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VoL XVIII. 



Ohicago, 111., April 12, 1882. 



No. 15. 



Published every Wednesdaj- by 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



KTHTOU and PllOPHTKTOK. 



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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial— 



Eilitorial Items 226 



Miilic;iou» 225 



Honey Prospects for 1882 225 



Re:irinK Queens 226 



Deluged with Letters 226 



Among Our Excliaiiges — 



The Stantlard Size of Frame ... 227 



Fastening Starters 227 



Frauds 227 



Out-door Feeding 227 



"The KingBee" 227 



Correspondence — 



Criticisms from Bruce, Ontfirio 228 



Producing Cunjb Honey— No. 4 229 



Introducing Queens 229 



Parthenogenesis in Beea 2.30 



DollarQueens Again 231 



Holv I..urui or Syrian Bees 232 



Florida as a Location for Bees 233 



Convention Notes — 



l>oc!iI Convention Directory 233 



Convention Notices , 233 



Bee-Culture in Colorado ' 234 



tielections from Our Letter Box — 



Wi-taria Blossoms 235 



The Hive I Use 235 



Notes from Nebraska 235 



Dollar Queens Again 235 



Whatshall I do with them? 235 



First Swarm Reported 235 



Net Weight 235 



At Last AVe Agree 235 



Bees in Massachusetts 225 



Brimming in Pollen 235 



Earlv Drones 236 



A FlonilCity 236 



D'ling Finely 236 



Honey frnni Asters 216 



Gatiieriiig H'iney on March Ist 236 



Pain' fur Hives 236 



Bees Healthy 236 



Last Year^ Record 236 



Roaches in Hives 2.36 



Bees in Miiine-'ota 236 



I'viracting before Swarming 236 



Malicious.— Tlie two bee papers for 



April, published in the state of New 

 York, each contain malicious attacks 

 on lis by Mr. C. J. Robinson. Last 

 year we published several articles 

 written by him, some of which called 

 forth criticisms from the Rev. L. L. 

 Langstroth, T. B. Miner, Dr. How- 

 ard, Prof. Cook, A. R. Kohnke, and 

 others. To these Mr. Robinson sent 

 us replies full of abusive epithets in- 

 stead of argument. On Jan. 2, 1882, 

 we wrote him thus concerning a com- 

 munication tlien sent us : 



CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 2, 1882. 

 Dear Sir— Your letter and article are received, 

 and I am sorry you are so " bitter " and itMnecfs- 

 sari?!/ sarc^5fic in your remarks. For that reason 

 IhaV"- already delayed some of your articles, for it 

 is better for you, as well as for others, that such a 

 "spirit" as is therein manifested, should not be 

 exhibited publicly. I have no objection to your 

 having opposite views of parthenogenesis, or the 

 "hive" of our much respected friend, Mr. Lang- 

 stroth— but wtien you stigmatize such men as Dr. 

 W. R. Howard. Prof. A. J. Cook, and others as 

 " cranks." you ofTer an "insult" to all honest men, 

 and degrade what should be a, fair criticism, to the 

 ievel of its now frequent use by a cowardly assas- 

 sin (Guiteauj. Yours, etc. T.G.NEWMAN. 



To this he has made no reply ex- 

 cept the abusive articles in the N. Y. 

 bee papers, whose editors will hardly 

 be able to find any justification, for 

 permiting him to use their columns 

 for such malevoleuee. Should they 

 refuse him, however, they will soo>i 

 learn how sniiill a matter will cause 

 him to single them out for ridicule 

 and abuse. 



This explanation is due to our read- 

 ers, but we shall take no further no- 

 tice of Mr. Robinson— for one who 

 has no more munliood than to malign 

 Mr. Langstrotli when mentally un- 

 able to defend himself, by reason of 

 wasting disease — is unworthy of no- 

 tice, say what -he may. ' Ilis abuse 

 cannot injure us in the least, nor hurt 

 our feelings. 



Honey Prospects for 1882. 



From nearly every quarter come 

 cheering reports of the prospect for a 

 plenteous yield of honey the coming 

 season. The clover sward is gen- 

 erally reported as uninjured by the 

 winter; fruit bloom promises to be 

 unusuallyabundant ;elms and maples 

 are already blossoming, and very in- 

 dustriously worked upon by the bees 

 everywhere, and are reported to be 

 rich in nectar ; basswood or linden 

 will undoubtedly be much above an 

 average, and we can see no good rea- 

 son why summer and fall flowers 

 should be below an average. Unless 

 unpropitious weather should prevail 

 for a lengthened period, the season of 

 1882 will be a glad one for bee-keepers 

 who may find themselves in condition 

 to take advantage of it. 



We have yet to hear of a locality 

 where bees wintered poorly ; in fact, 

 where the success of wintering was 

 not far above the average, and they 

 are all in condition to breed up rapidly, 

 if properly manipulated. Messrs. W. 

 Thomas & Sons, write us from Somer- 

 set, Ky., April 3d : 



Our bees are doing finely. Some of 

 our colonies had hatching brood the 

 first of last month, and are now breed- 

 ing up strong. Peach bloom is about 

 gone, and cherry and apple are just 

 coining in. We look forward hoping 

 for a plentiful honey season. 



Our bees brought in their first pollen 

 and honey simultaneously last Sun- 

 day (2d inst.), and breeding started up 

 vigorously. Since then the weather 

 has been variable, high winds prevail- 

 ing most of the time with consider- 

 able rain, but we hope for a change 

 for the better soon, and have every 

 confidence in the succeeding weather. 

 Bee-keepers have but little time to 

 lose, if they have not already put 

 themselves in condition to make the 

 most of every opportunity which may 

 be offered. 



