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VoL XVIII. 



Chicago, ilL, April 5, 1882. 



No. 14. 



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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial — 



Editorial Items... 209 



Preparation of Honey for the Market 209 



Bee Pasturagi^ a Necessity 209 



Tile "Conqueror" 209 



A Reversible Frame 209 



Artificial ('omb H'iney, Beeswa.x. etc 210 



Artificial Swarming 210 



A House Apiary in Italy 211 



Among Our Exclianges — 



Too Much Honey 211 



Queer Industries in New York City 211 



Correspondence — 



Bacterium— Its KelatioB to Dysentery 212 



The Coming' Bee— Its Production 212 



A Standard Frame 212 



Heddon's lieply to Messrs. Demaree and 



Casson 21 a 



Yellow, or Leather-Colored Bees 214 



no Bees E.xcrete a Dry Powder? 214 



How the Grapes are Destroyed 215 



Lower versus Upper Ventilation 215 



Convention Notes— 



Local Convention Directory 216 



Convention Notices 216 



Spring Manapeuient of Bees 216 



Bee-Keeping in Maine 216 



Selections from Our Letter Box — 



Artificial Comb Honey 217 



Prospects Cheerinji 217 



The Secret of Success 217 



A Voice from Kyypt 217 



Honey from Maple Blossoms 217 



Brood- Rearinc in Wired Cells .. 217 



More About Mrs. Cotton's Transactions .. 218 



Queens Behind Division Boards 218 



How I Cac Ui.- Bee Journal 218 



My Mi^lort lines 218 



Coiulia llc-tlnyod by Moths 219 



llorn-y troni Corn 219 



Feeding Maple Suear 219 



Color, Pleasure and Profit 219 



Bokhara or Sweet Clover 219 



<irease in F<:)undation 219 



Special Xotices— 



Binders for 1KS2 220 



Clubbing List for 1^82 220 



Honey and Beeswax Markets 220 



Preparation of Honey for the Mar- 

 ket, iuchulingthe production :iiul care 

 of both comb and extracted honey. 

 This is a new paiiiplilet of 32 pages 

 which wehave jnstpublished. Attlie 

 last meeting of the Xorth American 

 Bee-Keepers' Society, we were ap- 

 pointed on a committee to prepare in- 

 structions on ttie Exhibition of Bees 

 and Honey at Fairs ; this is also added 

 to the above. Price, 10 cents. 



Bee Pasturage a Necessity.— We have 

 just issued a new pamphlet giving our 

 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illustrated with 26 en- 

 gravings, and will be sent postpaid to 

 any address for 10 cents. 



The "Conqueror." — We have re- 

 ceived from Messrs. Bingham & Ileth- 

 erington a sample of their large 

 smoker, which they call the "Conquer- 

 or." It certainly possesses capacity 

 sufficient to conquer the worst colony 

 of hybrids that can be found. The 

 stove or tire-pot is 3x7 inches, with a 

 chimney 7 inches high, and bellows in 

 proportion. Almost any body would 

 be justified in making a great blow 

 with this smoker. 



1^ Articles for publication must be 

 written on a separate piece of paper 

 fromltems of business. 



^" On Friday, March 24th, America 

 lost her most distinguished poet by 

 tlie death of Henry \V. Longfellow, at 

 the ripe age of 75 years. For fifty 

 years liis sweet and tender poems and 

 charming stories have been read and 

 re-read by the people, and they were 

 enjoyed by ricli and poor, learned and 

 unlearned alike.— &. 



A Reversible Frame. — J. S. Duncan, 

 of Browning, AIo., has sent us a sam- 

 ple of his reversible frame for bee 

 hives. Accompanying it is the follow- 

 ing description, whicli will give as 

 good an idea of it as we could do : 



By the loose link at eacli corner and 

 the movable arm the frame is re- 

 versible, and with the square frame, 

 sides or bottom may become top, for 

 the frame the pieces are all cut one 

 length, and the one nailed on tlie 

 other ; this is for liives with rabbets. 

 The triangle link is hung on the ac- 

 companying hooks, properly spaced 

 and driven into the side of the hive, 

 making the hive simpler and easier of 

 construction. To keep the frames 

 from swinging against each other, I 

 use a thill strip of wood with 

 wire drawn through the proper dis- 

 tance, and fastened to the bottom of 

 the hive. The links are made by hav- 

 ing a piece of wood or iron the shape 

 you want the link, roll the wire arouml 

 and cut. 



^' A correspondent in North Caro- 

 lina wishes to know liow to prepare 

 bees in the Simplicity hive for trans- 

 portation by rail, to hold f ramessteady, 

 etc., whicli we briefly answer : Pre- 

 pare a bottom gauge, by using a strip 

 ^i of an inch thick-by 1 inch v?ide ; 

 let this be as long as the hive is 

 wide; saw notches to the number 

 of the frames, in which to fit 

 the bottom bars to hold them steady ; 

 now set the frames in firmly, spread 

 tliem properly, and drive a IJ^ incli 

 wire nail in the lug at each end of the 

 top-bar. Cover the whole liive (if 

 the weather be hot) with 16-mesh 

 wire cloth ; put 3 strips (1 at each end 

 and middle) of inch lumber by 2 inches 

 wide, crosswise ; fold a cotton cloth S 

 tlncknesses, dampen it and tuck under 

 one strip, then at night close the 

 entrance tight. Properly mark it, 

 on top, "Live Bees— this side up ; 

 keep out of sun and rain." If weather 

 be cool, use much wider cross-blocks 

 on top. 



