

DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABLISHED IN ! 

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Chicago, 111., April 23, 1884. 



VOL. XX. No. 17. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



•S5 Went Madison Street.. Chlcaso, III. 



Topics Presented in this Number. 



Bees Confined 149 Days 267 



Bees in California 266 



Bees in Missouri 266 



Bees in Nebraska 267 



Bee-space above brood-frames, etc 260 



Capturing Queens 262 



Clipping the Queen's Wing 264 



Convention Notices 268 



Editorial Items 2.59 



Facts in Wintering Bees 261 



Fruit Bloom is Backward 267 



Honey and Beeswax ^Market 268 



Honey Crop of Califorma 259 



Honey Fermenting 262 



Italianizing .' 268 



Losses of Bees in Winter 268 



Moving Bees '. . 268 



Moving Bees on the Railroad 267 



My Affliction, etc 267 



Northeastern Ky. Convention. ... 261 



Pollen and Fermented Honey 267 



Pollen or Ventilation 262 



Poor Honey a Cause of Disease. . . 267 



Questions by a Beginner 268 



Shade for Bee Hives 266 



Special Notices 269 



Spring Management of Bees 265 



Still Cold in the Pineries 267 



Stimulative Spring Feeding 263 



Success in Wintering for 21 Years 264 



Surplus Arrangements 263 



The Improved Section Case 265 



The Use of Comb Foundation 264 



Tlie Weather and Bees 267 



Valuable Instruction 267 



What Causes Bee-Diarrhcea ? 261 



Winter Losses Slight 267 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for 10 cts. each, or $8 per 100. 



^" Do not let your numbers of the 

 Bee Journai. 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. 



CLUBBL\G LIST FOR 1884. 



We TClll supply the Americun Bee tlournul 



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



prices quoted in the last column of flares. Tbe 



first column Rives the regular price of both. All 

 postage prepaid. 



Price of both. Olub 



The WeeklyBee Journal fZOe.. 



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



Cook's Manual, (In paper covers) . . . . 3 OQ. . 2 60 



Bees and Honey (T.U.Newiman)cloth 2 76. . 2 50 



Bees and Honey (paper covers) 2 60..' 2 25 



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 2 75. . 2 50 



Apiary Register for 2(X) 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 3 50.. 3 35 



Langstroth's Standard Work 4 00, . 3 75 



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



Alley's (Jueen Rearing 3 00.. 2 75 



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



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40.. 2 25 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 50.. 4 25 



HoneyasKooddrMedicine.lOOCopies 4 50. . 4 25 



Blessed Bees 2 75. . 2 50 



King's Text Book 3 00. 2 7S 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 



and Qieanings inBee-Culture(A.I.Root) 3 00. . 2 75 



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



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.Hill) 2 60.. 2 35 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 3 00.. 2 75 



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 50 



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



The Hf onthly Uee (Teiirnal and any of the 

 above. II less than the figures in the last column. 



^ The Pike County Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its semi-annual 

 meeting at Pittsfield, Illinois, Sat- 

 urday, May 3, 1884, at 10 a. m. All are 

 cordially invited. Any one having 

 new apiarian implements, or any 

 thing that will advance the interest 

 of the meeting, are requested to bring 

 them for exhibition. 



T. C. BuNivER, iSec. 



W. T. F. Petty, Pres. 



t^ The KentuckyBee-Keepers'Con- 

 vention meets in Louisville, Ky., dur- 

 ing the opening of the Exposition (day 

 not fixed). N.P. Allen, ISec. 



^- For $2.75 we will supply the 

 Weekly Bee Journal one year, and 

 Dzierzon's Rational Bee-Keeping, in 

 paper covers; or the Monthly Bee 

 Journal and the book for $1.75. 



