, OLDEST BEE PAPER 

 IN AMERICA 



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DEYOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABIISHED IN \ 

 1861. > 



Chicago, lU., October 29, 1884. 



VOL. XX -No. 44. 



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PUBLISHED Br 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



EDITOR AND PBOPBIKTOR. 



928 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 

 Weekly, Sa a yt-ar ; Monthly. 50 ceuls. 



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



TO rOKBESPONDENTS. 



The S.ibsorlptioii Price of the Weekly 

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Club Ratefs for tlie Weekly are : $3.80 

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Club Rates lor the monthly are : two 

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Topics Presented in this Number. 



A Poor Season 700 



A Wonderful rield of Honey.... 700 



Bee Journal for 1SS.5 702 



Bees and Flower Petals 695 



Bees in Fall and Winter 699 



Cash Premiums for Clubs 702 



Convention Notices 700 



Correspondence 693 



Create a Local Honey Market 701 



Croton 700 



Does Honey Agree with all ? 699 



Editorial Items 691,692 



Feeding Bees for Winter Stores. . 691 

 Filling and Capping of Honey-Cells 696 

 C4ood Yield and Large Increase. . 700 



Honey and Beeswax Market 700 



Honey at the Indiana State Fair. 692 

 Honey Exhibit at Lennox, Ont. . . 691 



Is It Foul Brood 'i 701 



Local Convention Directory 701 



Moving Bees 701 



My Report for 18,S4 696 



My Report for the Season 700 



Phenol and Foul Brood 692 



Report from Sweet Home Apiary. 700 



Seasonable Hints 692 



Selections from Our Letter Box. . 700 



Selling Glass as Honey 701 



Selling Honey at Home, etc 691 



Sexual Functions of Bees 694 



The Honey Harvest in Scotland. . 700 

 The Results of the Present Year. 699 

 The Use of Phenol on Foid Brood 698 

 Tiering-up Sections— Hibernation. 694 



Trial Subscribers 701 



Utah Bee-Keepers' Convention.. . 693 



Ventilating Bee-Hives 693 



Wabash Co.. Ind., Convention 69.5 



Western Bee- Keepers' Convention 696 

 What and How 701 



Preparation of Honey for the Mar- 

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 of both comb and extracted honey, 

 instructions on the exhibition of bees 

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