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ESTABLISHED 

 IN 1861 X 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS 



ESTABLISHED IN \ 

 1861. J 



Chicago. lU., May 21, 1884. 



VOLXX.-No. 21. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



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THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



EniTUR AND PHOPRIETOR. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



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Topics Presented in this Number. 



Anticipating a Lively Time 332 



Bee Business Overdone 332 



Bee-Feeding in tlie Spring .330 



Bee-Keeping in Florida 331 



15ee-Keeping in Nebraska 331 



Bees Storing and Breeding 332 



Bees Well Wintered .' . . 332 



Convention Iland-Book 323 



Correspondence 824 



Des Moines Co., Iowa, Convention 325 



Honey and Beeswax Market 332 



Large Increase 332 



Local Convention Directory 332 



Observations in Cellar Wintering 32.5 

 Prospects for a Good Honey Crop 332 



Protection of Bees in Winter 331 



Queens— Diarrhwa 324 



Randolpli, X. Y., Convention .... 331 

 Selections from our Letter Box. . . 332 



Small Grain Looks Promising 332 



Small Loss in Wintering 332 



Southern Wisconsin Convention.. 326 



Special Notices 333 



Surplus Receptacles 329 



The Production of Drones 328 



Utah Convention 324 



Western Bee-Keepers'Association 326 



"Who Should Keep Bees V" 330 



Wide Frames vs. Cases 326 



i®° The ninth annual session of the 

 American Association of nursery men, 

 florists, seedsmen, and kindred inter- 

 ests, will be held at the Sherman 

 House, Chicago, 111., commencing on 

 Wednesday, June IS, 1884, atlOo'clock 

 a. m., and continuing three days. 



Preparation of Honey for the Mar- 

 ket, including the production and care 

 of both comb and extracted honey, 

 instructions on the exhibition of bees 

 and honey at Fairs, etc. This is a 

 new 10 cent pamphlet, of 32 pages. 



^^ Letters for publication must be 

 written on a separate piece of paper 

 from items of business. 



CLUBBIJiG LIST FOR 1884. 



We will supply the AmerlcuD Kee .fournul 



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

 prices quoted in the last column of tii^ures. The 

 first column (fives the resrular price of both. All 

 poataKe prepaid. 



Price of both. Vlub 

 The Weeltly Bee Journal t2 08. . 



and Cook's Manual, last editiondn cloth) 3 26- 3 OO 

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

 Bees and Honey (T.G.Newman)cIoth 3 00. . 2 73 



Bees and Honey (paper covers) 2 75.. 2 50 



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 2 75. . 2 50 



Apiary Register for -JfK) colonies 3 50 . 3 25 



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



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



(iuinby's New Bee-Keeping 3 50.. 3 25 



Langstroth's Standard Work 4 00 3 76 



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



Alley's Queen 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 As.istant 4 50.. 4 25 



Honey as Food J; Medicine.lOO Copies 4 50. . 4 25 



Blessed Bees 2 75. . 2 SO 



King's Text Book 3 00. . 2 73 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 



andGleaningstnBee-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 76 



The Apiculturist, (Silas M. Locke) . . 3 00. . 2 76 

 New Eng. Apiarian, (W.W.Merrill).. 275.. 2 50 



British Bee Journal 3 75. . 3 50 



The 8 above-named papers yOO. . 7 75 



The Uenthly Bee Journal and any of the 



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



Best Advertising Medium. 



Having advertised in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Jouknal quite extensively 

 for the past two years, I would say 

 (without solicitation) that it has sold 

 more tiueens for me than any otiier 

 three periodicals I have ever tried. 



My bees are in tine condition this 

 spring. I have lost but 4 out of 182 

 colonies. The outlook is fine for a 

 good season. L. J. Diehl. 



Butler, Iiid., May 7, 1884. 



tm" The Mahoning Valley Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its 

 next meeting at Newton Falls, O., on 

 June 0,1884. It is desired that a dis- 

 play of apiarian supplies and samples 

 of honey be made at that time. Mr. 

 Hammon, of Bristolville, and Mr. C. 

 R. Page, of Streetsborough, will read 

 practical essays on topics pertaining 

 to bee-keeping. 



E. W. TuRNEK, See. 



Leonard Cak.son, Fres. 



