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DEYOTET) TO THE TNTEHESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS. 



ESTABIISHED IN t 



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Chicago, 111., December 17, 1884. 



VOL XX.-No. 51. 



PUBLISHED BV 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Phopkietor. 



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Topics Presented in tiiis Number. 



Beellive Ventilation 810 



Bee Journal for 188.") 813 



Bee-Keeping in India 805 



Bees Uneasy 811 



Boards in Front of Entrances... 812 



California Iloney-Plapt 804 



Cash Premiums for Clubs 813 



Christmas Present 814 



Correspondence 806 



Create a Local Honey Market 813 



Editorial Items 803, 805 



First Queen mailed from Jerusalem 809 



Hibernation — In Rhyme 806 



Hives Packed in Sawdust 812 



Home-Made Honey-Extractor 807 



Honey and Beeswax Market 813 



Honey-Boards, Section-Cases, etc. 811 

 Honey- Flora of Middle Tennessee 812 



International Bee Congress 810 



Is Honey-Dew Poisonous ? 812 



Local Convention Directory 811 



Local Market for Honey 813 



New Zealand Comb Foundation.. 808 

 Premium for Club of 10 Subscribers 813 

 Queen-Excluding Honey-Boards. 807 

 Report of the Buckhorn Apiary. . 812 

 Selections from Our Letter Box. . 812 



Sundry Queries 811 



That Adulterated Honey 812 



The Elements of Success 803 



The Hunting of Bee-Trees 807 



The International Congress 810 



To Beginners — Manipulation 809 



To the Bee-Keepers of Indiana. 810 



Uncapped Sections in the Fall 806 



What and How 811 



Whom Can We Believe ? 808 



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