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*THli AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 12. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street., Chicago, 111. 



Contents of this Number. 



ImIKoiIiiI : 



Editorial Items 321 



The Honey Harvest for 1SS1 321 



Table of Honey Product by States 321 



List of Largest Yields of Honey 321 



The National Convention 321 



Next Winter will be a Mild One 321 



Death of Slg. Lucto Paelia 321 



Convention Note* : 



Proceedings of the National Convention. 322 



State Vice Presidents' Reports 322 



President Allen's Address 322 



The New Races of Bees 323 



Can Honev be made a Staple Product? 323 



H. L. Jeffrey's Report 323 



Officers Elected 324 



Pit-Milent Cook's Inaugural AddreBS .. 324 



About In-and-in Breeding 324 



Prevention of Natural Swarming 324 



Obstacles to Progressive Bee-Culture. 325 

 The Influence of Honey on Wintering 



Bees 325 



Swarms vs. Comb Honey 326 



How to Make Bee-Keeping Pay 326 



<gp" The Chicago District Conven- 

 tion will be held at the office of the 

 Bee Journal, on Oct. 25, 26, and a 

 cordial invitation is extended to all 

 bee-keepers who can, to attend. Ar- 

 rangements for hotel accommodation 

 and table board will be made known 

 at this office. Let there be a general 

 rally. 



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, 



072 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILX,. 



Rev. A. SALISBURY 



Camargo, Douglas County, 111. 

 Warranted Italian Queens, $1.00; Tested Italian 

 Queens, $2 ; Cyprian Queens, $2.00 ; 

 TestedCyprian Queens, $4 ; 1 frame 

 Nucleus, Italians, $4.00; 1 frame Nu- 

 cleus, Cyprians, $5 ; Colony of Ital- 

 ians, 8 frames, $8.00 ; Colony of Cyp- 

 r.™ rians, h frames, $10.00. Wax worked 

 1 a \m Y^jJUIc. per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 

 £ ^r \ on Dunham Machine, 25 lbs. or over, 

 35c. per lb. J3f"Send forCircular. lwly 



6;S ENGRAVINGS. 



The Horse 



BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D. 



A TREATISE Hiving an index of diseases, 

 and the symptoms ; cause and treatment of each, a 

 table giving all the principal drugs used for the 

 horse, with the ordinary dose, effects and antidote 

 when a poison ; a table with an engraving of the 

 horse'steeth at different ages, with rules for telling 

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

 cipes, and much valuable information. 



.Price 25 cent*.— Sent on receipt of price, by 



Address, 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



974 West Madison Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 



gg= The ltev. L. L. Langstroth was 

 unable to attend the National Con- 

 vention, his health being too poor to 

 allow of his leaving home. Learning 

 of his needs, several of his friends 

 started a donation fund for him, and 

 many of the queen bees and imple- 

 ments were donated, to.be sold and 

 the proceeds to be added to the fund. 

 Any one wanting a pure Imported 

 Cyprian queen of the Jones importa- 

 tion, or one of " Davis' Patent Honey 

 Carriage Revolving Comb Holder, 

 Tool Box and Recording Desk, Com- 

 bined," 1 can obtain them and at the 

 same time do a kind and generous act 

 to our friend Langstroth. Apply at 

 this office for the queen or Honey Car- 

 riage, and any one desiring to do so, 

 can send any amount to be added to 

 the sum already collected. 



DAVIS' PATENT HONEY CARRIAGE, 



REVOLVING COMB-HANGER, 

 Tool Box and Eecording Desk Combined. 

 Carries honey from the hive to the Extractor, aset 

 of apiarian tools, metal-lined drawers for broken 

 cembs and fragments of wax, revolving comb- 

 hanger, which holds comb firmly while pruning or 

 cutting out queen cells, writing desk, and wash 

 ba in ; will not break nor bruise combs ; adjusts 

 font all sizes of extracting and brood cmibs, and 

 is less laborious to handle than the ordinary hand- 

 bakets. Write your address on a postal card, and 

 address it to JOHN M. DAVIS, 



aowly Patentee and Proprietor, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



Given's FoundationPress. 



The latest improvement in Foundation. Our thin 

 and common Foundation is not surpassed. The 

 only invention to make Foundation in the wired 

 frame. All Presses warranted to give satisfaction. 

 Send for Catalogue and Samples. 



2wiy I>. S. GIVEN, Hoopeston, 111. 



ITALIAN BEES 



All standard colonies have eight frames, 17H 

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

 inc. long and IOW inc. deep. Single full colonies, 

 f ]U ; in lots of five, each $a ; in lots of ten or more, 

 each $8; single pure Tested Queen, $2.50; l- 

 frame Nucleus, Tested Queen (.lune), 13.50; 2- 

 framedo.,*4; 3-frame do., $."> ; 4-frame do., $5.:>o ; 

 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, I think I can suit the most 

 fastidious. . • . 



