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DEYOTEB TO THE INTERESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABLISHED IN I 

 1861. » 



Chicago, lU., November 12, 1884. VOL. XX.-No. 46. 



PrBLISHED BT 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Propkietor. 



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Topics Presented in tliis Number. 



A Distilling Insect 727 



A Lady's Success with Bees 724 



Apiarian Display at Xew Orleans 730 



A Very Poor Season. 7.32 



Bee Journal for 18S.5 734 



Bee- Keeping in Canada 732 



Bees Ready for Winter 731 



Cash Preojiums for Clubs 734 



Christmas Present 734 



Convention Notices 727 



Correspondence 728 



Create a Local Market 727 



Depressed Industry— Organization 728 



Editorial Items 723, 727 



Feeding Bees 729 



Handling Bees .Scientifically 731 



Honey and Beeswax Market 733 



How Shall We Winter Bees V 731 



How to Feed Sugar Syrup to Bees 729 



Hunting Adulteration 724 



Lake .Shore Bee Convention 731 



Local Convention Directory 724 



Moving an Apiary 733 



Much Bloom, but Little Honey. . . 732 

 N. Ind. and S. Mich. Convention. 728 



No Fall Honey Crop 732 



North American Bee Convention. 725 



Northwestern Convention 732 



Placing Separators 733 



Preventing Granulation in Honey 733 



Eeport for the Season 7.32 



Selections from Our Letter Box.. 731 



Selling Honey-Dew as Honey 723 



Southern Wisconsin Convention. . 730 



The National Convention 72:^ 



Tiering-up Sections 782 



Was it Foul Brood V 733 



What and How 733 



Will Honey-Dew Granulate V 730 



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