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Chicago, lU., December 24, 1884. VOL. XX.-No. 52. 





Pl'BLISnED KV 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



EDITOR AND PROPKIETOH, 



S25 WEST MADtSON-STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Topics Presented in tiiis Number. 



Bee-Exhibit at World's Fair 82.3 



Bee-Keeping in 1884 821 



Bee-Keeping in Wyoming 82-5 



Convention Notices 826 to 831 



Correspondence 820 



Duty on Cuban Honey 82-5 



Editorial Items 819 



Getting Sections Well Filled 82.5 



Getting Statistics 824 



Grand Report 825 



Hives Packed for Winter 82-5 



Honey and Beeswax 819 



Honey and Beeswax Market 831 



Honey as a Staple Article 820 



Honev production and cousump- 

 tibn 822 



International Congress 823 



Keeping Bees on Shares 820 



Light Honey Crop 825 



Local Convention Directory 825 



Many Swarms Absconded 825 



Peculiar Season 824 



Pollen not Harmful 826 



Pollen the Cause of Bee-diarrhoea 825 



Poor Season 8^6 



Premium for Club of 10 subscribers 826 



Protiting by Mistakes 825 



Rearing and Introducing Queens. 822 



Reply to Mr. Kendall 826 



Selections from Our Letter Box. . 825 



Swarm Catcher 821 



To Bee-Keepers of the Northwest 824 



Too Hasty a Conclusion 826 



Tuscarawas Co., O., Convention. . 824 



Volume XX Ended 819 



Western Maine Convention 823 



Wintering Bees 821 



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