THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



269 



Bees ami Honey, or Management of 

 an Apiary t'oi* Pleasure and Profit. 

 This is the title of our new book. The 

 first and second editions Iiaving been 

 exhausted, and being desirous of hav- 

 ing it ''f vdly up witli the times/' incl ud- 

 ing all tiie various improvements and 

 inventions in this rapidly increasing 

 pursuit, we have thorouglily revised 

 it. re-writing some chapters and 

 adding several new ones, in order to 

 present tlie apiarist with everything 

 that can aid in tiie successful man- 

 agement of the Honey Bee, and at the 

 same time produce the most honey 

 in its best and most attractive condi- 

 tion. Chief among the new chapters 

 are '•'• Bee Pasturage a Necessity," 

 "Management of Bees and Honey at 

 Fairs," '' Marketing Honey," etc. It 

 contains 160 pages, and is profusely 

 illustrated. Price, bound in cloth 75 

 cents; in paper covers 50 cents, post 

 paid. The following is its Table of 



Contents : 



Page. 



Nattrat, History of Hbes .' ii 



Intrniluolioii *-. 11 



The Races of Bees 13 



The Queen Bee .-.. 13 



'I'he Drone Bee Hi 



The Worker Bee 17 



Krond 19 



I'lndiiction of Wax and Comb 20 



I'oliiMi. or Bee-Bread 24 



Propolis, or Bee Glue 24 



Estai(T,!sh:mfxt of ak Apiary 25 



Situjit i< 111 and Arrannement 2r> 



Boc-K<?epiiiL' II Science 25 



WhoSliouM Keep Bees 26 



Snititlilo Lncitioii 26 



Which W:iv Should lUvea Face 28 



When to Conimence 28 



Tlo«- Miiny Colonies to begin with 28 



KemovinK Bees 28 



What Kind of Bees to Get 29 



iiuvini: SwHrnis 30 



How lo Care for a First Colony 30 



Bees Kept on Shares 30 



Bees Marking their Location, 31 



PChaneint: the Location 31 



Will Bees Injure Fruit? 32 



Cleansina Combs of Dead Brood 33 



Ants in the Apiarj- 34 



Kemovini; Propolis from Hands 34 



Hi VFS anp sruPLfs Receptacles 35 



What Hive to Use 35 



The Lanustroth Hive 36 



Production of Choice Honey 38 



Sini^'le Ciinih Honey Sections 39 



Onp-l'itHL' Honey Sections 40 



Cases fi.r ! I'lldin;; Sections 40 



M;ikint,' Hives and Surplus Boxes 43 



pRoniTCTioN AND Cake OF Honey 45 



Preparation for the Market 45 



How Should Honey be Marketed 45 



As-nit and Grade the Honey. 47 



How to Get Bees out of Boxes 47 



MiiiKit-'enient of Comb Honey 47 



Honey in Unbiassed Sections 49 



Handhnp and Shipping... 50 



Candied Comb Honey oi 



Managomentof Extracted Honey 51 



Honey Must be Ripened 5G 



Metal Corners for Crates 57 



Putting the Glass in the Sections 57 



Honey as a Commercial Product 58 



Management of an Apiary 59 



I^uck or Sci -ntiflc Management 59 



The Italian Bees 59 



Italianizing the Apiary 60 



Introducing a Queen 60 



Inserting a Queen-Cell 62 



Nucleus ("olunies 64 



Dlvidintr tlu- Colonies 65 



SwariuiTii,'; hi.w to Control it 67 



How to Hive ii Swarm 69 



TheLossof theQueen 69 



What are Fertile Workers 71 



Transferring from Box Hives 72 



Transferring from Frame Hives 74 



Uniting Weak Co.onies 74 



Clippins: the Queen's Wing 75 



Washing Out Drone Brood 75 



Reroovinii Bees from the Combs 75 



Preparing Bees for Shipment 76 



Uniting Colonies in the Spring 78 



How to Separate Swarms 78 



Robber Bees 8o 



FeediiiK Bees 80 



Quieting and Handling Bees 82 



Management of an ApUiry— Continued. 



