fe" ^ OLDEST BEE PAPER 

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DEYOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABLISHED IN i 

 1861. > 



Chicago, 111., December 3, 1884. VOL. XX.-No. 49. 



PrBLISHED BY 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



Editor axp Proprietor. 



925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Weekly, *'-8 a yoar ; Monthly. 50 cents. 



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



TO COKRESPONDENTS. 



Tlie SubKcriplIoii Price of the Weekly 

 Bee Joukxal is $!i.00 a year ; and of 

 the MontWy, 50 cents a year in advance. 

 New Su bscriptions can begin at any time. 



Club Rates for the AVceUly are : $.3.80 

 for two copies (to the same or different 

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 It. 20 for four copies ; and for five or 

 more copies, $1.75 each. 



Club Rates for tlie Montlily are : two 

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 ofllces) for iiO cents : three copies for 

 $1.:!0 : four copies for SI. 70 : five copies 

 for $2.00 ; more than Ave copies for 40 

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Topics Presented in this Number. 



A Christmas Present 781 



An Italianized Apiary 779 



An Unfavorable Season 778 



A Peculiar Season 778 



Bee-Keeping in Louisiana 779 



Bees Acting Strangely 780 



Bees and Flower Colors 773 



Bees Flying 779 



Bees Ready for Winter 779 



Build up your Home Markets 771 



Can Bees be Bred to Fixed Types ? 773 

 ContinuousPassage-WaysinHives 775 



Convention Notices 772, 77-5 



Correspondence 773 



Create a Local Honey Market 781 



Denies the Soft Impeachment 778 



Do Bees Hibernate V 779 



Editorial Items 771 , 772 



Honey and Beeswax Market 780 



How Many Colonies ? 778 



Ignorance About Honey 771 



Is Honey-Dew Poisonous ? 7S0 



Keeping Bees on Shares 779 



Large Combs to Prevent Swarms. 77-5 



Light Honey Crop 778 



Local Convention Directory 780 



Nectar or Honey-Dew 774 



Nicest Honey of the Season 779 



Northern Michigan Convention. . 776 

 Premium forClub of 10 Subscribers 781 

 Premiums for 1885 772 



Progressive Bee- Keepers' Conven- 

 tion 777 



Report for 18.84 779 



Selections from Our Letter Box. . 778 



Shipping Bees 7S0 



The Pollen Theory 773 



To Indiana Bee-Keepers 772 



"Wax and Candied Honey 772 



Well Satisfied 778 



What and How 780 



Working Against Nature 777 



^^ To Canadian subscribers let us 

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 so that we can supply the Fanner's 

 Advocate of London, Ont., and the 

 Monthly Bee Journal for one year 

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