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DEYOTED TO THE INTET^ESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABLISHED IN ( 

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Chicago, 111., July 2, 1884. 



VOL XX.-No. 27. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



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Topics Presented in this NiimbRr. 



Apis- Ameriiaiia 425 



A Woodchuck Manwuvre 421 



Bee-Keeping in Texas 426 



Bees Working on Clover 426 



Carbolic Acid for Quieting Bees. . 427 



Cleansing Wax 427 



Convention Hand-Book 429 



Cuba Flora and Honey Production 421 



Deep or Shallow Frames 423 



J)oBee-Keepers"ConventionsPayV 422 



Errata 427 



Excellent Honey Crop 426 



Expose Hives to the Morning Sun 420 

 Fastening Foundation in Frames 426 



Foundation with Deep Cells 426 



Honey Cakes 420 



Honey Keport 426 



Increase 427 



Local Convention Directory 428 



Manufactured Comb Honey 424 



Markets for Honey in Asia 419 



Marsliall Co., Iowa, Convention . . 434 



Micliigan Hybrids 424 



No Swarms 426 



Xot a Honey Plant 426 



Plan for an Apiary 427 



Poor Prospect in Southern Calif. . 427 



Priority of Location 424 



RemovingStarch from Foundation 427 

 Selections from Our Letter Box. . 426 

 Sweet Clover as a Honey Plant. . . 420 



The U.se of Salt in the Apiary 427 



Trembling Bees 422 



What Ails my Bees V 426 



What and How 427 



White Clover Yielding Finely 427 



Why Bees Swai'm— Hiving 423 



1^ The KentuckyBee-Keepers'Con- 

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 ing the opening of the Exposition (day 

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



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1884. 



1^ The Gibson County Bee-Keep- 

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T W. Howell, Pres. 



We will supply the American Bee .lonrnal 



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Price o) both. OU... 

 The Weelily Bee Journal J2 00.. 



and Cook's Manual, lust edltlondn clotb) 3 26. . 3 00 

 Cook's Manual. (In paper covers)... 300.. 2 50 

 Bees and Honey (T.G.Newmanjcloth 3 00. . 2 73 



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



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 2 75.. 2 50 



Apiary Register for 2(X) colonies 3 SO. . 3 25 



Dzierzon's New Bee Book (cloth) 4 08.. 3 00 



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Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 3 50.. 3 28 



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



Alley's (^ueen Rearing 3 00.. 2 75 



Scribner's Lumber and Log Book 235.. 2 25 



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40.. 2 25 



Moore's Universal As>istant 4 50.. 4 26 



HoneyasFoodiMedicine.IOOCopies 4 50. . 4 25 



Blessed Bees -. 2 75. . 2 50 



King' TextBook 300.. 2 7S 



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Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G. Hill) 2 60.. 2 36 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 3 00.. 2 75 



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

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