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THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



»74 West Madison Street., Chicago, 111. 



seeds for ITALIAN BEES 



Contents of this Number. 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 805,306, 310 



Are the Cyprians more Ferocious? 305 



Extracting from Surplus Combs, etc 305 



The Honey Harvest in Scotland 306 



Melilot Clover for Slock Pasture 308 



President Garfield Dead 3(XJ 



Programme for National Convention 306 



Correspondence : 



Honey the Proper Food for Bees 307 



The Golden Honey Plant 307 



Italian : i ii 1 1 Cyprian Bees 307 



The Test of the Prize Queens 307 



Honey Sweating and Watery 307 



Have our Bees Degenerated ? 308 



Review of the Season 308 



Bee-Farming and Pasturage 306 



Convention Notes : 



Toronto Bee and Honey Show 309 



Convention Notices 309 



Selections from Our l^etter Box : 



Removing Bees fnim Combs 310 



Another Way of Swindling 310 



Three Years' Experience 3lo 



Is it Foul Brood ? 310 



Changing Blankets 310 



Vindication of H. A. Burch&Co 310 



Beetles for Name 310 



Grape J uice for Bees :i 1 1 > 



Good Honey Crop 310 



The Drouth Ended 310 



M il kweed 310 



A Ton of Honey from 55 Colonies 310 



The Michigan Bee Men 310 



Extract from the Sections 310 



Good Increase 310 



Light Crop 310 



A Remarkable Queen 310 



Appoint Delegates 310 



Kentucky Bee-Keepers' Association 310 



(&* Owing to a combination of for- 

 tuitous circumstances, the editor of 

 the Bee Journal will be able to at- 

 tend the National Society at Lexing- 

 ton, Ky.,on Thursday and Friday, the 

 second and third days of the session. 

 We hope to meet a large and enthusi- 

 astic attendance. 



giT 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 colonics of Cyprian. Holy Land, Hun- 

 garian and Italian bees for sale in the above hives. 

 They require the least lumber and labor in their 

 construction of any hive in use— best hive forwin- 

 ter. Send for price list. 



37w3t II. ALLEY, Wenhum, Mass. 



FOU SALE- 150 Colonies of Italian Bees in 

 Improved Quinby hives, in prime condition. 

 39wly L. C. AXTELL, Ro^eville, Warren Co., 111. 



TIfYW T0 MAKE MONEY. For particulars 

 ilv " enclose 10 cents to Lock Box 318, 

 Kalamazoo. Mich, 34wl3 t 



PPCC J A sample copv of theNewEnglniidBee 

 I I1LL i .Journal. U. Poole, Mechanic Kails, Me. 



$777 



A YEAH and expenses toagents, 

 outfit free.addressl" O Vickery 

 Augusta, Maine. 36wly 



FLAT -BOTTOM 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



__j^^. high side-walls, 4 to 16 square feet to 

 !v;'"^rff the pound. Circular and samples free. 

 J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS, 

 Sole Manufacturers, 

 Sprout Brook, Mont. Co.. N. Y. 



ELECTROTYPES 



Of Engravings used, in the Bee Journal for sale at 

 25 cents per square Inch— no single cut sold for less 

 than 50C. THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



0>74 West Madison Street. Chicago, 111. 



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, 



U72 West Madison St., 



(IIKAOO. H.I.. 



Rev. A. SALISBURY 



Camargo, Douglas County, 111. 



Warranted Italian Queens, $1.00 ; Tested Italian 

 Queens, $2 ; Cyprian Queens. $2.00 ; 

 TestedCvpriiin Queens, $4 ; 1 frame 

 Nucleus, Italians, $4.00; 1 frame Nu- 

 cleus. Cyprians, $5 ; Colony of Ital- 

 ians, 8 frames. $S.0U ; Col< »n y of Cyp- 

 rians, 8 frame:*, $111.00. Wax worked 

 10c. per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 

 on Dunham Machine, 26 lbs. or over, 



35c. per lb. jySend forCircular. lwly 



HONEY A MALTY. 



