County, III. 



Warranted Italian Queens, $1.00; Tested Italian 

 Queens, $'J ; Cyprian Queens, *-.U0 ; 

 TestedCyprian Queens, $4 ; 1 frame 

 Nucleus, Italians, *4.UU; 1 frame Nu- 

 cleus, Cyprians, $o ; Colony of Ital- 

 ians, 8 frames, *8.(JU ; Colony of Cyp- 

 rians. 8 frames, $1U.00. Wax worked 

 10c. per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 

 on Dunham Machine, 25 lbs. or over, 



3.-JC. per lb. |3F"Send forCircular. lwly 



ITALIAN BEES 



AH standard colonies have eight franvs, i?Hi 

 inc. long and 1 1 inc. deep. All Mietel. frames \\H 

 Inc. king and H^H • "<■• deep Single tub colonies, 

 $10: in lots of live, eucti $»; in h.tsof ten or more, 

 each %S : single pure Tested Queen, $2.50; l- 

 frame Nucleus, Tested Queen iJunei, $3.50; 2- 

 frame do.. f4: 3- frame do., *"> : 4*frame do., *"• 50 ; 

 July, August and September, 5-fra • e Nucleus. 



Tested Italian Queen, $3.00. No Dollar Queens 



handled. Will guarantee safe delivery i at express 

 terminusi <>t everv order from my yards. Ship- 

 ping facilities, six times dally to all points. With 

 2ii years 1 experience In the propagation and hand 

 ling of Italian bees, 1 think lean suit the most 

 fastidious, . ,_ . 



To secu e prompt attention, money should be 

 sent by New York draft or post office money order. 



No discount from above schedule. 



Address all communications to 



J. II. ROBERTSON, 



25wtf Pewauio. Ionia Co.. Mich. 



THE KANSAS BEE-KEEPER, 



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