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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF HONEY PRODUCEPvS. 



ESTABLISHED IN > 



1861. > 



Chicago, lU.. November 19, 1884. VOL. XX.-No. 47, 



PUBLISHED BT 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



EniTOR AND Proprietor. 



925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Weekly, S8 a year ; Monthly, 50 cents. 



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



TO COKRESPONBENTS. 



Xlie Subscription Price of the Weekly 

 Bee Jduknal is $2.00 a year ; and of 

 the Monthly, 50 oeuts a year in advance. 

 New Subscriptions can beg-in at any time. 



Club Rates for tlie IVeekly are : $.3.80 

 for two copies (to the same or different 

 post-offices) ; §5.50 for three copies ; 

 I". 20 for four copies ; and for live or 

 more copies, $1.75 each. 



Club Rates for the ITIontlily are : two 



copies (to the same or different post- 

 ofnces) for 00 cents ; three copies for 

 81.30 ; four copies for $1.70 : five copies 

 for $2.00 ; more than five copies for -10 

 cents each. 



Sending Money — Hemit by Express, Post 

 Office Order, Postal Note, or Hank Draft 

 on New York or Chieai^o. If neither of 

 these can be obtained, Reprister your 

 Letter, affixing stamps both for postage 

 and registry, and take a receipt for it ; 

 or send it by Express. Money, sent as 

 above described, is at our risk, other- 

 wise, it is not. Do not send checks on 

 local banks, which cost us 25 cents each, 

 at the banks here, to get them cashed. 



Sliver should never be sent in Letters. It 

 will either be stolen, or lost by wearing 

 holes in the envelope. 



Postage Stamps of any denomination 

 may be sent for fractions of a dollar : or 

 where Money Orders, cannot be obtained, 

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Subscription Credits — The receipt for 

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 given in two weeks after sending the 

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 be wrong about it. Do not wait for 

 months or years, and then claim a 

 mistake. The subscription is paid to the 

 END OF THE MONTH indicated on the 

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liOst Numbers.— We carefully mail the 

 Bee Journal to every subscriber, but 

 should any be lost in "the mails, we will 

 cheerfully replace them if notified before 

 all the edition is exhausted. 



Sample Copies of the Bee Journal will 

 be sent free upon application. Any one 

 intending to get up a club can have 

 sample copies sent to the persons they 

 desire to interview, by sending the names 

 to this office. 



Topics Presented in this Number. 



About Bumble-Bees 748 



A Christmas Present 750 



An Unfavorable Season 748 



A Visit Among Ind. Bee-Keepers 747 

 Bee-Feeders, Honey-Boards, etc.. 749 



Bee Journal for 1885 749 



Bees & Honey at Franklin Co.Fair 739 



Bees Dying Fast 749 



Bee-Sting Poison 747 



Canadian Honey Crop for 1884 745 



Cash Premiums for Clubs 749 



Comb Foundation in Brood-Nest. 745 



Convention Iland-Book 750 



Convention Notices 747, 748 



Correspondence 743 



Editorial Items 739 



Extracted Honey 746 



Feeding Bees, etc 749 



Getting Sections Completely Filled 748 



Honey and Beeswax Market 750 



Local Convention Directory 748 



Marshall Co., Iowa, Convention. . 744 



No Surplus Since July 748 



Phenol and Foul Brood 740 



Poorest Season for 8 Years 748 



Preparing Bees for Winter 743 



Research Concerning Foul Brood. 739 

 Selections from Our Letter Box. . 748 



Selling Extracted Honey 748 



Unfortunate 748 



What and How 749 



Winter Weight 749 



Why Do Bees Eat PoUen? 743 



Honey as Food and Medicine. 



Single copy 5 cts.; per doz., 40 cts. ; 

 per hundred, $2.50. 500 will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00 ; or 1000 for 

 $15.00- On orders of 100 or more, 

 we will print, if desired, on the 

 cover-page, "Presented by," etc., 

 (giving the name and address of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and expense — enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 



ADVERTISING RATES. 



20 cents per line of space, each insertion. 



For either the Weekly or Monthly Editien$. 



A line of this type will admit about 7 words. 

 ONE INCH will contain TWELVE Unes. 



Transient Advertisements must be paid 

 for in advance. 



Editorial Notices will be inserted at the 

 rate of 50 cents per line. 



Time Discounts on advertisements will 

 be made as follows : On lO lines and 

 upward, .'J insertions, 5 ^ cent. ; 6 inser- 

 tions, 10 ^ cent.; 9 insertions, 15 ^ cent.; 

 12 insertions, 20 ip cent.; 26 Insertions, 

 25 ^ cent.; 53 insertions, 40 ^ cent. 



On 50 lines and upward, 1 time, 5 ^ cent.; 

 3 insertions, 10 ^ cent. ; 6 insertions, 15 sp 

 cent.; insertions, 20 ^ cent.; 12 inser- 

 tions, 25 <p cent. ; 26 insertions, .30 ^ cent. ; 

 52 insertions, 50 per cent. 



On 1 00 lines and upward, 1 time, 10 ^ cent. ; 

 3 insertions, 15 ig cent. ; 6 insertions, 30 ^ 

 cent.; 9 insertions. 25 ^ cent. ; 12 inser- 

 tions, .30 ^ cent. ; 26 insertions, 40 ^ cent. ; 

 52 insertions, 60 per cent. 



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Books for Bee-Keepers.— For prices and 

 descriptions of bee-books, see the second 

 page of this paper. 



All Papers are Stopped at the expiration 

 of the time paid for, unless requested to 

 be continued. 



Wlien writing to tills office on Business, 

 correspondents must not write anything 

 for publication on the same sheet of 

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 The editorial and business departments 

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Emerson Binders, made especially 'for 

 the Bee Journal, are lettered in gold 

 on the back, and make a very convenient 

 way of preserving the Bee Journal as 

 fast as received. They will be sent, post^ 

 paid, for 75 cents each. They cannot be 

 sent by mail to Canada. 



To Canadians — We take Canadian money 

 for subscription or books ; and Canadian 

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 of a dollar. 



FOKEIQN rOSTAei:, EXTKA: 



To Europe— Weekly, 50 cents ; Monthly. lo cents. 



To Australia -Weekly. II ; Monthly, 20cent8. 



George NeiKhbour & Sons. Loudon, England, are 



our authorized agents for Europe. 



