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Chicago, 111., April 16, 1884. 



VOLXX. No. 16. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



OF 

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THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



EDITOR ANr> Proprietor. 

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THOMAS (J. NEWMAN, 



ass (Vent Madison Street.. ChlcnKo, III. 



Topics Presented in this Number, 



Age of Queens 252 



Backward Spring 251 



Bee-Keepers' Excursion to la. City 250 



Bee-Keeping in Cuba 246 



Bee-Keeping in New Zealand 243 



Bee-Motli 252 



Bee Pasturage 252 



Bees Attending a Wedding 2-51 



Bees Gathering rollen 250 



Bees in Southern Michigan 250 



Bees Wasting Wax 347 



Cause of Dysentery in Bees 245 



Convention Notices 251 



Does Bee-Keeping Pay ? 245 



Drones Flying 250 



Drones from Worlier Eggs 248 



Editorial Items 243 



IIoney-Boards and Section Boxes. 244 



Japan Plum Tree 2.52 



My Bee Feeder 250 



My Experience with Separators . . 2-50 

 My Experience with the Cyprians 2.50 



Potatoes as Bee Food 2.52 



Kemoving Bees from Cellars 2.52 



Reversible Frames 244 



Special Notices — 2-53 



Sweet Clover for Stock Pasture. . . 246 



That Improved Ileddon Case 244 



That "Priority of Location" The- 

 ory 248 



The Cause of Bee-Diarrhoea 249 



The Swiss Wax Extractor 246 



The Value of Queens 2.52 



Those Half-Pound Sections 248 



What was the Trouljle 'f 2.50 



Why Bees Swarra Out, etc 251 



Willows and Maples Budding .... 2.50 

 Wintering,double- walled hives, &c 245 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

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^"Do not let your numbers of the 

 Bee Journal for 1884 be lost. The 

 best way to preserve them is to pro- 

 cure a binder and put them in. They 

 are very valuable for reference. 



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1884. 



We will supply tbe Amerlcau Bee tlonrnal 



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

 prices quoted in tlie last column of Sgures. The 

 first column gives the regular price of both. All 

 postage prepaid. 



Price of both. Club 

 The Weekly Bee Journal 1208. 



and Cook's Manual, last edition(incJoth) 3 25.. 3 00 

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

 Bees and Honey (T.O.NewmanJcloth 2 75. . 2 50 



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



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 2 75.. 2 60 



Apiary Register for 200 colonies 3 60. . 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. ._ 3 50.. 3 25 



Langstroth's Standard Work 4 00. . 3 75 



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



Alley's Queen Rearing 3 00.. 2 75 



Scrlbner'8 Lumber and Log Book 2 35. . 2 25 



Fisher's Grain 'rabies 2 40. . 2 2S 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 50.. 4 25 



Honey as Food JtMedicine,100 Copies 4 50. . 4 35 



Blessed Bees 2 75. . 2 50 



King's Text Book 3 00.. 2 75 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 

 and Gleanings inBee-Cu!ture(A.I. Root) 3 00. . 2 75 

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



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A. Q. Hill) 250.. 2 36 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 3 00.. 2 75 



The Apiculturist, (Silas M. Locke) . . 3 OO. . 2 75 

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



British Bee Jounml 3 75. . 3 50 



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



The Monthly Uee tTenrnal and any of the 

 above, 91 less than the figures in the last column. 



1^ The sixth annual convention of 

 Texas bee-keepers will be held at the 

 " Bee Garden " of Judge W. II. An- 

 drews at McKinney, Collin Co., Tex., 

 on April 24 and 25, 1884. A larger 

 number of leading bee masters than 

 ever assembled on a similar occasion 

 in the vSouth, is anticipated. 



Wji. R. Howard, Sec. 



Kingston, Tex., Jan. 16, 1884. 



1^" The bee-keepers of Tuscarawas 

 County will meet in the Town Hall at 

 Port Wasliington, O., on Thursday, 

 May 15, 1884, to organize a bee-keepers 

 association. All are earnestly invited 

 to attend. A. A. Fradenburg. 



I®- The Northern Ohio Bee-Keep 

 ers' Association will hold its annua! 

 meeting in tlie City Council Chambei 

 at Norwalk, O., April 24, 1884, com- 

 mencing at 10 a, m. A full attendance 

 is requested. S. F. Newman, Sec. 