W. F. CONNER, 



Late of Conner, Burnett & Co., 



161 So. Witter Street, Chicago, 

 G-ZEHNrJEZFt^IL 



PRODUCE COMMISSION, 



We ask you to correspond with us before dispos- 

 ing of your HONEY CROP, as we can be of much 

 service, having constant intelligence from all parts 

 of the country. 



We would refer to James HKimox, Dowagiae, 

 Mich., and J.OATMAN&SONS, Dundee, III. 31wly 



65 ENGRAVINGS 



The Horse 



BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D. 



A TREATISE giving an index of diseases, 

 and the symptoms ; cause and treatment of each, a 

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 hor.se. with the ordinary close, effects and antidote 

 when a poison ; a table with an engraving of the 

 horse's teeth at different ages, with rules for telling 

 the age of the horse ; a valuable collection of re- 

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I*rlce 35 cent*.— Sent on receipt of price, by 



Address, 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



a?) West Madison Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 



JUST WHAT YOU HAVE WANTED ! 



A Good Foundation Machine 



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and one that wurks with 



RAPIDITY AND SATISFACTION. 



Having been persuaded to get up several for my 

 immediate friends. I have on hand the patterns, 

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 orders. Cilwtf I W. G. PHELPS, Galena, Md. 



DAVIS' PATENT HONEY CARRIAGE, 



REVOLVING COMB-HANGER, 



Tool Box and Recording Desk Combined. 



Carries honey from the hive to the Extractor, a set 

 of apiarian tools, metal-lined drawers for broken 

 combs and fragments of wax, revolving comb- 

 hanger, which holds comb firmly while pruning or 

 cutting out queen cells, writing desk, and wash 

 b&* in ; will nut lireuk nor bruise combs ; adjusts 

 to fit all sizes of extracting and brood combs, and 

 is less laborious to handle than the ordinary hand- 

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aowly Patentee and Proprietor, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



Given's Foundation-Press, 



The latest improvement in Foundation. Our thin 

 and common Foundation is not surpassed. The 

 only invention to make Foundation In the wired 

 iniiue. All Presses warranted to give satisfaction. 

 Send for Catalogue and Samples. 



2wly 1>. S. GIVEN, Hoopeston, III. 



All standard colonies have eight frames, 17Vfj 

 inc. long and 11 inc. deep. All Nuclei, frames llji 

 inc. long and lOSf inc. deep. 8ingle full colonies, 

 *l(i ; in lots of tiye, each ftt ; in lots of ten or more, 

 each $m ; single pure Tested Queen, $2.50; 1- 

 frame Nucleus. Tested Queen (June). $3.50; 2- 

 frame do.. $4; 3-frame do., $5 ; 4-frame do., $5.50 ; 

 July, August and September, 5- frame Nucleus, 

 Tested Italian Queen, $5.00. No Dollar Queens 

 handled. Will guarantee safe delivery (at express 

 terminus) ol every order from my yards. Ship- 

 ping facilities, six times daily to all points. With 

 20 years' experience in the propagation and hand- 

 ling of Italian bees, 1 think 1 can suit the most 

 fastidious. 



To secure 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 Pewamo, Ionia Co., Mich. 



THE KANSAS BEE-KEEPER, 



Published Monthly at Columbus, Kan., 



A new sixteen -column bee paper, devoted entirely 

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 in Supplies and breeders of Queens and Bees. 

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 2>twtf Columbus. Kansas. 



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BINGHAM & HETHERINGT0N, 



ABRONIA, MICH. 



Forthe pastfew years I have made this excellent 

 food my leading article. Having the best estab- 

 lished reputation in this city as a dealer in PURE 

 HONEY direct from the Apiaries, enables me to 

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 ments and correspondence respectfully solicited. 



B. A. BURNETT, Commission Merchant, 



Successor to Conner, Burnett & Co., 

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POPULAR HONEY KEGS 



Small Kegs for Honey. 



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1001b. Kegs, " 55c 



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These kegs answer the popular demand 

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 leakage so often occurring in the large 

 hard-wood barrels can be entirely pre- 

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 Considering the cost and trouble of wax- 

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 the ease with which these kegs can be 

 handled and shipped, with an actual sav- 

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ALFXED H. NEWMAJV, 



9?J West Madison street. CHICAGO. ILL. 



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