DEYOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



Vol. XVIII. Chicago, lU., September 6, 1882. 



No. 36. 





THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



KniTUK ANU PKOPttlKTOK. 



925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



AC !)«•*.£. OO a Year, 111 Advance. 



Hiittred tit Chicngn post office as second class matter. 



TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial— 



EditoriHl Items 561 



An Iiiiportimt Oirculur r>6l 



KecoKnizing Bee Men at Fairs 561 



The Weather in EnEliuid 561 



Sweet Clover— Its Culture 562 



Stiitiatica 562 



The Northwestern Convention 563 



'IMio Weather this Kill 1 563 



Fairs and Apiarian Exhibits 563 



Instincts ot Bees 563 



Among' Our Exchanges— 



Controlling Swarms 564 



Protitsof Bee-Keeping 564 



ConTcntion Notes — 



Local Convention Directory , 564 



'I'he National Convention 564 



Convention Notices 564 



An Important Circular. 



Correspondence — 



The Width of Sections 565 



Sate of Comh Honey— No. 2 565 



Effects of Cold-Pollen Gathering, etc 566 



That Bee Poisoning 566 



How to Manage Bobber Bees 567 



Golden Honey Plant 5(j7 



Selling Honey to Advantage 567 



4>elections from Our Letter Box— 



Wild Camomile Honey 568 



(iathering Surplus Every Week 56rt . 



Bee Matters in Kansas 5(jg 



Alter Hnney-Dew 5yR 



Encouragiiiu' in Kentucky 567 



Prepuriiii: lortlioKair 569 



Metli"d..l Dividing 5«9 



Wiring l'"ramcs 569 



Shipping i:a«es 569 



Speed of Bee's Flight 569 



Honey-Dew in Iowa 569 



Manum'sUive 570 



An Error — 570 



A Suggestion 570 



Honey-Dew 570 



Botanical i f,70 



On the Wing 570 



l^arge Increase 570 



T'lo Much Swarming 570 



Bees and Crops 570 



Still Swarming. 570 



One Steady Flow of Hooey 570 



Notion Store .571 



Seeding Basswood 571 



All Right for a Fall Crop 571 



Plenty of "Strong" Honey .571 



Bees :iri' ll'iiling Over 571 



Antii-ipati-s :i Cold Winter .571 



Pr apect^ f'-r a (lood Crop .'.71 



Mum moth White Clover 571 



Ouite SaLisfled 571 



Kept on the .lump 571 



Fertile Wnrkcrs .571 



Done Well this 8u timer .571 



The Hi'-t Hdiipy Harvest ;'>71 



^lallierlm: Sweet Clover Seed 571 



Alake a Home Market .'J71 



On page 529, of the Bee Journal 

 for Aug. 2;;d, in an article entitled 

 " Statistics on Bees and Honey," we 

 made the following suggestion : " If 

 the President of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Society was to issue a 

 circular to the several State Vice- 

 Presidents, urging the importance and 

 necessity for brief tabulated state- 

 ments to be submitted to the Conven- 

 tion, and by their Secretary to be 

 massed in a general statement, it 

 would afford a useful and fruitful 

 theme for discussion and legislation 

 by the Society. These Vice Presi- 

 dents could urge the matter upon the 

 bee-keepers in tlieir respective States 

 through the bee papers and agri- 

 cultural publications, and by means 

 of public and private methods, and 

 thus could be accomplished much 

 more than can be done by any single 

 enterprise. A correct and reliable re- 

 port of this character would be a mat- 

 ter of national importance, and we 

 believe can be accomplished only 

 through tlie National Society." We 

 are pleased to publish the following 

 circular from Prof. Cook, giving the 

 fullest indorsement to our suggestion, 

 and officially calling upon them indi- 

 vidually and collectively to render 

 him most valuable assistance in 

 making tlie National Society a means 

 of lienelitting the whole bee-keeping 

 fraternity of the entire continent : 

 Vice Presidenl!< National Association : 

 Gentlemen.— It is to be hoped that 

 each Vice President will send a full 

 report to the Cincinnati meeting from 

 liis State. Let this give the best pos- 

 sible estimate, founded on wide cor- 

 respondence, of the crop for 1882, also 



the general condition of apiculture in 

 your State, (iive particulars of climate 

 for tlie year, whetlier cold or hot, wet 

 or dry, and tlie relation, so far as no- 

 ticed, of weather to honey secretion. 



Give any further notes as to items 

 of interest or value that may occur to 

 you. A. J. Cook, Pres. 



Lansing, Mich., Aug. 30, 1882. 



Recognizing Bee Men at Fairs. — We 



all know how pleasant it is for bee 

 men to recognize one another and 

 have a pleasant chat. At the coming 

 fairs let every one who has a badge 

 wear it, and they will be surprised at 

 the amount of enjoyment it will give 

 them — introducing them to many they 

 have wished to meet and have a pleas- 

 ant interview, but with whom they 

 have, perhaps, had no personal ac- 

 quaintance. Just try it, for once, and 

 surprise yourselves. If you have no 

 badge, get one. 



The Weather in England.— The Mark 

 Lane Express, in its review for the 

 past week, says : 



The weather has been autumnal. 

 A heavy rainfall was general Tues- 

 day, but it was not sufticient to dam- 

 age the crops materially. The out- 

 standing crops, however, are endan- 

 gered. 



i^° We will send sample copies of 

 the Bee Jouunal to any one who 

 will distribute them to bee men at 

 Fairs. We will also send some large 

 colored posters to enable them to get 

 up clubs. Write to us and say how 

 many copies you wish and we will 

 send them post paid. See our premi- 

 ums for clubs on another page. 



l^The Chesaning, Mich., Argus, of 

 Aug. 18, mentions the receipt, from 

 Henry Jones, of one of the finest sec- 

 tions of honey they ever saw. They 

 say his bees are mostly Italians, and 

 from one colony he obtained 100 

 pounds of honey in 24 days e-xactly. 



