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DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



Vol. XVIII. 



Chicago, 111.. April 26, 1882. 



No. 17. 



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Published every Wednesday by 



THOIVSAS C. NEWMAN, 



Ekttou anm) Pkophietor. 

 925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



At SiiS.OO a I'ejjr, in Advnuce. 



WEEKLY— fS'i numbers) SPS a year, in advance. 

 Three or Si\ Months at the same rate. 



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 to an extra copy ( like the club) sent to any address 

 desired. Sample copies furnished free. 



Entered at Chicago post ofice as second class matter. 



TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial— 



Editorial Items 2.^7 



Removal 257 



Foreign Buyers in our Markets 257 



Priority in the Use of Sections -ZZiS 



Among Our Excli.iiiges— 



The Ariel of the Spring 259 



Artidcial Swarming in 1762 259 



Watching the Bees 259 



Grafting Wax 259 



Correspondence — 



Priiducinjr Comb lIoney~No. 5 2G0 



Odds and Entis 2(i0 



The Hive I Use and Prefer 261 



Lifiht or Dark Colored Italians 261 



Chemical Properties Required in Soil 262 



Bee-Keepinff in Sweden 262 



Bees' T'jn^ue Rejiister 263 



Impr jvement in Italian Bees 263 



Convention Notes — 



Local Convention Directory 264 



Saunders Co.. Neb.. Convention 2fi4 



Eastern Michigan Convention 264 



Selections from Our Letter Box— 



Cool Yet 264 



Frost and Swarms 265 



Queen Feedint^ a Drone .' 265 



Loss about Ten per Cent 265 



Prepared for Dividing * ■or'^ 



Water! Water! '.;.:; $65 



Not very Plain 263 



FruitBlossomsall Killed 265 



Jubilant 265 



The Golden Bee Tlive .,' 266 



PlaniiDK for Honey \ 266 



Grateful .'," 206 



Honey Store- Room '.'.'* 266 



Universally Cold 2R6 



g"l'e'' -. 266 



Bees Sw arm mg 266 



R^'movint: yueen Cells •'67 



Plenty ni Bloom \ 267 



Clover Uninjured 267 



Bees at the Col lege 267 



Harmless \ 267 



Cheerfulness Prevails 267 



Flowers on Every Side 267 



Cyprian Bees 267 



Bee Pasturage 267 



Gnawing Off f'ombs '. 267 



Prospect of Honey Harvest 267 



Bee Sti ngs 267 



W intering in Cellar 267 



Building Up 267 



Removal of Our OIBce. 





It will be observed that our num- 

 ber is now changed to 925 West Madi- 

 son street, Ctiicago, 111., just one 

 block east of our former location. As 

 our mail is so very large, the change 

 will make no confusion, for the postal 

 carriers are quite familiar with it, 

 that whether addressed to one num- 

 ber or the other, letters will reacli us 

 just as promptly. 



In 1S73, nine years ago, when we 

 purchased the Bke Journal, a small 

 room on the third floor was all that 

 was required. In our new location, 

 all on tlie first floor, the Bee Journal 

 and our Son's supply establishment 

 (which is also n*ved to obtain in- 

 creased facilities) occupies 23 times as 

 many square feet of floor surface as 

 in 1873. 



The PostofHce Department has cre- 

 ated anew branch postoflSce within a 

 few doors of our new location which 

 will also be very convenient both for 

 our patrons and ourselves. 



We have a telephone connecting us 

 with every part of the city, and should 

 any of our subscribers be in the city, 

 they can step into almost any store 

 and talk with us, even if they cannot 

 come and see us. 



Foreign Buyers in Our Markets. 



It will be seen, by reference to the 

 letter, from Mr. J. E. Pleasants, Ana- 

 heim, Cal., on page 267 of this issue, 

 tliat foreign buyers are already in our 

 markets, gathering up tlie prospec- 

 tive lioney crop. He says : " There 

 are parties here now making very 



liberal offers for the coming crop." 

 This we foresaw months ago, and 

 predicted it in the Bee Journal as 

 an inevitable event ; and perhaps in 

 this connection we may congratulate 

 the bee-keepers of California on their 

 meager honey crop last season, which 

 hasliad a tendency to advance prices 

 higher tlian could have been done 

 witli a plethoric market. It will be a 

 matter for self-reproach, if the apiar- 

 ists of California do not liereafter find 

 a remunerative market at their very 

 doors for every pound of honey they 

 have to dispose of, instead of being 

 obliged to pay excessive transporta- 

 tion rates to bring their honey into 

 competition with the product of a 

 vast country as generous as their own 

 in production, and quite its equal in 

 quality, on this side of the mountains. 

 The question is no longer — Where 

 will we find a market V but. How best 

 can we secure the production ¥ Again 

 do we suggest the careful and unpre- 

 judiced consideration of the bee pas- 

 turage problem. Every bee-keeper In 

 America should settle the question 

 for himself, from actual investigation, 

 whether he can prolong the yield, or 

 secure a continuous honey flow. He 

 should know from actual, personal 

 knowledge, what is best for his climate, 

 soil, and convenience. For many 

 honey-producing plants now is the 

 time to procure the seeds and deposit 

 them in the ground. Three or four 

 liberal patches, planted this spring, 

 may insure success in the future. 



1^ The Bees' Tongue Register 

 which we noticed in a late number of 

 the Bee Journal as being received 

 from Mr. J. H. Martin, may be seen 

 illustrated on page 273 of this JouE- 

 nal, to which we would call attention. 

 It looks pretty but as we have had 

 no chance to test it, we cannot speak 

 of it practically. 



