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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF TIONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABLISHED IHi 



1861. I 



Chicago, 111., July 23, 1884. 



VOL. XX.-No. 30. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



PUBLISHED BY 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



Kditor and Propriktok. 



925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Weekly, 98 a year ; Monthly, SI. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



•as Went Madison Street.. C'hicnso. III. 



Topics Presented in tiiis Number. 



Adulteration a Curse 468 



A Plea for Pollen 470 



Bees Gathering Honey Rapidly. . . 475 



Central Illinois Convention 471 



Convention Iland-Book 477 



Correspondence '. . . , 4(!9 



Create a Local Honey Market 477 



Editorial Items 4fi7, 468 



Facts in Regard to Wintering 472 



Ploney Crop 47.5 



Honey from Cotton 47.5 



Honey Gatlieiing Qualities 460 



How to Make Honey-Boards 47.5 



Large Crop of Honey 475 



Local Convention Directory 476 



Missouri's Hone\ and Bee Show.. 467 



]SIr. Heddou's Report 471 



jSJatural Swarming 468 



No Honey, & Prospects Blighted. 47.5 



On a Still " Hunt " 47.5 



One-Fourth of a Crop 47-5 



" Reversible Frames " 474 



Selections from Our Letter Box. . 475 



Shall We Breed Hybrids V 46!i 



Special Notices 477 



Texas State Convention 472 



The Clover Harvest, etc 467 



The Honey Crop in Texas 469 



The Report of the Honey Crop.. . 471 



What and IIow 47.5 



Work Up the Local Markets , 467 



1^ We can supply photographs of 

 Rev. L. L. Langstroth, the Baron of 

 Berlepsch,orDzierzon, at 2.5 cts. each. 



1^ The Gibson County Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, will meet at Trenton, 

 Gibson Co., Tenn.. on Aug. 2, 1884. A 

 good attendance is expected. 



T. J. Happell, Sec. 



J. W. Howell, Pres. 



I®" The meeting of the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association of Northeastern Ken- 

 tucky, will be' held in the city of 

 Covington. Walker's Hall, on Aug. 

 IH, ls,s4. (i. W. VuEE.Sec. 



CLUBBING LIST FOE 1884. 



We win supply the American Bee Journal 



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

 prices quoted in the last column of flRures. The 

 first column gives the regular price of both. All 

 postage prepaid. 



Price of both. Clu- 



The Weekly Bee Journal, |2 00. . 



andCook's Manual, last edltlondn cloth) 3 35. , 3 00 

 Bees and Honey (T.G.Newmanjcloth 3 00. . 3 75 



Bees and Honey (paper covers) 2 75.. 3 50 



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 275.. 2 60 



Apiary Register for 200 colonies 3 50. . 8 25 



Dzlerzon's New Bee Book (cloth) 4 09.. 3 00 



Dzierzon's New Book (paper covers) 3 50. . 2 76 



Quinby's New Bee-Keeplng 3 50.. 3 35 



Liangstroth's Standard Work 4 00. . 3 76 



Root's A B C of Bee Culture (cloth) 3 25. . 3 10 



Alley's Queen Rearing 3 00. . 2 75 



Scrlbner's Lumber and Log Book 2 ^.. 2 25 



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40. . 2 25 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 50. . 4 26 



Honey as Food tfcMediclne.lOO Copies 4 50. . 4 35 



Blessed Bees 2 76.. 3 50 



King' TextBook 300.. 3 76 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 



and Gleanings InBee-Culture(A.I.Root) 3 00. . 3 76 



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



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.U11I) 2 50.. 3 36 



Kansas Bee-Eeeper 3 00.. 3 76 



The Aplcnlturiat. (Silas M. Locke) . . 3 00. . 2 76 



British Bee Journal 3 75.. 3 60 



The 7 above-named papers S25.. 7 00 



The Monthly Kee tlournal and any of the 

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



BT Constitutions and By-Laws for 

 local Associations $2.00 per 100. The 

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