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DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



VoL XVIII. Chicago, IlL, January 3, 1882. 



No. 1. 



TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial- 

 Items 4, Ir, 



Hallelujah ; 'Tis Done x 



Scotch H«^ather a 



The Henther Bloom 3 



Planting for lioney 4 



Among Our Exchanges- 

 Process 4 



ProKressof Bee-Culture in England 4 



Wasted Sweetness 4 



Odd-Sized Frames 5 



Antiquity of the Bee 5 



CoiiTentioii Notes— 



Convention Direotory r, 



Southeastern Michisan 5 



Northeastern New York Convention Ti 



Notices 5 



Correspondence — 



foundation for Sections 6 



Beautiful i3ees 7 



Handling Bees Without Protection 7 



Salicylic Acid and Foul Brood 8 



Extracted Honey No. 1 8 



Improvement of Bees 9 



Bee-Culture in Florida 9 



Notes from Western Missouri 10 



Sweet Clover for Bottom Lands 10 



The Apiary Heeister Book 10 



Crmsuniption (tf Honey in AVinter lo 



Bee-Keepinu in Kansas 11 



Good Pasturace for Bees 11 



Bee and Honey Shows 11 



Purity of Honey Guaranteed 11 



Selections from Our Letter Box — 



Honey Pop-Corn Balls 12 



Interested V2 



A Correction V2 



State Society for New Jersey 12 



Bees Wintering Well 12 



Bees on the Wing 12 



Mild Winter 12 



That Cough Medicine 12 



Extractors fur DifTerent Sized Frames 12 



Quilts Covered with Propolis 12 



Clipping the Queen's Wing 12 



Bees in Northeastern Michigan 12 



Mignonette 12 



Space Below the Frames 12 



Bees in Georgia 12 



Poor Honey Season la 



Sixty Colonies on Summer Stands 13 



MafeingComb Foundation 13 



Clock-Work 13 



Packed in Chaff 13 



Successful 13 



The New Races of Bees IH 



Poor Bee Pasturage 13 



Bees in Florida 13 



W<irth $,Vitt Year to Me 13 



Hybrids as Honey Gatherers 13 



Enthus astic Appreciation 13 



Home Market for Honey 18 



What a Contrast 13 



Wintering Nicely 13 



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1882. 



We supply the Weekly American Bee Jonr- 

 nnl anil any of the fnllowini: periodicals, for 1HS2 

 at the prices quoted in the last column of flpures. 

 The flrst column gives the reeular price of both. 

 All postage is prepaid by the publishers. 



„,.- „r , 1 n . Publishers'Prlce. Club. 



The WeelilyBeeJournaI(T.G.Newnmnl$2 00.. 



andQIeaninKslnBee-CultureiA.I.Koot) 3 00.. 2 75 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine fA..I.KinK). 3 00.. 2 KO 



Bce-Keeper8'Instructor( W.Thonia3)2 50.. 2:15 



The 4 above-named papers 150.. 4 OO 



Bee-Keepers' Exchange fJ.H.Nellis) 3 00.. 2 SO 



Bee-keepers' Guide (A.G.llill) 2 50.. 2 :i5 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 2 60 . 2 40 



The 7 above-named papers 6 30. . 6 50 



Published every Wednesday by 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



EDITOK and PROPKIETOK. 



974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 

 At $2.00 a Year, la Advance. 



tSf" Remit by money-order, reeistered letter, ex- 

 press or bank dratt on Chicago or New York, pay- 

 able to our order. Such rmty are at our risk. <'hecks 

 on local banks cost us 20 cents for collecting. 



Free of postage in the United States or Canada. 

 Fostase to £iirope &0 cents extra. 



Entered at Cliicago post offi^t as second class matter. 



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 every State, Territory and Province, among farm- 

 ers, mechanics, professional and business men, 

 and is, therefore, the best advertising medium. 



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 Langstroth Bee Hives, Honey Sectiuns, etc., 

 Apply to C. F. MUTH, 



97(1 and 978 Central Ave.. CINCINNATI, O. 

 II^~Send 10c. for Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers. 

 iwly 



I882.--I1UEENS--I882. 



1 am now booking orders. 



Warranted Italian Queens $1.00, 

 six for $5.(Xi ; Tested do., after 

 June. $1.50. Cyprians. Unwarrant- 

 ed. $l.rK», six for ^,'.,im>. Send for circular giving de- 

 scription and recommendatioil from Postmaster 

 and county officers. Monev order office, Versailles. 

 Ky. J. T. WILSON, 



Imtf Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Ky. 



Given'sFouiidationPress. 



The latest iniprovenientin Foundation. Our thin 

 and common Foundjition is ni>t surpassed. The 

 only inventi'in to make Foundation in the wired 

 frame. All Presses warranted to give satisfaction. 

 Send for Catalogue and Samples. 



Iwly D. S. GIVEN -Se C, Hoopeston. III. 



IF YOU KEEP BEES, SEND TO 



J.A.OSBORNE, 



Ranionl, Chani|>algrn Co., III., for Circular 

 and Price List of Hives, Sections, Smokers, Honey 

 Extractors, Comb Foundation, Bees, Queens, etc. 

 All goods warranted. iwltp 



lans('strotli Hives & Sections. 



CZLZI 



HEDDON'S CffiCULAR, 



FOK 1883, 



NOW READY. 



Send address, Post Office. County and State. Be 

 sure to state whether or not you now have my 

 1881 Circular. 



IVau ted— Beeswax ; also, a Student Appren- 

 tice. Address, «IAM£S HEDDON, 



lw3.jt Dowagiac, Mich. 



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All about Resources, Climate, etc. 



What can be done here, what it costs to come, 



ri tutes, when and where to go. 



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Address^^^ COLEMAN, JR., 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 

 jy Mention this paper. 49m4tx 



Lewis' Improved One-Piece Section. 



Objection has been made for tlie last two years, 

 by Heddon and others, t(i the One-Piece Section, 

 on account of tin.' ^liarp 'urners made iiy the side- 

 insets, and by itihers t" the tendency of tlie bees 

 to make the couiIih narrower at the insets. Ourat- 

 tt'ntion was called to these objections by receiv- 

 iuE largeorders tor sections without the side-insets 

 (one party orderint:yu,tH.in). We have now decided, 

 to manufacture them like the above cut. without 

 side-insets. Thif improvement also enaljles us to 

 make them at a lower price, as there is less labor 

 on them. Price, !(^4. AO per 1 ,OUO on orders 

 not le8i>< than '^OO. No chnrgre roi' cra.tlng'. 

 No Patent on thit* Section. 



Send for new Price List, now nearlv ready. 



C. B. LEWIS, 



January 1, issi;. [imtfl Watertown, Wis. 



ELECTROTYPES 



Of Enffravines used in the Bee Journal for sale at 

 2r> cents per squitre inch— no single cut sold for less 

 thanSOc. THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street, Chicago, III. 



