DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 



ESTABLISHED IN ( 

 1861. > 



Chicago, lU., Marcli 26, 1884. 



VOL. XX. No. 13. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



PUBLISHED BT 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



Ei>iTOR AXi) Proprietor, 



926 WEST MADISON ST.. CHICAGO, ILL. 



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THOMAS a. NEWMAN, 



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Topics Presented in tiiis Number. 



Are Bees Taxable in Michigan. . . 200 



Bee Diarrhoea — its Cause 200 



Bee-Keeping in Canada 19.S 



Bees in Excellent Condition 203 



Bees Wintering Fairly 203 



Caution to Beginners 193 



Convention Notices 202 



Cyprians, Syrians and Italians 203 



Educate the Customers 204 



Feeding in Winter 204 



Four per cent, of Loss in AVinter. 204 



Hard on Bees 204 



Iloney and Beeswax Market 204 



How to Settle the Pollen Tlieory. 202 



Iced Entrances 204 



Local Convention Directory 203 



Marshall Co., Iowa, Convention. . 202 



My Feeder 203 



Planting for Bee Pasturage 201 



Preparing Bees for Winter 203 



Single- Walled vs. Chaff Hives. ... 199 



Size of Brood Frames 198 



Southeastern ^lich. Convention . . 200 



Special Notices 20.5 



Spring Management;of the Apiary 196 



Successful Beginners 204 



Swarm Controller 201 



Tiffin, O., Convention 199 



Use Separators V Yes 198 



White Clover not Winter Killed. . 204 

 Why Eat Honey V 203 



(^ Letters for publication must be 

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1^" For $2.7.5 we will supply the 

 Weekly Bek .Journal one year, and 

 Dzierzon's Eational Bee-Keening, in 

 liaper covers; or the Monthly Bke 

 JouKNAL and the book for §1.75. 



1^ We have a few photographs 



(cabinet size) just taken, of the Rev. 

 L. L. Langstroth, which we can send 

 to those desiring them for 50 cts. each, 

 postage prepaid. 



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1884. 



We wilt supply the American Bee «Iourutt) 

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

 prices quoted in the last column of figures. The 

 first column Rives the regular price of both. All 

 postage prepaid. 



Price 0/ both. Glut 

 The Weekly Bee Journal, $2 OtJ. 



and Cook's Manual, last edition(ln cloth) 3 25 3 00 



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



Bees and Iloney (T.G.Newman)cloth 2 T5. 2 5U 



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



Binder for Weeklv Bee Journal 2 7fi. 2 50 



Apiary Register for 200 colonies 3 50. . 3 25 



Dzierzon's New Bee Book (cloth) 4 09.. 3 00 



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



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



Langstroth's Standard Work 4 00 3 75 



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



Alley's Queen Rearing 3 00.. 2 7& 



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



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40.. 2 2s 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 50.. 4 26 



Honey as Food <t Medicine, 100 Copies 4 50. 4 26 



Blessed Bees 2 75.. 2 50 



King's Text Book 3 00. 2 7S 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 

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

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



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



Kansas Bee-Keeper 3 00. 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 1)00.. 7 75 



The Monthly Kee Jearnal and any of the 

 above. $1 less than the fletires in the last column. 



W The first edition of the" Apiary 

 Register ■' having been exhausted, we 

 have just issued a new edition, ele- 

 gantly bound in Russia leather, with 

 a large worker bee and ''Apiary Reg- 

 ister '' in gold on the side. It forms 

 not only a Register of both Queens 

 and Colonies, but has also an Ac- 

 count Book at the back, in which to 

 keep a record of all the receipts and 

 expenditures of the apiary, which will 

 be found exceedingly valuable. We 

 have also reduced the prices, as will 

 be seen on another page. 



