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DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



YoL XVIII. Chicago, IlL, January 25, 1882. 



No. 4. 





Published every Wednesday by 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



ET)IT0U AM) PllOPKTETUH. 



■974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



At JSS.OO a Ifeiir, In Advance. 



Z^" Remit by money-order, reelstered letter, ex- 

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

 able to our order. Such only are at our risk, ('heeks 

 ■on local banks cost us -'5 cents for uollectine. 



Free of postage in the United States or Canada. 

 Posiaee to Europe SO cents extra. 



Eniered at Chicago post office as second class matter. 



TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial— 



llenis 49, 



Vernal 



New Cataloffuea and Price Lists 



Tardy Bee Papers 



Sut-'cestions about Conventions 



Honey Making in the United States 



Honey Wine 



Glucose Syrups and Honey 



New Bee Feeders 



Among' Our Exch.iiiges — 



Small Packapes for Ifoney 



Organization 



Poor Management of the Apiary. 



Bee liiterature 



Driven off by Bees 



Correspoiideiiee- 



The Dzierzon Theory 



Another Kee Enemy 



Moving liees in Winter 



Secton Honev Boxes 



Extracted Honey— No. u> 



Foul Brood Disease -A Review . 



The One-Piece Sections 



Report from my Aijiary 



Preparing Bees for Winter 



Pollen and Feces 



Coiiveiitioii Notes — 



Austro-German Convention ■ 



Selections from Onr Letter Box- 



Flights in Winter 



Syrian Bee- 



What Ails My Bees? 



Timber for Sections 



My First Year's Experience 



Box-Hive Men not Progressive 



Well Satisfied 



Fall Honey tor Winter 



Moving Bees Over Rough Hoads 



Bees in Sawdust Cellar ■. 



AVhite and Sweet Clovers 



Bees in Maryland 



Bricks as Absorbents 



How to Get Dead Bees Out of Combs 



Doing Nicely 



Merita of Hives for Wintering 



Dodge's New Feeder 



®" Single copies of the Jouknax. 

 sent postage paid for 5 cents eacli. 



Vernsil.— Mr. J. W. Winder, Tliibo- 

 deaux, La., under date of Dec. 30,1881, 

 sent us his " New Year's greeting," 

 accompanied witli a small package of 

 green peas and blossoms, magnolia, 

 orange and oak leaves, and rose buds 

 and flowers, all gathered from open 

 grounds. He writes they had ice two 

 November mornings — none since. 

 Truly, in that land of sunsliine, 



" December is pleasant as May." 



It will be rememljered, in February 

 last Mr. Winder sent us white clover 

 and other blossoms and foliage, while 

 we yet remained snow and ice-bound 

 in this Northern climate for several 

 long, discouraging weeks. 



New Price Lists Received. — The fol- 

 lowing New Price Lists of Bees, Api- 

 arian Supplies, etc., are received : 



Houck & Peet, Canajoharie, N.Y. 



J. V. Caldwell, Cambridge, 111. 



James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



C. H. Deane, Mortonsville. Ky. 



Wm. W. Gary & Son, Coleraine, 

 Mass. 



Also tlie following Catalogues of 

 field, garden and flower seeds : 



Joseph Harris, Rochester, N. Y. 



Cole & Brother, Pella, Iowa. 



E. R. Roe, Corn wall-on-the-Hudson, 

 N. Y^ 



Vick's Floral Guide, by James 

 Vick, Rocliester, N. Y., which is one 

 of the most handsomly illustrated and 

 printed pamphlets in the world. Send 

 for tliem all, they are well worth 

 possessing. 



The Bee- Keepers'' Guide was enlarged 

 witli the December number and pre- 

 sents a neat appearance. Mr. A. G. 

 Hill, its editor and proprietor, is get 

 ting up quite a spicy paper. It is 

 publislied at Kendallville, Ind. 



The Tardy Bee Papers.— We have 

 just received the Nov. number of the 

 American Bee Keeper. Its editor, Mr. 

 E. M. Harrison, explains tlie delay in 

 its issue, and promises the December 

 and .January number in a week. The 

 tone of tlie paper has improved during 

 the past few months, and we hope 

 that inasmuch as it is to have a " new 

 dress" of type, it may enter upon a 

 new career of usefulness, and devote 

 itself to tlie promotion of scientific " 

 apiculture. 



The New England Bee Journal has 

 been suspended, but the editor prom- 

 ises to start it again as a niontlily in 

 March, at 60 cents a year. 



i^° The British Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation demand that all honey in the 

 comb shall be put up in American 

 " Prize Sections," and shown in a 

 Prize Crate, containing 12 sections 

 and the crate glassed. We are glad to 

 see this. It will pay to study uni- 

 formity in marketing honey. 



1^" Bees in Sweetwater Valley, Cal., 

 settled on a rattlesnake 6 feet long, 

 12 inclies in girth, witli 22 rattles, and 

 stung it so that it was blinded, and 

 afterwards easily killed witli a spade. 



ig^ Mrs. L. Groves, Arvada, Col., 

 has an apiary of 103 colonies. For a 

 lady and Colorado, this is quite a large 

 affair. But then, Colorado is one of 

 the best of States for bees, and, with 

 its salubrious climate, it is no wonder 

 that a lady is robust and healthy 

 enough to care for such a large apiary. 



1^ Tlie Bee-Keepers^ Instructor and 

 Bee-Keepers^ Exchange have our thanks 

 for kind mention of tlie Weekly Bee 

 Journal in its new dress for 1882. 

 Botli of these papers have materially 

 improved for 1882, and we wish them 

 success. 



