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DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



VoL XVIII. 



Chicago, 111., April 19, 1882. 



No. 16. 



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 Publiahed ever7 Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Prophietor, 

 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



TERMS OF SIJBSCKIPXIONi 



WEEKLT— (52 numbers) S»3 a year, in advance. 

 Three or Six Months at the aarae rate. 



Entered at Chicago post office as second class matter. 



TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorhil— 



Kditorial Items :'4!, :^42 



Cold Weather and Frnats -^41 



t^mall Mtmey Orders 241 



Sellini: iiees 241 



Pure Rjices of Bees 242 



Clubhinp List 242 



Blunderers in High Places 243 



Among Our Exclianges— 



FayinR Y'our Money but Not Having Your 



Choice 243 



A Standard Frame 243 



Bees as Weather Prophets 244 



Adulteration Frauds 244 



Be Kind to the Bees 244 



BuvintJ Bees and 'I'ransferring 244 



Preparation of Honey for the Market 244 



Correspondence— 



Storing Honey in Sections 245 



Some More Slovenly Bee-Keeping 245 



' About Bee-Keepiny; in Colorado 245 



The liee t,'ontr'iversy 246 



Northwestern Iowa and Southeastern Da- 

 kota 246 



Improvement in Bees, etc 247 



Notes from Washington Territory 247 



Anomalous Cases of Success 247 



ConTention Notes— 



Local Convention Directory 248 



Barren County, Ky., Convention 248 



Selections from Our Letter Box— 



Narrow-Top Sections 249 



Laurel Honey Poisonous 249 



But One Nucleus Colony Dead ) 249 



For Honey as well as Ornament 249 



Introducing Queens 249 



High Watf-r's Havages 249 



Better Prospects 249 



Gathered Some Honey 249 



Wintered Well 2.'^0 



Several Points 250 



Honey liesonrces of Texas 250 



"Out of the Woods" 25U 



An Early Swarm 250 



Bee Moths 250 



More About Albinos 250 



Standard Langstroth Frame 251 



The Langstroth Hive 251 



Duinu Splendidly In Florida 251 



When and How to Clip Queen's Wing 251 



Preparing to Swarm 251 



Safely Th^ou^;h the Winter 2.51 



Honey Prospects In California 251 



iiathering Pollen 251 



Fruit in Bloom in Kansas 252 



As Strong as J^ast Fall 252 



In and Out-Door Wintering 252 



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Cold We.ither and Frosts. 



Since the last issue of the Bee 

 Journal, the weather has been quite 

 cold and unpropitious for bee-keep- 

 ing, and the encouraging outlook has 

 in some localities been somewhat 

 checked. Through the Central States 

 frosts have prevailed to a considerable 

 extent, to the great detriment of the 

 fruit crop, and in some localities 

 early fruits and vegetables have suf- 

 fered to a consideraWe extent. Hon. 

 G. W. Demaree writes us from Ken- 

 tucky, under date of April 13, as fol- 

 lows : 



Tlie cold wave struck us on last 

 Monday ; temperature went down to 

 30^ ; tiiin ice formed Monday and 

 Tuesday nights ; fruit all killed, and 

 much other damage done — it is like 

 " death in the midst of life." The 

 orchards and trees look like they had 

 been scorched with fire. It is feared 

 that the growing wheat crop will be 

 shortened by reason of the freeze. 

 Some fields were nearly ready to head 

 out. We can only hope for the best. 

 Our bees are flying to-day, but they 

 evidently realize the loss of the most 

 profuse bloom ever seen about here. 



In the vicinity of Chicago, several 

 days of cold, wet weather were fol- 

 lowed with heavy white frosts on last 

 Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morn- 

 ings, with cold west winds and clear- 

 ing weather. The few sources of 

 honey flow have been temporarily 

 checked, pollen gathering ceased, and 

 in colonies where brood-rearing had 

 commenced, the consumption of honey 

 and dwindling has been almost un- 

 precedented. Every bee-keepershould 

 see to it that the bees have feed in 

 abundance, and provide it where 

 wanted. We do not think the gen- 



eral prospect fbr a honey crop is di- 

 minished, except, perhaps, where 

 hopes were entertained regarding the 

 fruit bloom giving a surplus. 



Advices from Continental Europe, 

 as late as April 10 report cold weather 

 and hard fiosts in the valley of the 

 Danube. Fruit trees, vines, and 

 young wheat in Koumania are al- 

 most entirely destroyed. 



Small Money Orders.— The post- 

 office committee of Congress has 

 agreed upon a bill providing for send- 

 ing small sums of money by mail. 

 The charge is 4 cents for any sum 

 under $5, and will be very convenient 

 to those sending small sums to news- 

 papers or for supplies. The order is 

 made payable to bearer at some par- 

 ticular office, which avoids the neces- 

 sity for the duplication and identifica- 

 tion necessary for the larger orders. 

 The card is to be punched on the 

 margin, which has figures showing 

 the various amounts in dollars, dimes, 

 and cents which can be transmitted. 

 It will, no doubt, be very similar to 

 the new orders of the Express Co's. 



Catalogues. — We acknowledge the 

 receipt of apiarian catalogues from 

 S. Valentine, Double Pipe Creek, 

 Md.; George W. Baker, Lewisville, 

 Ind.; Rev. J. S. Woodburn, Liver- 

 more, Pa., and S. D. McLean, Colum- 

 bia, Tenn. 



Selling Bees.— The demand for bees 

 this spring is very large. Mr. Rich- 

 ardson, of Canada, remarks as fol- 

 lows : " I successfully wintered 25 

 colonies and have since sold all of 

 them but 5 colonies, and could sell 

 100 more had I them for sale." Those 

 having bees to dispose of should ad- 

 vertise them at once, so that those 

 wanting them will know where to ap- 

 ply for them. 