Shipping and Introducing Queens 85 



Bee J>ysentery 87 



Foul Brood Disease 87 



HONEY EXTUACTOK ANP1T3USE 89 



The Invention of the Extractor 89 



When to Use the Extractor 92 



How to Extract 93 



COMB FoUNl>ATIOX AND ITS USE 95 



Invention or (.'onib Foundation 97 



Preserve the Wax 99 



Comb Foundation Not Artilicial 99 



Fastening Foundation to Frames 100 



Bee Pasti'rage a necessity 103 



Trees for Shade and Honev 104 



Plants tor Field and Roadside lOS 



Plants for Honey Exclusively 115 



Honey Plants for Decoration 119 



Improve-ment IN Bees I3l 



The Bee ot the Future 132 



Lengthening the Bee's Tongue 133 



Honey and Bee Snows i"<5 



Exhibitions at Fairs 135 



Effect ot Bee and Honey Shows 138 



The WixTintiNG of Bees 141 



Chan PaiKins for Winter 142 



Preiiarin;; Cellar foi' Wintering 144 



House for Wintering Bees 145 



Wintering Bees in Clamps 146 



GENEUAL ADVICE TO BEGINNERS 147 



(ieneral Inlormatton Necessary 147 



Selecting a Location 147 



Plan for an Apiary 148 



Adopt a Standard Frame 149 



Keep an A piary Register 149 



Increase by Division 149 



Artiflcial Swarming 152 



Preparing Feed 153 



Guard At-'ainst Overstocking 154 



Provide Continual Honey Bloom 154 



The AMERICAN Bee Journal is the oldest Bea 

 Paper in America, and has a large circulation In 

 every State, Territory and Province, among farm- 

 ers, mechanics, professional and business men, 

 ana Is, therefore, the best advertising medium. 



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RACES OF BEES. 



FREE TO A 1,1,- 



21ST AWNUAL CIRCTJLAE. 



HENRY ALLEY. Wenham, Mass. 



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1 WW? Consult your Interest, and send for my 

 XUUij. new circular and price list of colonies, 

 Nuclei and Queens. Address. 

 9sm8t ». D. McltEAUr, Columbia, Tenn. 



Italian and Cyprian (jneens, 



Imported and home bred. Stock very superior. 

 Also, hives of any of the leading patterns. State 

 your wants and send for price list. 



•J. A. BUCHABTABT, 



I7w2t Holliday's ("oTe, Hancock Co., W, Va. 



Honey as Food and Medicine. 



Full Colonies of Italian Bees, 



In the Lanf.«tr"th frame, shipped in ONE- STORY 

 SIMP1,ICITV HIVES, at *7 each. 

 15w4t K. I. BAKB£R, Bloomtngton, 111. 



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We have just issued a new edition 

 of our pauiijhlet bearing tlie above 

 title. It lias been revised and en- 

 larged from 2-1 pages to 32, the new 

 pages being devoted to new Recipes 

 for Honey Medicines, and all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used. 



It is undeniable that pure honey is 

 the simplest, the healthiest, the most 

 natural, and the most strengthening 

 article of food for healthy persons, as 

 well as the best remedy for the sick ; 

 and for the convalescent it is the true 

 balsam of life, to restore them to their 

 wonted strength and health. 



What is needed is to educate the [ 

 community up to this idea, and in no 

 way can that be done so well as by di- 

 recting their attention to the merits 

 of honey. 



This little pamphlet should be scat- 

 tered by thousands all over the coun- 

 try, by honey producers. In this way 

 it will create a home market in almost 

 any locality. 



We have put the price of them low 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 6 

 cents, postpaid; per dozen,. 50 cents; 

 per hundred, §4.00. On orders of 100 

 or more, we print, if desired, on the 

 cover-page, " Presented by," etc., 

 (giving the name and addre.ss of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and ex\ieiise— enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 



When 100 or more copies are wanted, 

 they will be sent by express, at the 

 expense of the purchaser. 



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Address, THOMAS G. S(E"WMAar, 



925 West Madison Street. ChlcaKo, III, 



Florida Lan(l"640 Acres 



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DESCRIPTION. -Sec. 4, township 7, south ranRe 7 

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 about 25 miles northeast of the city or Apahichi- 

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 2 sections (5 and f.) of the Apaliichicola river ; the 

 Bol! is a rich, sandy Inmu, covered with timber. 



It was conveyed on Dec. olst, 1875, bvCol. Alexan- 

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 $3,000. The title is perfect, and it is unincumbered, 

 asshown by an abstract from the Kecordsof the 

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I will sell the above at a bargain for cash, or 

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 An of l^r for it is respectfully solicited. Address, 



THOMAS O, NE'WMAX, 



925 Weat Madison Street. CHICAGO. ILL, 



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