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ESTABLISHED ^<qV 

 IN 1861 7\^Nfs' 



DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



VoL XVIII. Chicago, 111., September 20, 1882. 



No. 38. 



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THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial— 



E d ttorial Items 593 



Bee and Honey Show at Toledo, Ohio 593 



SendinK Queens by Mail or Express 594 



The Honey Crop and the Market 594 



Fouiidiillon Mabiny; 594 



Among Our Excliauges— 



Adulteration of Food 595 



A Phenomenon 596 



Characteristics of the Coming Bee 596 



N egro Bee- Keepers 596 



Song of Rejoicing 596 



H. W. Lee's Apiary 596 



Correspoudeiice — 



Bee-Keeping In the Great Northwest 597 



Dues the IJee Injure Grapes ? 597 



Understanding a Locality 59?^ 



How I Shall Winter My Bees 598 



Holy Land Bees 598 



Progress of Apiculture in 30 Years 599 



Effect of Cold and Consumption of Food. 600 



<;onveutiOll Notes- 

 west Texas Bee-Keepers' Af^aociation 600 



To All Bee-Keepersin Wisconsin 600 



Convention Notices c^jo 



The National Convention r<ji 



Local Convention Directory 601 



Selections from Our Letter Box- 

 Moving Bees — 601 



Building Up 601 



Still Gathering Honey .' (joi 



Much More to Learn ". .* 601 



An Amateur's Success " (kji 



Itobbing 602 



Harmless Moth 602 



On the Jump ' 60'' 



Feeding for Winter... [[',[ 60-» 



Floral Specimens 6(j^ 



HooksforTops of Frames 6oii 



Still Swarming 60y 



Botanical ' , (](y^ 



Late Clover Bloom !!!..!!.! 603 



Done Well 603 



To Clean Moth out of Combs Giys 



Value of " Bees and Honey " 0O3 



When Shall 1 Feed? 603 



Inferior Huney {j03 



Toads and Bees !...!.!...'...'. 6(J3 



Nuclei Storing Surplus ta>4 



About an Average Season 604 



<iood Fall Honey Crop Hi>4 



Bees Booming Yet 004 



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l lThTITm nirr- 



Bee and Honey Show at Toledo, Ohio. 



Such a grand success was this new 

 feature of the Tri-State Fair, that the 

 managers have ah'eady promised the 

 Bee-Keepers' Society all the space 

 they may desire at the Fair for next 

 year. 



The small corner set apart for the 

 Bee and Honey Show was so crowded 

 all the time, that it was with great 

 difiiculty any one could get through the 

 crowd, and utterly impossible for one- 

 quarter of those who desired to ex- 

 amine the exhibits, to even get within 

 a stone'sthrow of them. The exhibits 

 covered all kinds of supplies used in 

 the apiary, besides comb and ex- 

 tracted honey put up in all the most 

 desirable ways, and a lot of beeswax. 

 There were also full colonies of Italian 

 bees; nuclei containing Cyprian, Syr- 

 ian and Italian queens, and queens in 

 separate cages. These goods were all 

 on sale, and the receipts from' sales 

 paid the exhibitors very well without 

 taking into consideration the premi- 

 ums awarded. 



The bee-keepers present formed an 

 Association, of which Dr. E. B. South- 

 wick was elected President, and Dr. 

 A. B. Mason, Secretary. As a report 

 of the proceedings may be expected 

 from the Secretary, we shall not par- 

 ticularize, except to say that the Asso- 

 ciation appointed a committee to con- 

 fer with the Managers of the Tri- 

 State Fair in reference to the details 

 for a very large J5ee and Honey Show 

 there next season. So well did the 

 present one succeed, that the bee- 

 keepers, with one accord, agreed to 

 give the next Show of Bees and Honey 

 their most hearty co-operation. 



The popularity of the bee and honey 

 exhibit at the Tri-State Fair is but a 

 repetition of the experience of the 

 managers of the Inter-State Fair at 

 St. Joseph, Mo., last season, and the 

 great Toronto Exposition of last year, 

 and but confirms the impressions we 

 entertained when we first urged upon 

 Fair Executive Committees to give 

 apiculture the liberal recognition it 

 deseiVes. It is still more gratifying 

 to know that the bee-keepers them- 

 selves so soon realize a benefit from 

 these public aids to their enterprise. 



The Rural New Yorker, which 

 is very reliable authority on all mat- 

 ters, says : " The lioney crop will be 

 a good one this year, notwithstanding 

 the discouraging prospects early in 

 the season. The yield will be light in 

 Europe, and California will probably 

 not have much tor export. Good 

 honey, put up in proper shape and 

 carefully graded, will find ready sales. 

 It should be marketed in no other 

 way. Neat packages are attractive." 



By reason of poor health, Mr. 

 James Heddon was not able to attend 

 the bee and honey show at Toledo, C, 

 last week, but he intends, if well 

 enough, to attend the Northwestern 

 Convention at Chicago, October 17th. 



(^ A call has been issued for a 

 meeting of bee-keepers to take place 

 at the office of J. D. Chaplin, Esq., in 

 North Manchester, Ind., on the 30th 

 of September, 1882, at 1 o'clock p.m. 

 There are many bee-keepers in that 

 vicinity, and all are invited to be 

 present and assist in organizing an 

 association. 



^ The Rev. W. F. Clarke passed 

 through Chicago last week on his re- 

 turn from Manitoba. He also spent 

 a day with Mr. James Heddon, en 



route. 



