cyj^' 



u Jottrnal, 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., DECEMBER 24, 1884. 



No. 52. 



lEEjtoliU 



THOIVIAS G. NEWSMAN, 



EDITOR AND PKOPRIETOR, 



VOLUME XX ENDED. 



With this mimber— the fifty-second 

 for lSS-1— ends the 20th Volume of the 

 Weekly Bee Journal. 



iv^early all of the subscriptions run 

 out with this issue, and we would 

 respectfully request such readers and 

 patrons to sit down as soon as this 

 article is read and send us the renewal 

 of his or her subscription for 188.5, 

 and thus prevent the loss of a num- 

 ber and the consequent pleasure of 

 the weekly feast it presents. 



AVe are grateful for past favors, and 

 we conlidently look for an increased 

 support by progressive bee-keepers 

 everywhere, in order to enable the 

 Bee .Journal to retain the proud 

 position of being the best, as well as 

 the oldest bee-paper on the American 

 Continent. The Bee Journal and 

 its able corps of correspondents have 

 contributed their full share in all the 

 advance-steps of modern improve- 

 ments in bee-culture, and it has kept 

 its readers fully posted in the develop- 

 ment of every one of such, as fast as 

 they have attained a foot-hold. 



We will close the present Volume 

 by wishing all our readers 



A MERRY CHRISTMAS 

 AND A HAPPY HEW YEAR. 



^" Every subscriber is kindly in- 

 vited to obtain a netc subscriber to 

 send with his renewal. Please notice 

 the premiums offered for clubs, on 

 another page. 



Honey and Beeswax. 



In the United States Census for 

 1880, we find the following Table 

 showing the production of honey and 

 beeswax for the year 1879. 



Honcj-. Beeswax. 



Alabama 841,.'i:ij 6(3,870 



Arizona (i.50 10 



Arkansas 1,012,7~'1.\ . . 42,3.54 



California 574,029. . . . 14,672 



Colorado 8,:!40.... 06 



Connecticut 100,:!78 .... 3,543 



Dakota 6,1S0 27 



Delaware 76,2.34 2,151 



District of Columbia 1,723 ... . 133 



Florida 211,943.... 17,976 



Georgia 1,036,034.... 69,318 



Idaho 50 



Illinois 1,310,806.... 43,640 



Indiana 967,381.... 31,6.37 



Iowa 1,310,138 .... 39,565 



Kansas 201,034 6,9.51 



Kentucky 1,.500,,563 46,912 



Louisiana 168,441 11,736 



Maine 198,499 4,770 



Maryland 283,752... 7,722 



Massacluisetts... 49,397 2,463 



Michigan 1,028,395 .32,088 



Minnesota 2.34,054.... 6,532 



Mississippi .382,560.... 24,249 



Missouri 721,080.... 45,462 



Nebraska 86,645.... 1,828 



Nevada 24.296.... 60 



New Hampshire . 87,886.... 2,836 



New Jerse.v 1.31, . 342. ... 6,145 



New Me.vieo 4.50 5 



New York 2,088,845. . . . 79,756 



North Carolina . . . 1,591,.590. . . . 126,268 



Ohio 1,626,847.... 36,.333 



Oreffon 122,.348 3,444 



Pennsylvania 1,415,093.... 46,610 



Rhode Island 8,397.... 336 



.South Carolina. . . ,3.54,.3.50 . . . . 26,780 



Tennessee 2,1.30,689.... 86,421 



Te.xas 761,225.... 3.3,823 



Utah 87,331 .... 1,546 



Vermont 221.729 ... 4,374 



Virginia 1,090.4.51 53,200 



Washington 20.005.... 972 



West Virginia.... 8.33..564 . . . . 26,667 



Wisconsin 813,806.... 22,960 



It will be interesting to put this 

 Table on record ; though we do not 

 think it complete, by any means. As 

 proof of this assertion, we have only 

 to compare the tliird and fourth lines, 

 where we find Arkansas to have pro- 

 duced about double the amount of 

 honey credited to California. It also 

 gives North Carolina credit for .50 per 

 cent, more than Michigan, and more 

 than Illinois or Iowa. The fact is, 

 it is so manifestly incorrect that 

 it is useless. 



1^" From an investment of $2.00, 

 every subscriber to the Weekly Bee 

 Journal for 188.5, will receive fifty- 

 two dividends. 



^° To the copious indexes found 

 in this number of the Bee Journal 

 we point with pride. Those who bind 

 the volume or use the Emerson Bind- 

 er, will find it of untold value. 



m" At the AVorld's Exposition, let 

 it be understood, says I)r, Brown, that 

 "all exhibitsof colonies of bees and 

 bee manipulations will only be during 

 the week of the Convention. Supplies 

 can be exhibited any time during the 

 Exposition." 



1^ The long winter evenings will 

 be well occupied by reading bee litera- 

 ture. When renewing your subscrip- 

 tion, it will be well to get some good 

 bee-books. See our list of books on 

 the second page and select what you 

 need. Do not forget to send for a 

 Binder in which to file your Journal 

 and thus have the full benefit of it 

 during the whole year. 



1^ AVe had about concluded that 

 the Kansas Bee-Keeper had ceased to 

 exist, as it had not been published 

 since September. We now learn that 

 the cause v/as the illness of both of its 

 editors, Messrs. Scovell and Pond.— 

 They now propose to issue it weekly 

 and thus make amends for lost time. 



^ As there are fifty-three Wed- 

 nesdays in this year, and as we are 

 belund with this number, with two 

 legal holidays for the employes before 

 us, the next issue of the AVeekly Bee 

 Journal, for January 7, will be 

 mailed on the previous Saturday, and 

 after that, it will be mailed, as usual, 

 every Tuesday. 



1^ Please notice the change of the 

 club rate for the Apiculturist, sis aoi^A 

 on the last page of this paper. 



^° To Canadian subscribers let us 

 say that we have made arrangements 

 so that we can supply the Farmer's 

 Advocate of London, Ont., and the 

 Monthly Bee Journal for one year 

 at $1.25 for the two. 



