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Chicago, lU.. August 6, 1884. VOL. XX. -No. 32. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 





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Topics Presented in this Numlier. 



Bee-Dian-hoea -504 



Bee-KeepiuK in the Mountains. . . .507 



Bees have done Swarming -507 



Bee-Stings, Cross Bees, etc -508 



Breeding and Selling Queens .504 



But Little Honey -507 



California Honey at the World's 



Fair 506 



Comments on Many Subjects .503 



Convention Notices 508 



Correspondence 501 



Disagreeable Weather for Bees. . . 506 



Editorial Items 499,-500 



Gloomy Prospects 507 



Good Work .507 



Grading, Crating, and Shipping 



Honey 499 



Honey and Beeswax Market -500 



Honey Harvest Over .506 



How to Make Honey-Vinegar .502 



Large Yields of Honey 503 



Late Breeding .508 



Local Convention Directory 499 



Melting Out Beeswax .500 



Milk- Weed and Honey-Dew .507 



No White Honey .507 



Obtaining Statistical Information .506 



Priority of Location .505 



Profitable Bee-Keeping in Maine . -505 



Proofs vs. Evidence -506 



Queer Little Bees .508 



Reviewing the Situation -500 



Selections from Our Letter Box . . 506 



Special Notices .509 



The Honey Crop 499 



The Marketing of Honey -500 



The Pollen Theory Again .501 



The Use of Foundation in Sections -507 



Waxing Honey-Barrels 508 



What Ails the Bees ? .508 



What and How .508 



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