DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



VoL XVIII. 



Chicago, 111., March 15, 1882. 



No. 11. 



Publi:^heii every \Vednesci;iy by 



THOMAS C. NEWIVIA^, 



KlUTOU AN)) PKOHltlKTOli. 



974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 

 At S3.00 a Ye.ir, In .Vtlvaiice. 



TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial- 

 Items ifii 



BinKhara's Smoker 1(51 



K<»und Section Boxes 1(11 



New l*rii-e L.iats 1(31 



Present rhciicatiuns 1(12 



Oijc-Piece Sections 102 



Among Our Excliiviiges— 



Ekes nnd Nadirs 16L* 



Sprinj; Dwindling 162 



Healttitulness of Honey 163 



Should Fruit-Growers Bncouraee Bee- 



Keepine? 163 



The L'ses of Honey 163 



Convention Xotes — 



Dysentery: Its Causes and Prevention. .. 1(34 



Wintering and Dysentery Hi4 



Convention Notices 165 



Correspondence — 



"To the Law and to the Testimony" 166 



The Cows and the Bees kk; 



Bacterium and Cause of Dysentery 167 



Anotlicr Call from "Dooiitlle's Strange 



Visitor" ... 167 



Various Colors in Bees 167 



Bee Pasturase in Louisiana 16H 



Bee- KeoiJint; in Australia 168 



How to Deal with Ants 16!) 



High l-'ence around the Apiary 169 



Selections-from Our Letter Box — 



New FoundatiOi-. 169 



Gatherintr Pollen 169 



ReturninK(\jml:)s with Pollen i... 169 



Forty-Bi.v Days Earlier 169 



Prospects Never Better 169 



WantsaQueen Early 169 



lee Attracting Moisture 170 



Bees ill Mitine 170 



Does Cold Weather Kill the Bees? 17() 



How my Bees Wintered 170 



Humbug 170 



A Correction 170 



Bee Bacterium 170 



Albino Bee 170 



Ri-markably Strong 170 



From Oregon 170 



Kye Meal for Bees 170 



Sweet (.'lover for Texas ITl 



The Season in California 171 



An Open Winter in Kentucky 171 



Cleaning Barrels 171 



A Differ ncein Races 171 



Bees in Cellar 171 



Terv Mild Winter 171 



Preparing for Spring Work 171 



Bees Doing Well 171 



Old Fogy Bee-Keepera 172 



Prospect Cheerful 172 



Location Selected 172 



Bees and Bloom 172 



3)elirious with .loy 172 



Not (.»ne Queenless 172 



Drone Excluders 172 



Hive Improvements! 172 



Good Instruction 172 



Round Section Boxes.— Mr. G. B. 



Lewis lias sent iis a honey rack of 

 Round Section Boxes, made of berry- 

 box material. Tliey are placed in our 

 museum ; and we await a trial and 

 report after using tliem. Mr. Lewis 

 gives the following description : 



If these sections are practicable, I 

 claim many advantages over any 

 other, much less work to make them, 

 can get 3 or 4 from the same timber 

 that makes one of the others, weigh 

 only one-third as much, consequently 

 two-thirds less freight. Of course, 

 they are to be shipped in llie flat. 

 They can be put together as fast as 

 the dovetailed sections. For these 

 samples we took dry basswood and 

 wet them in cold water and bent them 

 around a frame. Althougli made of 

 thin material they are much stronger 

 than any other section. They can be 

 thrown into a heap promiscuously 

 and shoveled witli a scoop shovel and 

 not brake them. They can be made 

 and sold for S3 per 1,000, witli a good 

 profit. It will necessitate changes in 

 honey racks, cases, etc., to use them. 

 But if they are better and cheaper, 

 they will come into use. 



t^ We have received the " Prize 

 List " of the East Northumberland 

 Agricultural Society, with very liberal 

 premiums for bee and honey exhibits. 

 We are sorry to say that there is 

 nothing about it to show in what part 

 of the World it is located. This 

 illustrates the error of not putting the 

 state, province or country upon every- 

 thing. The "Bay of Quinte " Bee- 

 Keepers' Association issues the List, 

 which is so liberal as to be worthy 

 of much commendation. 



i^" Just as we go to press we learn 

 with regret that Mr. G. M. Doolittle 

 is sick ; threatened with brain fever. 



Bingham's Smoker.— We have re- 

 ceived one of these as they are to be 

 made for the coming season. Mr. 

 Bingham takes considerable pride in 

 his work, and hence everything that 

 he does is well done. He constantly 

 improves that important implement 

 — tbe smoker— in every way that his 

 ingenuity can suggest. He describes 

 theimprovements made in this smoker 

 thus : 



" While I have not made an abso- 

 lutely water and mouse-proof smoker, 

 I have made a water- proof valve and 

 corners that will not readily soak out 

 the nails, if it gets wet. Mice will not 

 touch the corners or valve. The joint- 

 lining is waterproof, and will not 

 strettfh if it gets wet, nor will the 

 valve wrinkle up. Tlie bellows is 

 absolutely linen-proof, as you will see. 

 All but the smallest size is thus made." 



1^" Mr. James B. Mason, of Meclian- 

 ic Falls, Maine, sends us a few sam- 

 ples of sections which he obtained of 

 a man in Doon, Ontario, by tlie name 

 of McKenzie, liaving seen his adver- 

 tisement of "hives, section frames, 

 etc., of superior pine lumber" cheap. 

 We are glad to say the advertisement 

 was not in the Bee Journal. Mr. 

 Mason says with freight and duty they 

 cost him DOUBLE the amount adver- 

 tised, and when received he made a 

 bonfire of them. They are of all 

 lengths and thicknesses, and the 

 roughest that it is possible to imagine. 

 We do not wonder at their being con- 

 signed to the flames. That is the only 

 thing they were flt for— but it must 

 have been dear kindling wood. It 

 would be impossible to use them for 

 comb honey ; it is but another phase 

 of fraudulent dealing. 



Examine the Date following your 

 name on the wrapper label of this 

 paper; it indicates the end of the 

 month to which you have paid your 

 subscription on the Bee Journal. 



