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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



»74 West Madison Street., Chicago, III. 



Contents of this Number. 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 329 



The Value of the Honey Crop of America 329 



Langstroth Donation Fund 329 



Chicago District Convention 329 



Correspondence : 



A Good Fall Harvest 329 



Preparation fur Winter 329 



Selections from Our Letter Box : 



Good Crop of Honey 329 



Young Basswood Trees 3Jy 



Mr. J. S. Hill's Method of Wintering 329 



Large Crop of Honey 329 



Convention Notes : 



Proceedings of the National Convention. 330 



Bee-Keeping in New Y T ork State 330 



Wintering of Bees 330 



Dysentery in Bees, and its Causes 330 



The Cultivation of Honey Plants 331 



History <>f the Albino Bee 331 



Bee-Keeping as a Means of Support... 331 



Stepping Stones toward Perfection 332 



Different Races of the Honey Bee 332 



A Partial Review 332 



Buitable Employment for Women 332 



Foul Brood among Bees 333 



Report of Committee on Exhibits 333 



Origin of our Present Races of Bees. . . 333 



Cyprian Bees 333 



Bee-Culture— Past, Present and Pros- 

 pective 333 



Wintering Bees in Clamps 334 



Report of Committee on Resolutions. . 334 



KNITTING MACHINE 



FOR SALE.— I have a Lamb Knitting Machine, 

 steel bed. nearly new, and in complete running 

 order, that I will sell at a bargain, or exchange 

 for other desirable property. 



W. Z. HVTCHIXSOX, 

 42wit Rugersville, Genesee County, Mich. 



BEE-KEEPER and Student Wanted.— 

 Bee-keeper must be experienced and thor- 

 oughly reliable. No person using tobacco or 

 liquors need apply. Address. DR. NVGEXT, 

 " Linden Apiary," Stratbroy, Ont., Canada 4lw4t 



FLAT - BOTTOM 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



high side-walls, 4 to 16 square feet to 

 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 

 thanaic. THOMAS O. NEWMAN, 



»T4 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



$777 



A YEAR and expenses to agents, 

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SEEDS FOR 



Honey Plants. 



I keep ;it 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 

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 sent free upon application. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



972 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL 



FRANCES DUNHAM, 



Inventor and Sole Manufacturer of the 



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Patented Aug. 23th, 1881. 



ty New Circular and Samples free. _Mt 



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BUY the BEST. 



The best informed bee-keepers in 

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 SMOKER 



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J. M& Hetherington discards all others. 



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ubc Doolittle says it isunequaled. 



So suv :i!l who see and use it. Price, by mail, 



XI ..%«> and $1.75. 



ottr book:, 



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EverythingTJsed inAdvanced 



Bee-Cnlture. 



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L. C. ROOT & BRO., 



MOHAWK. NEW VOKK. 



Rev. A. SALISBURY 



Camargo, Douglas County, 111. 



Warranted Italian Queens, $1.00 ; Tested Italian 



v^ Queens, $2 ; Cyprian Queens. $2.00 ; 



l\jwc_J' t Tested Cyprian Queens, $4 ; 1 frame 



\ juZm tJ' Nucleus, Italians, $J.O0; 1 frame Nu- 



■■^\ cleus, Cyprians, $6 ; Colony of Ital- 



*\ ians, 8 frames. $8.00 : Colony of Cyp- 



riana, 8 frames, $10.00. Wax worked 



•CiiilOc. per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 



on Dunham Machine. 25 lbs. or over, 



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REVOLVING COMB-HANGER, 



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Carries honey from the hive to the Extractor, a set 

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Given's FoundationPress. 



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2wly J». 8. GIVEN, Hoopeston. III. 



Golden Honey Plant. 



I have procured a limited quantity of the Seed 

 of this new Honey Plant so highlv spoken of by 

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



It may he sown broadcast In early spring or drill- 

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

 It will bear to grow verv thick or if scattered will 

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Price, HO cents per pound. If sent by mall, 

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J3T" A typographical error occurred In my first 

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ALFRED M. NEWMAN, 

 972 West Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



ITALIAN BEES 



All standard colonies have eight frames, 17H* 

 inc. long and 11 Inc. deep. All Nuclei, frames 1 1^ 

 inc. long and u&i inc. deep. Single full colonies, 

 $10 ; in lots of five, each $y ; in lots of ten or more, 

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25wtC Pewamo. Ionia Co., Mich. 



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