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ESTABLISHED eX'GV 

 IN 1861 ^-^ 



DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-(M1TURE AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 



ESTABLISHED INI 

 18S1. i 



Chicago, lU., April 2, 1884. 



VOL. XX. No. 14. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



OF 



SI® liliiAi 



PrHLlSHED BV 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



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Topics Presented in this Numbpr. 



Automatic Honey Extractor 212 



Bay (if Quinte, Out., Convention . 21.5 

 Bee- Keeping iu Indian Territory. 218 



Bees all Right 217 



Bees Wintered on Summer Stands 218 



Better than Average 218 



California Honey Crop 211 



Counterfeit Comb Honey 211 



Convention Notices 214, 216, 218 



Experiments in Wintering 217 



Feeding IJees Now 217 



First Swarm of the Season 217 



From Tennessee 217 



From Wataguga Apiary 218 



Good Beginning 217 



Hives, Frames and Bees 218 



Home Markets for Honey 217 



Honey and Beeswax Market 220 



Honey Dealers and Separators 218 



Honey Granulated in the Fall 217 



How far do Bees Fly ? 217 



Jefferson Co., Neb., Convention. . 214 



Keeping Moth out of Combs 219 



Making Comb Foundation 220 



New Price Lists 211 



No Winter Loss 219 



Premiums at London Fair 212 



Prevention of Swarming 220 



vShall I feed Sour Honey ? 219 



Space Above Frames 220 



Removing Bees from Cellars 21 1 



Tests in Cellar AVintering 218 



The Cause of Dysentery 219 



Tuscola Co., Mich., Convention. . . 212 



Virgin Queens in JNIarch 219 



Weight of Sections 212 



AVhen to Extract 215 



Wintered Well 217 



Winter Severe, but no loss of Bees 217 



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^" We now club the British Bee 

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 it and the Weekly for $3.50. 



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1884. 



We will supply the American Bee tJourDul 



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

 prices quoted in the last column of figures. The 

 flrat column gives the regular price of both. All 

 postage prepaid. 



Price of both. Club 



The Weekly Bee Journal *2 06. . 



and Cook's Manual, histeditiondn cloth) 3 25. , 3 00 

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

 Bees and Honey (T.G.Newman)cIoth 2 75. . 2 5U 



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



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 2 75.. 2 60 



Apiary Register for 20(_1 colonies 3 50.. 3 25 



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



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



Quinby'sNew Bee-Keeping 3 50.. 3 26 



Langstroth's Standard Work 4 00 3 75 



Root's A B of Bee Culture (cloth) 3 25. . 3 00 



Alley's Queen Rearing 3 00.. 2 76 



Scribner'H Lumber and Log Book 2 35. . 2 25 



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40. . 2 25 



Moore's Universal As^<istant 4 50.. 4 25 



Honey as Food A Medicine, 100 Copies 4 50. . 4 25 



Blessed Bees 2 75. . 2 50 



King's Text Book 3 00. 2 76 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 

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

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



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G. Hill) 2 50.. 2 ;i5 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 3 00. 2 76 



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

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



British Bee Jourmil 3 75.. 3 50 



The 8 above-named papers 9 00.. 7 75 



The Monthly Kee •lonrnal and any of the 

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