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Chicago, lU., September 10, 1884. VOL. XX. -No. 37. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 



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Topics Presented in this Number. 



Apiary Register 590 



Aster 588 



Bee and Honey Show at London, 



Ont 588 



Bee Journal for 18.S5 589 



Bee-Keeping in Cuba 586 



Bee-Keeping in Russia 579 



Bees in the Mails 579 



Convention Iland-Book 589 



Convention Notices 580, 581 



Correspondence 581 



County Convention in Indiana 58i 



Create a Local Honey Market 589 



Direct Introduction of Queens. . . 588 

 Do Bees Make Honey or Gather It? 582 



Editorial Items 579, 580 



Garden Carrot 588 



Half a Crop of Honey 588 



Honey and Beeswax Market 580 



Honey-Dew 588 



Honey-Dew for Winter Stores 588 



Honey for Children 588 



Honor to Whom Honor Is Due 581 



How to Ventilate Cellars 587 



How to Winter Bees 587 



Introducing Queens 580 



Is it Lawful to Keep Bees ? 586 



Killing Drones 585 



Local Convention Directory 580 



Making Honey- Vinegar 579 



Notice to Corrsepondents 589 



Only Half a Crop 588 



Planting for Honey 585 



Preventing After-Swarms, etc 581 



Queries 587 



Selections from Our Letter Box. . 588 



Shall we Breed Hybrids ? 581 



Special Notices 589 



Stings and Bites 579 



The Holy-Land Bees 58S 



The National Convention 579 



Theories About Wintering Bees. . 585 



The Pollen Theory .583 



Trial Subscription .579 



What and How 587 



Wintering Bees .582 



Worst Season within 12 Years .588 



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1^ The Illinois State Fair for 1884 

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