DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 

 Vol. XVIII. Chicago, 111., September 13, 1882. No. 37. 





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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial— 



Kdltorial Items 577, 579 



HrittBli Bee- Keepers' Association fil7 



I'mfessifinal Apiculture 077 



Evllp (.'orrectlntf Themselves 578 



Tlie Market SeektnK the Producer 57H 



Preservinc Lute Swarms 579 



ludlapa State Kalr 579 



Among Our Exclianges — 



Old FoKy Bee-KeepinK in California 579 



(■are 01 Comb Honey 58(1 



Honey Ants Employ Slaves 580 



Superiority of Italian Bees 580 



Conicress and Adulteration 5»o 



Healthfulness of Honey 580 



CoiiTeiitioii Notes— 



Ijocal Convention Directory 581 



Ohio Bee-Keepers' Association 581 



'I'lie National Convention 581 



Convention Notices 581 



To Southern Bee-Keepers 581 



Correspondence — 



HlKil Klevutlon for Bee Hives 582 



The Bee Pastures of California 58:i 



HcorpionH in liee Hives 583 



The Development of the Honey Bee 684 



Colorado as H Locality for Bees 585 



The Best (^omb i-'oundatlon 585 



The Common Sense Hive 585 



Selections from Our Letter Box- 

 Drone Brood 58(3 



New Courage Added 58G 



Harvest About Knded ^g 



Heady for the Fair 58(> 



IjjiteSwarm 5^t5 



Honey frtpm (^elandlne 586 



Preparlnd to Feed 587 



Why is it? 687 



Suite CheerinK 5x7 



ees on a Spree 587 



Solidaeo r^-j 



A Few Good Days Nee(ied .'>87 



No 1-et Up 587 



Crooked Combs ,^87 



The SwarminK Fever 587 



A Second (Juecn 588 



Never Knew a Better fear 588 



Extraordinary Work 588 



Not so Bad 588 



Outlook Is Good 588 



Goldenrod in Bloom 588 



Nothlns Like It 588 



Excessive Swarming 588 



At the 8th annual exhibition of" 

 this society, held at the Royal Horti- 

 cuitui'al Society's Gardens, at South 

 Kensington, Aug. 2-8, the attendance 

 vras large and enthusiastic. Entries 

 for premiums wore made in 42 classes, 

 there was a spirited and credit- 

 able competition among exhibitors, 

 and the number of premiums awarded 

 averaged between 3 and 4 for each 

 class, embracing almost everything 

 useful and ornamental about an apiarj'. 

 We have only space to enumerate the 

 names of the successful contestants 

 for pi'cmiums in some of the leading 

 classes : Best colony of Ligurian 

 (Italian) bees, Messrs. Neighbour & 

 Son ; best colony of English bees, 

 T. B. Blow ; best colony of any other 

 variety, T. B. Blow, for Carniolans ; 

 best observatory hive, stocked with 

 bees and fjueen, Messrs. Neighbour ; 

 best movable-comb hive, complete, for 

 summer and winter, F. Search ; best 

 frame hive for general use, Messrs. 

 Dines ; best and cheapest frame hive, 

 for cottagers' use, Messrs. Dines ; best 

 straw hive, T. Sells ; neatest and best 

 rack, Messrs. Abbott Brothers ; best 

 rack for use on a straw skep, T. B. 

 Blow. Nine classes were devoted to sur- 

 plus, the first premiums in which were 

 taken respectivelv by J. H. Brown, 

 H. S. Heath, \\\ Woodley, J. H. 

 Brown, A. llusbiidge. Miss Gayton, 

 J. W. Measures, K. Allen, and Miss 

 Gayton, Messrs. Abbott Bros, took 

 all the prizes offered for foundation, 

 in three classes. For the best mead, 

 metheglin, etc., T. W. Cowan took 1st 

 and 2d prizes. Best collection of 

 bee furniture, etc., Messrs. Neighbour 

 & Son. In the driving contest, the 



first prize was awarded to J. K. Fil- 

 ber ; second, J. Walton ; third, W. 

 Martin. 



Professional Apicnltnre. 



The Prairie Farmer, in a late issue, 

 indorses the whole ground I'ecently 

 taken by the Bee Journal in favor 

 of the establishment of an Apicul- 

 tural Department in the Illinois In- 

 dustrial University. The Farmer 

 closes its able article by remarking 

 that "if apiculture is taken up at the 

 Champaign University, the professor, 

 whoever may be selected, should know 

 something practically about the busi- 

 ness, and not work upon mere theory, 

 as is too often the ease with those 

 who thifik themselves scientists, but 

 who in reality are mere followers of 

 scientific theories." In our opinion. 

 Prof. Burnll is just the man to organ- 

 ize and conduct this Department suc- 

 cessfully. At all events, we know of 

 not another in whose ability we have 

 the confidence that Prof Burrill's 

 name inspires. 



We sincerely regret to learn 

 of the indisposition of Mr. Heddon. 

 In a note from him, he says his ad- 

 vertising in the Bee Journal has 

 deluged him with a flood of letters 

 and business correspondence which he 

 finds impossible to answer personally, 

 and that his supply of queens has 

 been exhausted, except where ac- 

 companied by the full colony or bees 

 by the pound. His advertisement in 

 this number pretty clearly explains 

 his embarrassment. 



^" Persons desiring excursion rates 

 to attend tlie Bee-Keepers' National 

 Convention can, upon application to 

 Mr. C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, O., obtain 

 a circular giving the names of the dif- 

 ferent roads and reductions in fiire du- 

 ring tlie great Elxposition. 



