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ESTABLISHED IN > 

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Chicago. 111.. June 2, 1884. 



VOL. XX.-No. 23. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



OF 



PTBLISHED BY 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



KDITOK AND PROPKIKTOR, 



925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 

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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



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Topics Presented in this Number. 



Almost Discouraged 363 



Bees Building up Fast 363 



Bees fathering Xectar 363 



Bees in Te.xas 363 



Carrying out Young Bees 364 



Correct Nomenclature 362 



Correspondence 36.5 



Deep Cells in Foundation 35.5 



Editorial Items S^r^ 



Feeding Bees in Spring 358 



Foul Brood 3.5.5 



CTOod Report 363 



Ilalf-Pound Sections 362 



Honey and Beeswax Market 364 



Honey Crop Prospects in England 3.55 



Iowa Central Convention 359 



Light on tlie Subject 363 



Loss of Bees in Bee-Cellars 3.56 



National Experimental Stations. . 3.55 

 Objections to Dovetailed Sections 362 



Oil-Cloth Cover for Frames 363 



Pollen not the Cause of Diarrhoea 361 



Reversible Frames ,3.59 



Right and Wrong Names 360 



Selections from our Letter Box. . . 363 

 Shall we Rear Hybrids or Not ?. . 361 



Special Notices .365 



Transferring and Removing Bees 364 



Treatment of Foul Brood 360 



Trembling Bees 364 



Tuscarawas Co., O., Convention. . 361 



A^ery Small Loss 3K3 



What and How : 364 



Which is the True Policy ? 357 



CLUBBIN« LIST FOR 1884. 



Sample Copies of the American Bee 

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1^ A Canadian wishes us to state 

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We will supply tbe American Bee cToarnal 



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

 prices quoted in tbe last column of flKures. The 

 first column Kives the reKular price of both. AU 

 pofitafze prepaid. 



Price of both. Olui, 

 The Weekly Bee Journal |2 08. . 



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

 Cook's Manual, (In paper covers)... 300.. 2 60 

 BeesandHoney<T.G.Newman)cloth3 00. . 2 75 



Bees and Honey (paper covers) 2 76.. 2 50 



Binder for Weeklv Bee Journal 2 T5. . 2 50 



Apiary Register for Ji x) 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 



Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 3 50.. 3 26 



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 



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



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40. . 2 26 



Moore's Universal Assistant 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.Q.Hill) 2 60.. 2 35 



Kansas Bee- Keeper ,.300.. 2 76 



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

 NewEng. Apiarian, (W.W.Merrill).. 2 75.. 2 50 



British Bee Journiil 3 75. . 3 50 



The 8 above-named papers 9 00. . 7 76 



The Monthly Uee cTournnl and any of the 



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



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