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ESTABLISHED 

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DEMOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



YoL XIX. 



Chicago, 111., January 17, 1883. 



No. 3. 





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PUBLISHED BY 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



EDITOR AND PhoPKIETOR. 



925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Entered at the Cli:cago Post Office as 

 Second Class Matter. 



Topics Presented in this Number. 



A Few Practical Suggestions 41 



A Good Market for Honey 42 



Amiiteur's Report 42 



Another Kind Suggestion 34 



Another Step Higher 43 



Are Bees Taxable? 42 



A Swarm Filled its Hive in 9 Days 43 



Average of 10** Pounds Per Colony 42 



Bee Be-ing Basy .'. 36 



Bees Buried in the Snow 42 



Bees Winter Better than Other Stock 42 



Colorado and Bee-Keeping 43 



Conpention Notices 41 



<;omb or Extracted Honey 40 



Do Bees Injure Fruit? 34 



Editorial I;ems 33 to 35 



Feeding in Winter 43 



Frames Across the Entrance 43 



From a Lady Bee-Keeper 42 



He Lived with His Bees 42 



Honey an d Beeswax in Russia 34 



Honey in the Rocks 35 



Howtouse Small Sections 42 



Introducing Queens, Honey Crop, etc 40 



Mr. I. U. Good's Apiary 34 



My " Bee Business" In 1882 43 



Northern Michigan Convention 37 



Planting for Honey 33 



Poor Locality for Bees 42 



Popular Interest in Bee-Keeping 40 



Prevention of After-Swarms 39 



Scott Co., Iowa, Convention 39 



The Markets for Honey 35 



The New Small Section- 36 



The Past Season's Returns 42 



The Use of Separators 43 



Value of Good Comb Foundation 4.2 



What Bees do in Georgia » 35 



Which Race of Bees? 43 



Western Michigan Convention 40 



Who Shall Keep Bees? 36 



Planting for Honey. 



" Straws show which way the wind 

 blows," is an old but true remark. 

 We were reminded of this, when we 

 noticed the following item in the Chi- 

 cago Times of this week. 



Bee-keepers are reaching the con- 

 clusion that to secure the best results 

 they must cultivate honey-plants. 

 Alsike clover is said to be equal to 

 white clover. Buckwheat, basswood. 

 the blackberry, and raspberry are all 

 recommended for bee food. Catnip, 

 motherwort, rape, mustard, sweet 

 clover, and Rocky mountain bee-plant 

 are recommended to be sown in waste 

 places. 



Planting for honey is getting to be 

 a popular " song," and should be kept 

 up until it is everywhere "sung"— 

 and acted upon by those who have the 

 care of bees. 



^- The editor of the Daily Tivies of 

 San Antonio, Texas, has been reading 

 Cook's Manual of the Apiary, and the 

 following is his opinion of it, which 

 we find in the Daily Times of Jan. 8, 

 1883: "Till we read this book we 

 thought bee-keeping a sort of side pas- 

 time, but we are now convinced that 

 bee-keeping requires study and real 

 work. Bees are good servants, but 

 like many other servants they require 

 a good deal of attending to. To those 

 who keep bees this book is a necessity, 

 and the sooner they buy it the better 

 they will be pleased." 



New Catalogues. — We have received 

 the following Catalogues and Price 

 Lists for 1883 : 



Thorburn & Titus, 1.58 Chambers 

 Street, New York, Vegetable and 

 Flower Seeds. 



Cole & Brothers, Fella, Iowa, Flower 

 and Vegetable Garden Seeds. 



E. M. Morrill, Plymouth, Ind., 

 Flower and Vegetable Seeds. 



D. S. Given & Co., Hoopeston, 111., 

 Given Foundation Press and Wiring 

 Machines. 



1^" " The Bee and Poultry Maga- 

 zine, " is the new title of the paper 

 published by King, Keith & Co., 14 

 Park Place, New I'ork. The January 

 number is on our desk and presents a 

 neat appearance. It contains 20 pages 

 devoted to bees and 10 to the Poultry 

 Department. It is published at $1.25 

 a year. 



S^ Mr. Frank Benton has again 

 removed his residence. This time 

 from Beyrout, Syria, to Athens, 

 Greece— the ancient seat of learuinp-. 

 and mistress of the world. 



^- Tlie Bee-Keepers' Guide pub- 

 lislied by A. G. Hill, Keiidallville, 

 Ind., comes out in pamphlet form with 

 the .January number. It is much im- 

 proved in appearance, and well tilled 

 with reading matter about bees. 



Special Notice.— We will, hereafter, 

 supply the Weekly Bee Journal 

 for 1883 and Cook's Manual in cloth 

 for $2.75, or the Monthly and Manual 

 in cloth for $1.75. 



i^" We carefully mail the Bee 

 Journal to every subscriber, but 

 should any be lost in the mails we will 

 cheerfully send another, if notified 

 before all the edition is exhausted. 



