, OLDEST BEE PAPER 

 I AMERICA 





DEYOTEB TO THE INTERESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABLISHED IN ! 



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Chicago, 111., October 22, 1884. 



VOL. XX.-No. 43. 



PTBLISHED BT 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



EiUTOB AND Proprietor. 



925 WEST MADISON ST.. CHICAGO. ILL. 



Weekly, S2 a year ; Monthly. 50 cents. 



Entered at the P.O. as Second-Class matter. 



TO CORRESPONBENTS. 



Tl»e Subscription Price of the Weekly 

 Bee Juvknal is f^.OO a yeiir ; and of 

 the Monthly. 50 cents a year in advance. 

 New Subscriptions can bey-in at anytime. 



Club Rates for tlie AVeekly are : $3.80 

 for two copies (to the same or different 

 post-oflices) : $b.nO for three copies ; 

 ?7.'20 for four copies ; and for five or 

 more copies, SI. 73 each. 



Club Rates for tlie ITIoiilliIy are-: two 

 copies ito the same or ditlerent post- 

 oflices) tor do cents ; three copies for 

 $1.30 : four copies for SI. 70 : five copies 

 for $2.00 ; more than tive copies for 40 

 cents each. 



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Topics Presented in this Number. 



Bee-Keeping in Utah 683 



Bees in Good Condition for Winter 684 



Bees Not Working 685 



Canada Bee and Honey Show 67.5 



Casli Premiums for Clubs 686 



Convention Notices 685, 686 



Correspondence 681 



Create a Local Honey Market 685 



Does Bee- Keeping Pay ? 685 



Does it Pay to Use Foundation y. 68.3 



Editorial Items 675 



Experience with Foul Brood 685 



Feeding Bees 684 



Honey and Beeswax Market 686 



" Honor to Whom Honor is Due " 682 



How Far do Swarms Go V 684 



Killed by a Bee-Sting 681 



Local Convention Directory 686 



Maine Bee and Honey Show 675 



National Bee-Keepers' Associar 

 tion 686 



New Method of Uniting Nuclei. . 682 

 Northwestern Convention, 676 to 681 



Not One-Fourth of a Crop 685 



Keport for the Season 685 



Selections from Our Letter Box. . 685 



Short Honey Crop 685 



Special Notices 686 



Spring-House Wintering of Bees. 684 



Statistical Table 681 



That Strange Noise 684 



The Bee Journal for 1885, 686 



The North American Convention. 675 



The Pollen Theory 683 



Trial Subscribers 686 



What and How 684 



What to do with Boxes in AV'inter 684 

 Wintering Queens Alone 684 



Convention Hand-Book. 



It is a nice Pocket Companion for 

 bee-keepers. It is beautifully printed 

 on toned paper, and bound in cloth- 

 price 50 cents. 



We have had some bound in Kussia 

 leather, with colored edges— price 60 

 cents. 



ADVERTISING RATES. 



20 cents per line of space, each insertion, 



For either the Weekly or Monthly Editiem. 



A line of this type will contain about '7 words; 

 TWELVE lines will occupy ONE-INCH of space. 

 Transient Advertisements payable in advance. 

 Kdltorial Notices, 50 cents per line. 



Advertisements may be inserted one. twoor four 

 times a month, if so ordered, at SO cents per line, 

 of space, for each Insertion. 



Advertisements withdrawn before the expiration 

 of the contract, will be charged the full rate for 

 the time the advertisement w inserted. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



t>BS West MadlsoD Street., ChlcnKo, 111. 



TO CORREISFONDEINTS. 



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 JOITRNAL must reach this office by the 

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FOREIGN POSTASE, EXTRA: 



To Barope— Weekly, .V) cents : Monthly. 10 cents. 



To Australia -Weekly, II ; Monthly. 20 cents. 



George NeiKhbour & Sons, London, EnKland, are 



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