DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



Vol. XVIII. Chicago, lU., September 27, 1882. 



No. 39. 



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Published every Wednesday by 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial— 



The National Convention 609 



MONTIII.Y Bee JoUKNAL FOK 1883 R(I9 



A Tewt for Honey G09 



B'-e and Honey Show in Florida 610 



Wintering Bees 610 



Yellow Melilot or Sweet Clover 611 



Among Our Exchanges — 



Food Uir yueen Cages 611 



Dites the Queen Lead the Swarm? 611 



Giue'>--e from [l;ias 611 



The Harvests of the World 611 



Prepiiring Bees for Winter 611 



Peculiarities of Bees 611 



The Hcjney Harvest in Switzerland 611 



CorrespiMHlence — 



Wintering, tlie Season In England, etc 612 



JiutiiigB "n Cuiilornia Bee Topics 612 



Moili'in Breeding and Longevity 613 



Tw.. giieens iti One Hive 613 



Blister Beetle l*urv» Attacking Bees 614 



Checlting the Swarming Fever 619 



Convention Notes — 



l."cal Convention Directory 61.^ 



Liouisiana State Convention 615 



Swis!" Bee-Keepers* Convention 615 



The Nail'inal Convention 617 



Convention Notices 617 



Selections from Our Letter Box— 



Saving Combs 617 



Potsonf-d 617 



Sweet Ci'tver 6i8 



Moving Bee- 618 



Septeiiiticr Swa-ni Doing Well ,... 618 



Cultivation of Sweet Clover 618 



Five Hundred PerCent 618 



Hon c V - Bou nd B I H 



Be- Lice 610 



Prninicted Drouth 619 



Sugar Syrup f'-r Wintering 619 



H . Ill o V Mult lerry 619 



A Partiiil Keport 619 



Solidago 619 



Amber Svrup for Wintering 619 



Notso Bad ; 620 



Go. id -Mil HnneyC'ropi. 620 



Bees 'n Canada 6_'i) 



The JaL-ksnn. Mich.. Fair 6li0 



Beaver County. Pa 6 JO 



AT.-n of Uoney 620 



Satbfled 620 





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The National CoDTeiitioii. 



Before our next issue, the National 

 Convention will convene. We hope 

 all who can do so will attend, and trust 

 that the meeting will be very interest- 

 ing, and, as lieretofore, entirely har- 

 monious. We regret not being able 

 to be present, but shall have a repre- 

 sentative of the Bee Journal there, 

 to take a report of the proceedings 

 for publication. 



Those who have found fault vrith 

 the former meetings of this Society, 

 should by all means attend this one, 

 and by tlieir counsel and assistance, 

 aid in making it as near perfection as 

 possible. Tliose who do not attend 

 have no reason to find fault with what 

 is done— let them go, and aee to it that 

 no stone is left unturned which could 

 make it more interesting and useful 

 to the bee-keeping fraternity of the 

 whole country. 



As to the next place of meeting— 

 the Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation at its last session in Chicago 

 invited the National to meet with it 

 in joint assembly, and this we think 

 would be hailed with delight by hun- 

 dreds, but some may think otherwise. 

 New York, Indianapolis, St. Louis, 

 Toronto, Cleveland, Peoria, and other 

 cities have been suggested. Let the 

 matter be well canvassed, and tlie 

 most suitable place selected— so that 

 all may be satisfied, and tlie bee-keep- 

 ing industry be best subserved. 



The Bee Jouknal does not desire 

 to make any suggestion as to the lo- 

 cation of the next Convention. It 

 will be well satisfied with any that 

 may be selected— feeling assured that 

 the united wisdom of those in attend- 



ance will be sure to make a good se- 

 lection. No matter where it maybe 

 held, the Bee .Journal will'do all in 

 its power to advance its interest, and 

 we shall attend if it be held at any 

 other time than the first week in 

 October. 



In our next issue we shall give such 

 of the essays to be read at the Con- 

 vention as we can procure, and copies 

 of them will be distributed there, so 

 as to overcome some of tlie objections 

 heretofore urged against their use. 

 By this means those present will be 

 able to read them over in advance, or 

 note points as they are being read, 

 for further discussion, and thus add 

 largely to their usefulness. 



The Monthly Bee Journal for 1 883. 



At the request of many who have 

 heretofore taken the Monthly and 

 Semi-Monthly Bee Journal, we shall 

 next year print a Monthly in this 

 form and size, issuing it about the 

 middle of each month, at $1.00 a year, 

 In advance; 2 copies for $1.80; 3 

 copies for $2.50 ; .5 copies for $4.00 ; 10 

 or more copies at 7.5 cents each. An 

 extra copy to the person getting up a 

 club of 5 or more. 



The Weekly is now permanently es- 

 tablished, and will be continued as 

 heretofore. 



The Weekly and Monthly Bee 

 Journals will be distinctpapers, each 

 having its own sphere of operation 

 and different readers. 



We shall aim to make the Monthly 

 Bee Journal a welcome and profita- 

 ble visitor to the homes of those who 

 feel the need of a clieap, first class, 

 reliable bee paper in pamphlet form— 

 whose time is too much occupied to 

 read a weekly, or whose means or re- 

 quirements are more limited, and who 

 can dispense with the routine matter 

 more properly belonging to a weekly. 



