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DEVOTED TO THE TNTETIESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABLISHED IN ( 



1861. * 



Chicago, 111., October 1, 1884. 



VOL. XX.-No. 40. 





PUBLISHED BV 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Proprietor. 



925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Club Rates lor tUe Weekly are : ^3.80 

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Topics Presented in this Number, 



Absconding Swarms 636 



A Dark Picture 634 



Bee and Honey Show in Indiana. 627 



Bees at tlie Iowa State Fair 627. 



Bees Gatliering Honey 627 



Bee Journal for l.sas 637 



Brood Cells 636 



Comments on Several Subjects. . . 68.5 



Convention Notices 637 



Correspondente 629 



Death of Mr. D. S. Given 627 



Death of Mr. John Madden 628 



Doolittle's Report for 1884 629 



Editorial Items 627,628 



Honey and Beeswax Market 628 



It Pays To Use Foundation 636 



Killed by a Bee-Sting 636 



Lake Shore, N. Y., Convention. . 632 



Local Convention Directory 637 



Only One-Third of a Crop 636 



Ontario Convention 634 



Selections from Our Letter Box . . 636 



Sexual Functions of Bees 633 



Short Honey Crop 637 



Terrible Loss 636 



Transferring Bees at a Fair 62s 



Wluit and How 636 



Will Bees Produce Dampness ?. . 636 



Wintering Bees 629 



Winter Stores for Bees 636 



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»8A We^^t Madiaon 6treet., ChlcASO, 111. 



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