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 .VJ" IN AMERICA 



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ESTABLISHED iX'G)* 

 IN I86i Px.^ jIvT 



DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 



ESTABLISHED ITS I 

 1861. t 



Chicago, 111,, January 9, 1884. 



VOL. XX. No. 2. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



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PTBUSHEl) TiY 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



KDITOR AVI) PHOPHIETOR. 



925 WEST M;.DIS0N ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 

 Weekly, «i3 a year ; Monthly, *1 . 



PREMIUM.— Any one Bending one newaubscrip- 

 tion for the "Weekly, or two for the Monthly, for 

 one year, besitlea their own subacription for a year 

 for the Weekly, will be entitled to a copy of "Beea 

 and Honey.'' bound in c!oth. 



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 on the address label on every paper. If not given 

 tn two weeks after sending the money, write us a 

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t3^ Any person sending a club of »\x, is entitled 

 to an extra copy (like the club), sent to any address 

 de'iired. Sample copies furnished free. 



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 time paid for, unless requested to be continued. 



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To Europe-Weekly. -,i) cents ; Monthly. 1-2 cents. 

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ADVERTISING RATES. 



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For either the Wtekly or Monthly Editions. 



A line of this type will contain about 8 words; 

 TWELVE lines will occupy ONE-INCH of space. 

 Transient Advertisements payable in advance. 

 Editorial Notices. SO cents per line. 



Advertisements may be inserted one, two or four 

 times a month, if so ordered, at SO cents per line, 

 of apace, for each insertion. 



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 the time the advertisement is inserted. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



»«5 West Madison Street.. ChlrnKo. HI. 



Topics Presented in tliis Numbar. 



Ancient Bee Lore 27 



Are 6 frames enough for Winter?. 25 



]3ee-Keeping in Wyoming.Ter 26 



Bees Moved in Winter 26 



Bees Packed on the Summer Stands 26 

 Bees Quiet and in Good Condition. 26 



Clipping Queens' Wings, etc 26 



Clubbing List for 1884 17 



Cold in New York 26 



Cold Winter Weather 19 



Come over and help us 22 



Coming Bee— Pure Mating, etc 25 



Convention Notices 20, 28 



Correspondence 21 



Cow Pea for Bee Pasturage 27 



Cyprian and Hybrid Bees 23 



Dyphtheria — Death — Hygiene 23 



Editorial Items 19 



Fixed Frames 22 



Getting Straight Combs 25 



Glassing Honey in Sections 27 



Harmless Adulteration 19 



Heddon's NonSwarming Attach- 

 ment 21 



Heddon's Section Case 27 



Honey and Beeswax ISIarket 20 



Honey as Food and Medicine 29 



Local Convention Directory 20 



Lost none in Winter 26 



Metal Rabbets for frames to rest on 28 



Method to cure Foul Brood 22 



My Season's Work 26 



Obstructed Entrances 27 



Old and New Way 26 



Packed in Forest Leaves 27 



Premium List for getting up Clubs 29 



Preparing Bees for Shipment 28 



Preparing Bees for Winter 20 



Prevention of Swarming 21 



Rigging up Saws for making Hives 26 



Selections from our Letter Box 26 



Special Notices 29 



Three Years of Bee-Keeping 27 



Two Per cent, of Loss in Winter. . 26 

 Union Convention of Western Iowa 25 



What and How 27 



Wintering on the Summer Stands. 26 



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1884. 



We will supply the American Bee •Journal 



one year, and any of the foltowlne Books, at the 

 prices quoted in the last column of figures. The 

 first column gives the regular price of both. AH 

 postage prepaid. 



Price of both. Club 

 The Weekly Bee Journal, $2 06. . 



and Cook's Manual, 7th editlondn cloth) 3 35. . 2 75 

 Cook's Manual. (In paper covers)... 3 00.. 2 50 

 BeesandUoney(T.G.Newm;*n)cloth2 75.. 2 50 



Bees and Honey (paper covers) 2 50.. 2 25 



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 2 75.. 2 50 



Apiary Register for S'W colonies 4 00.. 3 25 



Dzierzon's New Bee Book (cloth) 4 OQ.. 3 00 



Dzierzon's'Sew Book (paper covers) 3 50. . 2 75 



Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 3 50.. 3 35 



Lang8troth'sStand.ard Work 4 00., 3 75 



Root's A B C of Bee Culture (cloth) 3 25. . 3 00 



Alley's Queen Rearing , 3 00.. 2 75 



Scribner's Lumber and Log Book.... 2 35.. 2 25 



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40. . 2 25 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 50.. 4 26 



Honey as Food <tMedicine,100 Copies 6 00. . 5 60 



Blessed Bees 2 75.. 2 50 



King's Text Book 3 00.. 2 75 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 

 and Gleanings lnBce-Culture( A.I. Root) 3 00.. 2 76 

 Bee-Keepers' Magazine (A.J.King). 3 00.. 2 75 



Bee-Kecpera' Guide (A.G. Hill) 2 50.. 2 35 



Kansas Bee- Keeper 3 00.. 2 75 



The Apiculturist, (Silas M. Locke) .. 3 00.. 2 75 

 NewEng. Apiarian, (W.W.Merrill).. 2 75.. 2 50 



British Bee Journal 3 75.. 3 00 



The 8 above-named papers 9 00. . 7 25 



The Menthly Bee Journal and any of the 

 above, Ji less than the^gures in the last column. 



THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAl 



AND BEE-KEEPER'S ADVISEE. 



The IlKiTisii Bee JotTUNAi, Is NOW published 

 SEMI-MONTH1.V, al Seven Slllllines, per iinnum, 

 and contuins the best pnictiCHi tntdrmHtion for 

 the time beinpjahowing what to do, and when and 

 how to do it. Rev. H. K. PEEI., £dltor. 



We send the Weelily American Bee Journal 

 and iheBritish BeeJoumal, both for J3.00 a year. 



AdTertisements Intended for the Beb 

 JouBNAii must reach this oflSce by 

 Saturday of the previous week. 



