DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 



ESTABLISHED IN ! 



1861. » 



Chicago, lU., February 13, 1884. VOL. XX. No. 7. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



OF 



PrBLISHEIl IJV 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



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Topics Presented in this Number. 



Adulteration of Beeswax 103 



Another Severe Attack 99 



Artificial Queens 107 



Bees Carrying in Pollen 106 



Bees did not Suffer by the Cold.. . 108 



Bees Fed on Sugar Syrup 106 



Bees in Fine Condition 106 



Bees Never Wintered Better 108 



Bees " on the "Wing Again " 107 



Bees Under the Snow 108 



Button Bush Honey 107 



Care of Bees on Sundays 101 



Controlling the Queens 103 



Experience with Cellar Wintering 107 

 From the Cottonwood Apiary .... 106 

 Giving Away Honey at the Fairs. 108 



Glucose 99 



Granulation of Honey 105 



Honey and Beeswax Market 110 



How to Test Thermonneters 108 



Irascible Cyprian Bees 106 



Is Alsike Clover a Field Plant ?. . 108 



Light and Heavy Foundation 105 



Local Convention Directory 108 



Moving Bees 40 Yards 105 



My Report for 1883 107 



New Facts from Old Theories 101 



Ohio State Convention 100 



Preparing Bees for Winter 106 



Queen 1 1 Years Old 104 



Queries from a Beginner 105 



Rabbets for Hives, etc 104 



Report of a Beginner 107 



Sections, Cases. Dysentery, etc. . . 106 

 Selections from Our Letter Box. . 106 



Special Notices 109 



Square Deal 107 



Statistics and Essays 100 



Successful Out-Door Wintering. . 102 



Sweet Home Bee Feeder 107 



The Use of Comb Foundation 104 



The Winter Problem 102 



Time to Think and Review 99 



Y'oung Bees Flying Now 108 



Was it Caused by Pollen ? 105 



What and How. . . 105 



Will Syrians not Sting ? 108 



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1884. 



We will Kupply the American Uee tlournal 



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

 prices quoted in the lastcolamn of tlfTures. The 

 first column Rives the rcKular price of both. All 

 poataKe prepaid. 



PHce of both. Olub 



The Weekly Bee Journal 12 oe. . 



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

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 Bees and Honey (T.G.Newaian)cloth 2 75. . 2 50 



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



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 2 T.5.. 2 50 



Apiary Register for 2t_io colonies — 4 00. . 3 25 

 Dzierzon's New Bee Book (cloth).... 4 08.. 3 00 

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Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 350.. 3 25 



Langstroth's Standard Work 4 OQ , 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 — 2.3.5.. 2 25 



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40. . 3 25 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 50.. 4 25 



Honey as Food 4 Medicine.lOO Copies 6 00.. 5 60 



Blessed Bees 2 76.. 2 50 



King's Text Book 3 00.. 2 75 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 



and Gleanings inBee-Culture(A.l. Boot) 3 OO. , 2 76 



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



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.Hlll) 2 50. . 2 36 



Kansas Bee-Kecper 3 00.. 2 76 



The Apiculturist, (Silas M. Locke) . . 3 00. . 2 76 



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



British Bee Journal 3 75.. 3 60 



The 8 above-named papers 900.. 7 76 



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