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Chicago, lU., September 17, 1884. VOL. XX.-No. 38. 



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Topics Presented in tliis Number. 



Bee-Hive Swindlers 596 



Bee .Journal for 1885 605 



Bee-Keeping in the City 604 



Best Honey-Flow for 26 Years. . . 604 

 Call Things by their Right Names -595 



Careful Breeding of Bees 601 



Convention Hand-Book 605 



Convention Notices -593, .596, .598 



Correspondence 597 



Diseased Colony 603 



Does it Pay to Use Foundation ?. 600 



Editorial Items 595, .596 



Excellent Report 604 



Fermented Honey 603 



From Florida to Toronto, Can -597 



Golden Hive Sharpers 604 



Honey and Beeswa.x Market .596 



Honey Crop a Failure for 3 Years 604 



Iowa State Convention 602 



Is it Bee-Diarrhcea V 601 



Local Convention Directory 596 



Milkweed Pollen .599 



Motherwort 604 



Northwestern Ind. Convention. . . 603 

 Northwestern Ohio Convention. . 602 



Organization for Bee-Keepers 602 



Pollen Logic ,599 



Selections from Our Letter Box. . 603 



Special Notices 605 



Swarming, Hibernation, etc 599 



That " Adulterated " Honey 604 



The Bee-Killer 603 



The Cone Flower 604 



What and How 603 



Wild Sensitive-Plant 604 



Wintering Bees in a Bam 603 



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^ The Northwestern Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold its fifth 

 annual convention at Owsley's HaU, 

 northwest corner of Robey and West 

 Madison streets, Chicago, 111., on 

 Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 15 

 and 16, 1884, commencing at 10 a. m. 

 on Wednesday, and holding five ses- 

 sions. Those who have attended one 

 of these annual re-unions will need 

 no urging to induce them to come 

 again ; those who have not, should re- 

 member that Father Langstroth char- 

 acterized the last meeting as " repre- 

 senting the largest number of large, 

 practical and successful honey-pro- 

 ducers of any convention tliat he had 

 ever visited." This meeting being 

 held during the Inter-State Industrial 

 Exposition, reduced railroad fares 

 may be had on nearly all of the rail- 

 roads. W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



C. C. Miller, Pres. 



t^ The Northern Indiana and 

 Southern Michigan Bee- Keepers' As- 

 sociation will hold its next session in 

 Goshen, Ind., on Oct. 3, 1884, at 10 a. 

 m. Important topics relating to the 

 mauHgement of the apiary will be 

 discussed. Considerable time will be 

 devoted to answering questions from 

 the query-box. Several distinguished 

 apiarists are expected to be present. 

 All persons interested in bee-culture 

 are invited to attend. A large meet- 

 ing is anticipated. 



F. L. Prett, M. D., Sec. 



A. Blunt, Pres. 



®" The Wabash County Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold its second 

 meeting on Saturday, Oct. 4, at the 

 Court House in Wabash, at 10 a. m. 

 All bee-keepers are cordially invited 

 to attend. Come one and all and 

 bring your wife and children, and we 

 will try and make it interesting for 

 you. Henry Cripe, Sec. 



Aaron Singer, Pres. 



