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DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGEESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



VoL XVIII. 



Chicago, 111., December 13, 1882. 



No. 50 



PUBLISHED BY 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial- 

 Editorial Items 785 



Q'lie Michigan Convention 785 



PlantinK Sweet Clover 786 



Sasiacity of Bees 786 



Clubl)iDg List 797 



Among Our Excliauges — 



PacliinE; Beesin Clioff. 786 



American Honey in England 787 



Have Bees a Langnafie? 787 



The Honey Production of To-Day 787 



Providing Pastui-age for Bees 787 



Correspondence — 



Gol.len Willow as a Honey Plant 7R8 



The RenrinKOf Cheap Queens 788 



MattnK of Queens 789 



Introducing tJueens without Encaging 78w 



Honey Dew Explained 790 



The Tranbformations of Life 791 



CoHTention Notes— 



Local Convention Directory 791 



Michigan State Convention 791 



How to Begin Bee- K eeping 791 



Stnall Frames or Sections 791 



Side and 'I'ftp Storing 792 



Overstockintz a Locality 792 



C'ipping Queens' Wings 792 



Winterint: Bees 793 



Comb Foundation 793 



Pasturage for Bees 793 



Wintering and Springing of Bees 794 



Convention Notices 794 



Selections from Our Letter IJox— 



Facts About Bees 795 



Good 795 



Ijtme for Wintering 795 



Poor Honey for Winter Use 795 



Old Fogy Bee- Keepers 795 



My Report 795 



Po<ir HonerSeason 795 



Snow, and Upward Ventilation 795 



Spring Dwindling 795 



A, No 1 795 



"Hie Michigan Convention. 



As announced in the Bee Journal, 

 we attended the State Convention of 

 the bee-lieepers in Michigan, held at 

 Kalamazoo last week, a report of 

 which may be found in this issue of 

 the Bee Journal. 



The convention was well attended, 

 considering the extremely disagree- 

 able weather that prevailed during the 

 two days when its sessions were held. 



The Michigan State Bee-Keepers" 

 Association is the oldest in. America, 

 and we are pleased to say that it has 

 been among the first to realize the Im- 

 portance of appointing a commitUee 

 for the purpose of conferring with the 

 officers of the State Fair relative to 

 giving the bee-keeping interests their 

 due share of attention and prominence 

 at the Fair. This was done last year, 

 as was duly noted in the report of the 

 proceedings published in the Bee 

 Journal last December, and the re- 

 sults were very flattering indeed. The 

 display was very creditable, and the 

 officers of the State Fair were so well 

 pleased with tlie attention it attracted 

 from those in attendance at tlie Fair, 

 that they say, anytliing in reason in 

 the shape of accommodations and 

 premiums demanded by the bee-keep- 

 ers for the coming State Fair, will be 

 granted. 



The present Secretary, Mr. H. D. 

 Cutting, was the chairman of the 

 committee, and the results show what 

 can be accomplished by one man, when 

 thoroughly in earnest. He was sup- 

 ported but very little by the rest of 

 the committee, except by encouraging 

 words, and acted almost alone in the 

 matter. He now has the satisfaction 



of knowing that his labors were not 

 only crowned with success, but they 

 were duly appreciated by the Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. We hope that 

 the next Fair will have a far greater 

 exhibit, larger premiums and a more 

 suitable building and location on the 

 Fair grounds. 



Let this stimulate Associations all 

 over the land to exertion in a similar 

 way and thus aid in popularizing the 

 demand for honey, as well as giving 

 general information in regard to bees 

 and honey to all who may attend the 

 Fairs for 1883. 



^" In the last number we enclosed 

 a blank, to be used in sending on sub- 

 scriptions for 1883. Very many run 

 out with the present year, and by re- 

 newing at once, it will save us much 

 labor in taking the names in type from 

 the subscription list, and then, that of 

 returning them a few days after. We 

 hope all, who can, will send on their 

 renewals immediately and save any 

 errors that might occur during the 

 rush at the end of this month, in the 

 holidays. May we ask you, reader, to 

 speak a good word for the Bee Jour- 

 nal to neighbors who keep bees, and 

 send on at least one new subscription 

 with your own V Our premium, " Bees 

 and Honey," in cloth, will pay youfor 

 your trouble, besides having tlie satis- 

 faction of knowing that you have 

 aided the Bee Journal to a n«w 

 subscriber, and progressive apiculture 

 to another devotee. 



1^ Attention is called to a few 

 changes in our clubbing list for 1883, 

 as given on page 797. Those inter- 

 ested will please take notice. 



1^" The Bee-Keepers^ Magazine is to 

 have a Poultry department for 1883, 

 and the price will be SI .2.5 a year. 

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