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THE AMERICAl^ BEE JOURNAL. 



Rearing Queens.— In your advice to 

 Mr. A. L. Conger, Earlville, Iowa, in 

 regard to rearing queens, you say : 

 " Now take out the frames one at a 

 time fi'om the hive removed, and 

 shake and brush all the bees from the 

 combs in front of tlie new hive, then 

 replace the combs in the black colony 

 and release the queen." Now, I want 

 to know what the- black colony is 

 going to do for bees. I cannot under- 

 stand that I'art of the instructions ; 

 the balance before is plain and simple. 

 Please explain, so that a beginner like 

 myself will know what to do. White 

 clover and poplar are in their prime 

 here now ; about lialf my bees appear 

 to be working on poplar, the other 

 half on white clover. Mercury stands 

 at 810 in the shade at 12 m. Bees are 

 crowding out queens with honey. I 

 am trying to get my neighbors to iise 

 frame hives and Italianize, which 

 some are making pi'eparations to do. 

 J. A. P. Panchek. 



Paucher's Mills, Tenn., May 4, 1S82. 



[In the confusion incident upon re- 

 moving the black hive and lifting out 

 the frames one at a time, you will find 

 enough bees, young and old, will run 

 down from the combs and remain in 

 the old hive to perform maternal 

 duties, and to these young bees will 

 be added hourly as they emerge from 

 the cells, which will each require but 

 a few days to be duly qualilied as 

 nurses. One principal object in brush- 

 ing the combs in front of the new 

 hive, is to get a fair proportion of the 

 younger bees, which have not done 

 lield work, in witli the older bees, to 

 do certain drudge-work which they 

 can best perform .^Ed.] 



Bees Light. — I have concluded to 

 report this morning, as I have just 

 linislied overhauling my bees, doub- 

 ling up, feeding, etc. So far, the 

 spring has been the most discouraging 

 (except that of 1879) I have experi- 

 enced in my bee-keeping — 6 years last 

 April. We have had an abundance of 

 fruit bloom, but the weather has been 

 so very unfavorable that our best col- 

 onies have consumed more than they 

 gathered. To-day it is so cold and 

 damp that the bees are not flying, ex- 

 cept where they are aroused by feed- 

 ing. Owing to the exceptionally poor 

 fall of 1881, and our present weather, 

 bees are in a miserable condition to 

 make a good showing for the season. 

 I am compelled to feed my 33 colonies 

 until something "breaks loose" for 

 them to work upon. Many of them 

 have only about half the amount of 

 brood they should have at this time, 

 and it will take close care to have them 

 all ready for wliite clover, which 

 promises much better than last sea- 

 son. We hope to get a good yield 

 from basswood, as it was almost a 

 failure last year. If it were not for 

 the weekly visits of the Bee Jour- 

 nal, which gives fresh courage, I 

 should feel rather blue at times. 



S. A. Shuck. 



Bryant. 111.. May fi, 1882. 



Bee-Keeping in Colorado. — Every 

 one knows how important is consulta- 

 tion where there are common interests 

 to carry out. We have agricultural 

 and horticultural societies to furtlier 

 the interests of those branches of in- 

 dustry, but there is no industry that 

 calls louder for intelligent manage- 

 ment and consultation than bee cul- 

 ture. When we consider that many 

 bee owners are ignorant of the simp- 

 lest operations of the apiary, it be- 

 hooves us to do all in our power to 

 impart that knowledge by which we 

 can prosecute the science of bee-cul- 

 ture successfully. The exposition 

 managers have offered their entire 

 space to exhibitors free of charge. 

 The enterprise is National in scope, 

 and every industry will be repre- 

 sented. Any one wishing to exhibit, 

 should communicate with the Na- 

 tional Mining and Industrial Exposi- 

 tion Co., at Denver. 



WoMANs' Indus. Ass'n. 



Denver, Col. 



ADVERTISING EATES. 



20c. per agate line of spa ce, each insertion. 



A line of Agate type will contain about eigrht 

 vi-ord«; fourteen lines will occupy 1 inch of space. 

 Transient Advertisements payable in advance. 

 Special Notices, 50 cents per line. 



BlSt'OtTJWTS will be given on advertisements 

 publisbed WEEKLY as follows, if the whole is 

 paid in advance : 



For 4 weeks lO pei* cent, discount. 



" 8 " SO '■ 



" i:$ " (3 months)... .30 " 

 " 26 " (6months)....40 " 

 " 3» " (9 months)... .50 

 " 53 " (I year) 60 " 



Discount, for 1 year, in the MONTHLY alone, 

 35 per cent., 6 months. lO per cent., 3 months. 

 5 per cent. 



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 months, lO per cent. 



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 the time the advertisement is inseited. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



»SS West Madison Street., Chicago, lU. 



J^pccial IJoticcs. 



A Sample Copy of the Weekly Bee 

 Journal will be sent free to any per- 

 son. Any one intending to get up a 

 club can have sample copies sent to 

 the persons they desire to interview, 

 by sending the names to this oflice. 



i^" The Bee Journal is mailed at 

 the Chicago Postotlice every Tuesday, 

 and any irregularity in its arrival is 

 due to the postal employes, or some 

 cause beyond our control. 



The Apiary Register. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a. 

 copy and commence to use it. 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies 220 pages) 1 50 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 2 00 



The larger ones can be used for a 

 few colonies, give room for an increase 

 of numbers, and still keep the record 

 all togetlier in one book, and are there- 

 fore the most desirable ones to pro- 

 cure at the start. 



Honey as Food and Medicine. 



A new edition, revised and enlarged, 

 the new pages being devoted to new 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price of tliem 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 address of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and expense — enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 



1^ From Dr. L. James, Atlanta, 

 111., we have received a section filled 

 with thin foundatioTi, as described on 

 page 309. The section presents not 

 only a very neat appearance, but the 

 foundation is fastened substantially, 

 it having withstood transportation and 

 considerable rough handling. 



Binders for 1882.— We have had a 

 lot of Emerson binders made espe- 

 cially for the Bee Journal for 1882. 

 They are lettered in gold on the back, 

 and make a nice and convenient way 

 to preserve the Journal as fast as 

 received. They will be sent postpaid 

 by mail for 75 cents. 



-A'.-*-..* 



Preparfition of Honey for tlie Mar- 

 ket, including the production and care 

 of both comb and extracted honey. 

 A new pamphlet of 32 pages. At the 

 last meeting of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Society, we were ap- 

 pointed on a committee to prepare in- 

 structions on the Exhibition of Bees 

 and Honey at Fairs ; this is also added 

 to the above. Price, 10 cents. 



i^° When changing a postofflce ad- 

 dress, mention the old as well as the 

 new address. 



