DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTME AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 



ESTABLISHED IN '. 



1S61. > 



Chicago, 111., January 23, 1884. 



VOL XX. No. 4. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



OF 



PUBLISHBD BY 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Proprietor, 



926 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAOO, ILL. 



Weekly. $3 a year ; Montbly, SI. 



PREMIUM.— Any one sending one new subscrtp- 

 Uon for ihe Weekly, or two for the Monthly, for 

 one year, besides their own subscription for a year 

 for the VTeekly. will be entitled to a copy of " Bees 

 and Honey." bound in cloth. 



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

 desired. Sample copies furnished free. 



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For either the Weekly or Monthly Editiona. 



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Advertisements may be inserted one, two or four 

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 of space, for each insertion. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



•«S Wen Madison Street., Chlcaice, III. 



Topics Presented in tliis Number. 



Bees Alive and Well 60 



Bees Buried in a Clamp 59 



Bees Packed in Leaves 60 



Bee Story 60 



Buckwheat for Honey 55 



Can Fertilization and Swarming be 



Controlled? 55 



Convention Notices 58 



Dampness and Diarrhoea 56 



Des Moines Co., Iowa, Convention 58 



Diphtheria— Death— Hygene 60 



Diseased Bees 58 



Editorial Items 51 



E.xtremely Cold 59 



Foundation with Natural Cells 60 



From the Buckhorn Apiary 59 



HilFs Method of Wintering Bees. . 58 



Home Jilarket for Honey 59 



Honey and Beeswax Market 52 



Local Convention Directory 60 



Lucas Co., Iowa, Convention 57 



Mr. Shirley's Apiary 60 



My Report for 1883 59 



Nebraska State Convention 53 



No Winter Loss or Spring Dwind- 

 ling 60 



Obstinate Bees 57 



Our Nebraska State Convention. . . 59 



Our Premium Lists 61 



Packed in Clover Chaff 58 



Pollen and Brood Rearing 60 



Poor Season 59 



Prevention of Swarming 57 



Price Lists for 1884 51 



Real Winter 60 



Report of a Beginner 59 



Selections from Our Letter Box. . . 58 



Special Notices 61 



Splendid AVinter for Bees .59 



Sundry Questions .58 



That Glucose Fraud .52 



The "Cold Snap" in Kentucky 59 



The Old Virginian and Glucose. .. 51 



The Season in Arkansas 60 



Toronto Convention Report 51 



What and How 58 



Working in Supers 57 



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1884. 



We will supply the Amerlcun Bee tTournal 

 one year, and any of the following Bouks, at the 

 prices quoted in the last column of figures. The 

 first column gives the regular price of both. All 

 postage prepaid. 



PHceofboth. Olub 

 The Weekly Bee Journal, |2 00.. 



and Cook's Manual, 7th edittonCln cloth) 3 25. . 2 76 



Cook's Manusil, (In paper covers) 300.. 2 50 



Bees andHoney(T.Q.Newman)cloth2 75.. 2 50 



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



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 275.. 2 50 



Apiary Register for 200 colonies 4 00. . 3 25 



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



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



Quinby'B New Bee-Keeping 3 50.. 3 26 



Langstroth's Standard 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 



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



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40. . 2 25 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 50.. 4 25 



Honey as Food <t Medicine.lOO Copies 6 00. . 5 50 



Blessed Bees 2 75.. 2 50 



King's Text Book 3 00. . 2 75 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 



and Gleanings inBee-Culture(A.l. Root) 3 00.. 2 75 



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



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.Hill) 2 60.. 2 36 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 300.. 2 75 



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



New Eng. Apiarian. (W.W.Merrill).. 2 75.. 2 50 



British Bee Journal 3 75.. 3 50 



The 8 above-named papers y(X).. 7 75 



The Monthly Bee tJeurnal and any of the 

 above. ?i less than the figures in the last column. 



THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL 



AND BEE-EEEFEB'S ADVISES. 



The British Bee Journal is NOW published 

 SBMI-MONTHl.Y, at Seven Shlllines, per annum, 

 and contains the best practical information for 

 the time being, showing what to do, and when and 

 how to do it. Rev. H. R. PEEI., Editor. 



We send the Weekly American Bee Jouhn AX 

 and theBritlsh BetJoumal, both for 13.50 a year. 



Advertisements intended for the Bee 

 Journal must reach this office by 

 Saturday of the previous week. 