To secure prompt attention, money should he 

 sent by New York draft or post office money order. 



No discount from above schedule. 



Address all communications to 



,T. II ROBERTSON, 



25wtf Pewamo, Ionia Co., Mich. 



THE mm BEE-KEEPER, 



Published Monthly at Columbus, Kan., 



A new sixteen-column bee paper, devoted entirely 

 to the best interests of honey producers ; dealers 

 in Supplies and breeders of Queens and Bees. 

 Will be sent to any address one year for only thirty 

 cents. We club with the Weekly American Bee 

 Journal for only *2.i r>. Sample copies free. Ad- 

 dress, SCOVELL & ANDERSON. 

 28wtf Columbus, Kansas. 



Badges.— Bee-keepers going to fairs 

 should wear a badge with a gold bee 

 on it. It will serve to introduce him 

 to other bee men. We will send them 

 for 10 cents, post paid. 



^* Kendall's Spavin Cure is highly 

 recommended by Prof: Williams, the 

 wonderful horse tamer. 41. 



BEE-KEEPER and Student Wanted- 

 Bee-keeper must be experienced and thor- 

 oughly reliable. No person using tobacco or 

 liquors need apply. Address. 1»R. Kl'OK.NT, 



" Linden Apiary," Stratbroy, Ont., Canada 4iw4t 



Golden Honey Plant. 



I have procured a limited quantity of the Seed 

 of this new Honey Plant so highly spoken of by 

 Dr. G. L. Tinker, on page 307 of the Journal. 



It mav be sown broadcast in early spring or drill- 

 ed in. The rows may be two or three feet apart 

 and the seeds only a few inches apart in the rows. 

 It will bear to grow very thick or if scattered will 

 grow larger and throw up more stalks. 



Price, 30 cents per pound. If sent by mail, add 

 20 cents per pound tor postage. 



ALFRED H NEWMAX, 

 972 West Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



FLAT -BOTTOM 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



high side-walls, 4 to lt> square feet to 

 «j^> 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 jut square Inch— no single cut sold for less 

 than50C THOMAS O. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



$777 



A YEAUand expenses to agents, 

 outfit free.addressP O Vtclcery 

 Augusta, Maine. 3i>wly 



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 PUKE 

 HONEY direct from the Apiaries, enables me to 

 obtain the highest luarket prices. Your consign- 

 ments and correspondence respectfully solicited. 



K. A. BURNETT, Commission Merchant, 



Successor to Conner, Burnett & Co., 

 34wl3t 165 So. Water Street, Chicago. 111. 



THE FLORAL INSTRUCTOR, 



free. Six window plants twenty-five cents. Cata- 

 logue of Bulbs and Plants for winter blooming 

 FREE TO A I.I. 



SPALDING & McGILL, Florists, 



40w6tx Alnsworth, Iowa. 



EXTRACTED HONEY 



I will buy a few tons of Extracted 

 Honey at the ruling market prices. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



ALFRED II. NEWMAN, 



972 West Madison street. CHICAGO, ILL. 



BINGHAM BEE SMOKER 



AND 



Bingham & Hetherington 



HONEY KN IFE, 



The Best Uncdpper Made. 

 Send a card for testimonials, or 

 half-dozen rates, to 



BINGHAM & HETHERINGTON, 



ABRON1A. MICH. 



TTrYVXr TO MAKE MONEY. For particulars 

 n\J VV enclose 10 cents to Lock Box 318, 

 Kalamazoo, Mien, 34wl3t 



BARNES' PATENT 



Foot Power Machinery 



CIRCULAR and 



SCROLL SAWS, 



Hand, Circular Rip Saws for 

 general heavy and light rip- 

 ping. Lathes, &c. These ma- 

 chines are especially adapted 

 to Hive Making. It will pay 

 every bee-keeper to send for 

 descriptive catalogue and price 

 list free. 



W. F. & .JOHN BARNES 

 12017 Main St., Kockford, 111. 



ITALIAN BEES 



Seventy-Five Colonies for Sale. 



All bred from Imported Mothers. Simplicity 

 bives Gallup frames. Twelve frames to a hive. 

 Combs straight, mostly but it on foundation. In all 

 respects in the best condition. These bees have 

 made a most excellent record this year. Single 

 colonies, $8; ten or more colonies, $7 per colony. 

 O. t'LVTE, Iowa City, Iowa. 



40w4t 



FOR 8ALE-150 Colonies of Italian Bees it 

 improved Quinbv hives, in prime condition. 

 39wly L. C. AXTELL, Roseviile, Warren Co., Ill 



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Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, by 

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974 West Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL, 



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King's Bee-Keepers' Text-Book., by A. J. 

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Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee 

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Bees and Honey ; or, successful mananv 

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