(fT (^ OLDEST BEE PAPER 

 -^^ IN AMERICA 



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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABLISHED IN i 

 1861. > 



Chicago, lU., May 14, 1884. VOL. XX.-No. 20. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



OF 



PrSLISHED BY 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Phopbiktor. 



925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



•SS (Vent MadlsoD Street.. ChlcnKo, III. 



Topics Presented in this Number. 



A Bee-Keepers' Union Wanted. . . 309 



All is Lovely with my Bees 31.5 



Assorting and Grading the Honey 308 



Bees Confined Kil Days 315 



Bees Gathering Honey 31.5 



Bees Starving in Jnne 31.t 



Bees Swarming 31.5 



Controlling a Field 308 



Convention Xotiees 316 



Correspondence 308 



Description of my Hive 313 



Diarrbcea— Marlieting Honey 312 



Editorial Items 307 



Fruit in Bloom, but no Nectar 31.5 



Good Hicrease 315 



Heavy Losses of Bees 315 



Honey and Beeswax Market 316 



Improved Section Case 309 



Introducing Queens 310 



.Juneberry 315 



Local Convention Directory 316 



Mahoning Valley, O., Convention 311 



Moving Bees I'OO Miles 315 



My Report on Wintering 312 



Priority of Location 311 



Review of Unsettled Points 314 



Selections from our Letter Box. . . 315 



Seneca Co., Ohio, Convention 314 



Small Loss in Wintering 315 



Smart- Weed Honey 315 



Special Notices 317 



Surplus Cases— Bee Diarrhoea 310 



The Honey Crop of California . . . 307 

 Wax,Queens,Out-doorFeeding,etc 316 



What and How 316 



White Clover Looks Promising. . . 315 



Wintered Well 315 



Winter Stores, Pollen, etc 310 



Woodstock, Ont., Convention 313 



1^ We can supply photographs of 

 Rev. L. L. Langstroth, the Baron of 

 Berlepscb, orDzierzon, at 25 cts. each. 



1^ We now club the British Bee 

 Journal and our Monthly for $2.50, or 

 it and the Weekly for $3..50. 



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1884. 



We win supply the American Bee Jonrnat 



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

 prices quoted in the last colnmn of figures. Tbe 

 first column gives the regular price of both. All 

 postage prepaid. 



Price of both. Olub 



The Weekly Bee Journal |2 06. . 



and Cook's Manual, last ediliondn clotb) 3 25. . 3 00 

 Cook's ManuMl, (In paper covers) ... 3 00. . 2 50 

 Bees and lloney (T.G.Newman)cloth 2 75.. 2 50 



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



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 2 75.. 2 50 



Apiary Register for 'JtK) 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 25 



Langstrolb's Standard Work 4 00 . 3 75 



Root's A B C of Bee Culture (clotb) 3 35. . 3 00 



Alley's Queen Rearing 3 00.. 2 75 



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



Fisher'sGrain Tables 2 40. . 2 2S 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 50. . 4 25 



Honey as Food & Medicine.lOO Copies 4 50. . 4 25 



Blessed Bees 2 75.. 2 30 



King's Te.\t Book 3 00. 2 75 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 

 and01eanlng8inBee-Culture(A.I.Root) 3 00. . 2 76 

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



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.HU1) 2 60.. 2 35 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 3 00.. 2 75 



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

 New Kng. 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 Monthly Uee .learnal and any of the 

 above, $1 less than tbe figures in tbe last column. 



Best Advertising Medium. 



Having advertised in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal quite extensively 

 for the past two years, I would say 

 (without solicitation) that it has sold 

 more iiueens for me than any other 

 three periodicals I have ever tried. 



My bees are in tine condition this 

 spring. I have lost but 4 out of 182 

 cohmies. The outlook is fine for a 

 good season. L. J. Diehl. 



Butler, Ind., May 7, 1884. 



1^ The Lucas County Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will meet at A. 

 Rensch's apiary on Saturday, May 17, 

 at 10 a. m. Bee-keepers are cordially 

 invited. Bring your dinners, and have 

 a basket picnic among the bees. 



A. Reusch, Sec. 



^g" Letters for publication must be 

 written on a separate piece of paper 

 from items of business. 



