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 DEVOTED TO THE TNTETJESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABLISHED IN i 



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Chicago, 111., AngTist 13, 1884. VOL. XX -No. 33. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



PUBLISHED BY 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



EDITOR AND PKOPKIETOR. 



925 WEST MADISON ST.» CHICAGO, ILL. 



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PREMIUM.— Any one sending one new subscrip- 

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 one year, besides their own subscription for a year 

 for the Weekly, will be entitled to a copy of " Bees 

 and Uoney," bound in paper. 



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 In two weeks after sending the money, write us a 

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fW~ Any person sending a club of six. Is entitled 

 to an extra copy (like the club), sent to any address 

 desired. Sample copies furnished free. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



•as Went Madison Street.. C'hIcnBo, III. 



Topics Presented in tliis Number. 



A Brief Sermon on Cranks 517 



A Good. Honey Flow 523 



A Good Investment, 523 



A Long Hive 524 



An Enemy to Borage 520 



Apiary Register 525 



Are Bees an Injury to Fruit '? 515 



A Timely Chat About Bees 522 



Autliorshipof tlie Pollen Tlieory. 524 



Bee-Culture in Texas 522 



Bees as Comb Builders 520 



Bees Not Working 523 



Convention Hand-Book 525 



Convention Notices 517,524 



Correspondence 518 



Discouraged but Determined 523 



Editorial Items 515 to 517 



Good Honey Season 523 



Honey and Beeswax Market 517 



•' Honor to Whom Honor is Due " 522 

 Introducing Queens— My Experi- 

 ence 521 



Large Crop of I^asswood Honey . . 524 



Local Convention Directory 516 



Main Ilouey Season Fast 523 



More Honey than for Three Years 524 



Not More than Half a Crop 523 



Philadelphia Bee-Keepers' Picnic -520 



Poorest Season since 1869 523 



Prevention of After-Swarms 522 



Profitable Use of Comb Founda- 

 tion 521 



Removing Surplus Honey 524 



Selections from Our Letter Box. . 523 



Shall we Breed Hybrid Bees V 519 



Special Notices 524 



Stinging Bees of India 516 



Subscription Credits 525 



Swarm Separators 523 



The Hibernation of Bees 518 



The Marketing of Honey .525 



The Weather 515 



Too Much Tare— Is it Just V 517 



Traveling Sweetness 517 



Weight of Extracted Honey 524 



What and How 524 



Wintering Bees— A Question 524 



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1884. 



We will supply tbe American Bee tlonrnal 



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

 prices' quoted in tbe last column of flgures. The 

 first column Rives the regular price of both. All 

 postage prepaid. 



Price nf both. Club 



The Weelily Bee Journal 1200. 



and Cook^s Manual, latest edition 3 25 . 3 00 



Bees and Honey (T.U.NewmanJclothS CO.. 2 75 



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



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 2 T.i. 2 50 



. Apiary Register for 2(Xl colonies 3 50. . J 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 25 



L.ang8troth'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 



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



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40. . 2 25 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 50. . 4 25 



HoneyasFoodAMedicine.lOOCopies 4 50. . 4 25 



Blessed Bees 2 75.. 2 50 



King's Bee-Keepers' Text Book ....3 00.. 2 75 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 

 and Gleanings inBce-Culture(A.I. Root) 3 00. . 2 75 

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



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



Kansas Bee-Keeper 3 00.. 2 75 



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



British Bee Journal 3 75. . 3 50 



The 7 above-named papers 8 25.. 7 00 



The M outhly Mee tjournal and any of tbe 



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



1^ The next meeting of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Association of Boone and 

 Hendricks counties will be held at H. 

 Coxe's apiary, 1 14 miles east of Fay- 

 ette, Boone County, Ind., on Satur- 

 day, Aug. 16, 1884. O. Kno'wlton. 



Sample Copies of the Ambkican Bee 

 Journal will be sent free to any per- 

 son. Any one intending to get up a 

 club can have sample copies sent to 

 the persons they desire to interview, 

 by sending the names to this ofSce. 



Preparation of Honey for tlie 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. 



