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tt Journal, 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., MARCH 26, 1884. 



No. 13. 



vice especially applies to this season 

 of the year." 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor and PROPRrETOB, 



Caution to Beginners. 



Since Huber opened out the combs 

 of the hive "like the leaves of a 

 book," to the inspection of the bee- 

 keeper ; and since Langstroth placed 

 these combs into frames so that they 

 may be handled, and the vs^hole hive 

 may be spread out tor inspection from 

 end to end and top to bottom, at any 

 moment the operator may desire ; — 

 since then progress and improvement 

 have followed each other and made 

 rapid strides toward that perfection 

 to whicli we are ever pressing on, but 

 never attain. These facilities for in- 

 spection place before beginners a 

 temptation to make a " toy " of the 

 hive, and upon every occasion to 

 "play "with and open it. We want 

 to impress them with the idea not to 

 disturb the bees except when it is es- 

 sential to do so. To be continually 

 opening the hive in the spring often 

 exposes the brood to a "chill," and 

 brings destruction to the colony, and 

 does no good whatever. This "chilled 

 brood " is sometimes the forerunner of 

 " foul brood " so much to be dreaded 

 by every bee-keeper. We, therefore, 

 strongly advise caution in this particu- 

 lar to all novices. 



An exchange very wisely gives this 

 advice : " Whether chilled brood will 

 eventually bring about the fell dis- 

 ease, " foul brood," depends on va- 

 rious circumstances ; but whether or 

 not this be the case ultimately, a whole 

 neighborhood is endangered by a reck- 

 less owner of hives. We would, there- 

 fore, attempt to impress on all young 

 bee-keepers the great care they should 

 make it incumbent on themselves to 

 take as to the manner and time of 

 overhauling their hives, and this ad- 



Bee-Eeeping in Canada. 



The growth of the bee interests in 

 Canada is quite remarkable. Two 

 things have been instrumental in its 

 rapid development. First, the energy' 

 and push of Mr. D. A. Jones, and his 

 efforts, in connection with Mr. Frank 

 Benton, to procure the Bees of the 

 Orient, and bring them to America 

 for development and improvement; 

 and secondly, the encouragement re- 

 ceived by bee - keepers from the 

 Toronto Fair, and the large premiums 

 offered on bees and honey. The re- 

 sult of this was to " astonish the na- 

 tives" with an exhibit, which was 

 perhaps the largest ever made on 

 American soil. 



No wonder, then, that a late num- 

 ber of the Free Press, published at 

 London, Out., should remark that 

 " there is a growing interest through- 

 out Western Ontario in the matter of 

 bee culture, and if the directors of 

 fairs, and especially those of the 

 Western Fair, were to give greater 

 encouragement to exhibitors, the pub- 

 lic generally would lefirn more of the 

 extent and value of the yearly honey 

 yield." 



Then, as to the production of honey 

 in Canada, the Free Press adds : "A 

 colony comprises from 20,000 to 40,000 

 bees, and, under proper management, 

 each of these should produce two new 

 colonies every season. The character 

 of the season has, of course, a good 

 deal to do with this. As to the yield, 

 it may be roughly stated that each 

 colony should produce from 60 to 100 

 pounds of honey, according to the 

 favorable character of the season ; 

 and, at the present time, such a pro- 

 duction would represent a vast profit- 

 able result to the owner. 



It is very certain that a liberal 

 Premium list draws together exhibits, 

 which, when aggregrted, make a mag- 

 nificent display. These, in turn, 



create a demand for honey, among 

 the masses, for general consumption, 

 that is more than paramount to the 

 increased number of bee-keepers. 

 These astonishing displays are won- 

 derful educators of the people, and it 

 should be bourn in mind that it is to 

 the interest of bee keepers generally 

 to have them at every Fair, in every 

 County, State and Province in Amer- 

 ica. Let the display at Fairs for 1884 

 be of such magnificence as to create a 

 market for honey ten times as great 

 as it ever lias before attained. 



The committee having in charge 

 the matter of legislation against the 

 spread of "foul brood" in Canada, 

 has had a " set back." They were 

 met with a refusal to introduce the 

 bill into parliament. 



Catalogues for 1884.— The following 

 new Catalogues and Price Lists are 

 received : 



O. Clute, Iowa City — 1 pages— Bees. 

 Honey, Bee-Keepers' Supplies, and 

 Class for Students of Apiculture. 



Bright Bros., Mazeppa, Minn.— 24 

 papes — Apiarian Supplies. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga.-- 

 20 pages— Italian Bees, (Queens, and 

 Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



Nellis' Floral and Garden Instruc- 

 tor— .58 pages— Mohawk "Valley Seeds, 

 Canajoharie, N. Y. 



Wm. C. Wilson, 45 West 14 Street, 

 New York— 116 pages- Plants and 

 Seeds. 



1^ We have received a copy of a 

 pamphlet entitled, "a Dictionary of 

 Baptismal Names for Children." It 

 contains 2,000 names with their mean- 

 ing, and the countries from which 

 they originated. It is published by 

 John C. Stockwell, 25 Ann Street, N. 

 Y., and the price is 2-5 cents. 



1^ Cook's Manual in cloth and the 

 Weekly Bee Journai> for one year 

 will be sent for S3. We have no more 

 of the old edition left, and, therefore, 

 the club price of that edition at $2.75, 

 is withdrawn. 



®" We now club the British Bee 

 Journal and our Monthly for $2.50. 



