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Chicago, lU., Jannary 30, 1884. VOL. XX. No. 5. 



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Topics Presented in this Number. 



Bees Buried Under the Snow 7t> 



Bees on the Summer Stands 76 



Calling Things by the RightNames 73 



Chaniplain Valley Convention 71 



Circular Saws for Hive-Making 72 



Cold in Alabama 75 



Convention at Davenport, Iowa. . . 67 



Editorial Items 67, 68 



Essays at Conventions 73 



Extracted Honey 76 



Extremely Cold in the South 75 



Feeding Bees 74 



Feeding Bees in Winter 75 



Frost- Proof House 74 



Glucose in Honey 75 



Honey and Beeswax ilarket 68 



Honey Granulation 74 



Honey Production in Northern Wis 75 

 How I Prepare Bees for AVinter ... 75 



Intelligence in Bees 68 



Is Bee-Culture Profitable ? 73 



Local Convention Directory 74 



Locating an Apiary 74 



Main Cause of Disease 76 



;Maine Convention 73 



My Report for 1883 76 



Xo Loss in Wintering Bees 76 



Nomenclature of Bee-Keeping. ... 67 

 Packing Comb Honey for Ship- 

 ment 75 



Primary Convention 70 



Regular Blizzard 75 



Some Honey not Candied Yet 76 



Some Stray Thoughts 69 



Statistics of the Ilouey Crop 70 



Steady Cold Weather 75 



Sweet Home Apiary 75 



Those Six-Frame Hives 69 



Unveiling the Fraud 68 



Value of Comb Foundation 76 



Wax and Comb 74 



What and Hovi* 74 



Wires or no Wires in Foundation . 74 



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CLLBBEVG LIST FOR 1884. 



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

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 first column (fives the reffular price of both. All 

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Price of both. Glut 



The Weekly Bee Journal $2 00.. 



and Cook's Manual, 7th edition{in cloth) 3 25, . 2 76 



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



Bees and Honey (T.Q.Newman)cloth 2 75.. 2 50 



Bees and Hi.ney (paper covers) 2 50.. 2 25 



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 2 75. . 2 50 



Apiary Register for 2<»0 colonies — 4 00.. 3 25 

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Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 3 50.. 3 25 



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Alleys Queen Rearing 3 00.. 2 75 



Scribuer's Lumber and t,og Book 2 35. . 2 25 



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40.. 2 25 



Moore's Universal As^^islant 4 50.. 4 25 



Honey as FoodAMedicine.lOOCopies 6 00.. 5 50 



Blessed Beea 2 75.. 2 50 



King's Text Book 3 00.. 2 75 



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