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OLDEST BEE PAPER 

 .\JI IN AMERICA 





DEYOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABLISHED IN t 

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Chicago, lU., November 5, 1884. VOL. XX.-No. 45. 



PrBHSHED BV 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Prophietor. 



926 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Weekly, Itfa a year ; Monthly, SO cents. 



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



TO COKKESPONMENTS. 



Tlie Siib«i>erii>tioii Price of tho Weekly 

 Bee Juuknai, is $2.00 a year ; and of 

 the Monthly, 50 cents a year in advance. 

 New Subscriptions can beg-in at anytime. 



Cliib Rates for the Weekly are : $3.80 

 for two copies (to the same or different 

 post-offlces) ; §5.30 for three copies ; 

 $7.t30 for four copies ; and for five or 

 more copies, $1.7o each. 



Club Rates for tlie niontlily are : two 

 copies (to the same or dilferent post^ 

 offices) for ao cents ; three copies for 

 81.30 ; four copies for SI. TO : five copies 

 for S2.00 ; more than five copies for 40 

 cents each. 



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 or send it by Express. Mone.v, sent as 

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liost Numbers.— We carefully mail the 

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 should any be lost in the mails, we will 

 cheerfully replace them if notified before 

 all the edition is exhausted. 



Sami>le Copies of the Bee Jocrn.1l will 

 be sent free upon application. Any one 

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 sample copies sent to the persons they 

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Topics Presented in tliis Number. 



A Christmas Present 718 



After-Swarming 714 



Bee-Stings, Camphor, etc 714 



Cash Premiums for Clubs 718 



Convention Notices 712, 713, 714 



Correspon(ience 714 



Cure for Bee-Stings 716 



Editorial Items 707—71.3 



Getting Sections AVell Filled 716 



Honey and Beeeswax Market 713 



Iowa Wild Honey 712 



Local Convention Directory 708 



My Keport for 1H84 717 



North American Bee Convention. 708 

 Pollen and Hibernation Theories . 71.5 



Report for the Season 717 



Report of Honey Crop for 1884.. . 716 

 Selections from Our Letter Box. . 716 



Stiugless Bees of Cuba 713 



The National Convention 707 



Too Much Drone-Comb 716 



Wintering Bees in " Clamps " 717 



Look at Your Wrapper-Label. 



X Subscribers whose papers reach 

 them with this paragraph markecJ 

 with a ^i((« pencil, will please take 

 notice that their subscriptions vnll 

 expire at the end of the ■present month. 

 Such are marked thus on the label, 

 "Nov 84." We do not want to lose 

 any of our subscribers, and give this 

 notice so that all may get every 

 number of the Bee Journal without 

 any break, and no papers will be 

 missed. When the money for renewal 

 is received at this office, the date on 

 the label is changed to correspond, 

 and this change is your receipt. If 

 there is any mistake made, notify us 

 at once. 



Apiary Eegister— New Edition. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. The 

 prices will hereafter be a.s follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 1 2.5 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



ADVERTISING RATES. 



20 cents per line of space, each insertion, 



For either the Weekly or Monthly Editions. 



A liDe of this type will contain about 7 words; 

 TWELVE lines will occupy ONE-INCH of space. 

 Transient Advertisements payable in advance. 

 Editorial Notices, 50 cents per line. 



Advertisements may be inserted one, two or four 

 times a month, if so ordered, at ZO 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 is inserted. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



SBS West MadtBon Street., Chicatco, III. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Advertisements for the next Weekly Bee 

 ■louRN.VL must reach this oflSce by the 

 Saturday of the previous week. 



Boolis for Bec-Keepers.— Dor prices and 

 descriptions of bee-books, see the second 

 page of this paper. 



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 correspondents must not write anything 

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 The editorial and business departments 

 are separate and distinct, And when the 

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 sent by mail to Canada. 



To Canadians — We take Canadian money 

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FOK£I6N POSTAeE, EXTKA : 



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