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ESTABLISHED oX'CsV 

 IN 18 61 Px^NIk' 



DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



VoL XIX. 



Chicago, 111., January 24, 1883. 



No. 4. 



PUBLISHED BY 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN. 



KinTOK AND Proprietor, 



925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Weekly, SS a yi-ar ; Monthly, SI. 



I3P" Any person sending a club of six is entitled 

 to an extra copy (like the club) sent to any address 

 desired. Sample copies furnished free. 



FOREIGN POSTAGE, EXTRA : 



To Europe-Weekly, 50 cents ; Monthly, 12 cents. 

 To Australia -Weekly.* I ; Monthly. 24 cents. 



George Neighbour & Sons, London, England, are 

 our authorized agents for Europe. 



Entered at the Chicago Post Office as 

 Second Class Matter. 



Topics Presented in tills Number. 



A Candid Request 60 



A Few Odds and Ends 56 



An Old Fogy Bee-Keeper 59 



Are Separators a Nuisance ? 57 



Bee and Honey Show in Michigan 49 



Bee and Honey Statistics 57 



BeeandHoney Statistics in Illinois 51 



Bees Removing Eggs 54 



Bees Quiet in the Cellar 50 



Binders for the Journal, a Protection 59 



Clubbing List , 61 



Comb Honey Surplus Arrangements 56 



Convention Notices 50, 58 



Editorial Items 49 to 51 



Experiments in our Apiary 55 



Feeding Bees in Winter 51 



Footer, not Foster 59 



Growing and Satisfactory 59 



Half -Pound Honey Sections 52 



How to Ventilate Chaff Hives 52 



Italians Outstrip Black Bees 59 



Local Convention Directory 61 



Markings of Holy Land Bees 59 



Mr. Heddon's Feeder 60 



"Nothing But Leaves," for Packing 59 



Origin of Noise in Swarming-time 50 



Our Honey Resources 54 



Premiums for Clubs 61 



Rev. O. Clute's Lecture on Bees 51 



Separators of Wood 5,s 



Standard Langstroth Frames 55 



Statistics for Canada 59 



Sweet Endowment 50 



Telephone Connected to Each Hive 60 



The Blizzard Has Come 5s) 



The Coming Bee— Enough 53 



Weak Colonies, but Wintering Well 59 



^Vestern Bee-Keepers' Convention 58 



Wintering in Chaff and in Cellar 59 



Wintering in Sawdust 60 



Wood Separators for Surplus Honey 53 



Bee and Honey Show in Michigan. 



Nothing will give more prominence 

 to honey, and aid in its popular cou- 

 .sumption than large and attractive 

 exhibitions of it at fairs, and we are 

 glad to know that Michigan is taking 

 the lead in this matter. It is a pat- 

 tern well worth the copying, and the 

 result will, no doubt, surprise even its 

 most active workers. We have re- 

 ceived the following letter from Prof. 

 Cook, with the list of premiums to be 

 awarded at the next Michigan State 

 Fair : 



Deae Mr. Newman:— I send the 

 following, as I know that you and 

 otliers will not only be interested but 

 rejoice in our success. We owe our 

 secretary, H. D. Cutting, as also the 

 Agricultural Committee, a hearty vote 

 of thanks. You see we increase 

 $64.50 on last year s premiums. 



There is a bright outlook in this 

 direction. Improved bees, better pas- 

 turage, and grand exhibitions at fairs, 

 promise much for apiculture. We are 

 to have a nice building and the right 

 to make sales. 



If Michigan does not have a grand 

 exhibition next fall, then I misjudge 

 her apiarists. A. J. Cook. 



Lansing, Mich., Jan. 1,6, 1882. 



The full list of premiums, both of 

 last year and this, are given below, so 

 that all may see what has been accom- 

 plislied by Mr. Cutting and Prof. 

 Cook, in their labors with the Board 

 of the Michigan State Agricultural 

 Society. 



JtlTISION H-BSES, HONEY, ETC. 



Superintendent—'W . J. Baxter, JonesvlUe. 



COMPETITION OPEN TO THE WORLD. 



All entries in this division must be made on or 

 before Tuesday, the second day of the Fair, at 2 

 o'clock, p. m. 



H— Class 38.— Bees. Honey and Apiarlan 

 Implements. 



1882. 1883. 



1st Pr. 2d Pr. 1st Pr. 2d Pr. 

 Colony of Bees of any 

 kind. In movable comh 



hive. . ... »5 00 t3 00 $8 00 |4 00 



Colony of Italian Bees, in 



movable comb hive... 500 300 800 400 

 Colony of Syrian Bees, 

 In movable comb hive. 500 3 00 800 400 



NOTE.-Numerical strength, purity of race and 

 docility ot disposition, sliall constitute the com- 

 peting points in judging the above. 



5 00 3 00 

 15 00 10 00 

 10 00 5 00 



3 00 8 00 4 00 



3 00 

 1 00 



5 00 

 4 00 



3 00 

 2 00 



Collection of queenbees, 

 alive 3 00 



Largest and best display 

 otcombhoney 10 00 5 00 



Largest and best display 

 of e-Ytracted honey... ui 00 5 00 



Specimen of comb hon- 

 ey, not less than ten 

 pounds, and the man- 

 ner of putting up to be 

 considered 5 00 



Specimen of extracted 

 honey, not less than 

 ten pounds, and the 

 manner of putting up 

 to be taken Into con- 

 sideration 5 00 



Ten pounds of beeswax 2 00 



Specimen of comb foun- 

 dation 3 00 100 3 00 100 



Largest and best collec- 

 tion of apiarian imple- 

 ments, to include hives 

 honey extractors, wax 

 extractors, comb foun- 

 dation macbines.honey 

 knives, shipping cages, 

 etc 10 00 



Honey extractor 3 oo 



Bee smoker 2 00 



Honey knife for uncap- 

 ping 1 00 



Comb foundation ma- 

 chine 5 00 



Wax extractor...,. 200 



Section for comblioney 100 



Largest and best collec- 

 tion of bee literature. 5 00 



Best movable frame bee-hive for all 

 purposes 



Best queen cage for shipping and In- 

 troducing queens... 



Best collection of honey-bearing 

 plants, pressed and mounted, or in 

 bloom 



Best display of queens and bees un- 

 der glass, in such shape as to be 



handled by visitors 500 



For 1883 1179 50 



For 1882 115 IM 



2 00 

 1 00 



3 00 



10 00 

 5 00 

 3 00 



5 IXI 

 3 («) 



1 00 



8 00 

 8 00 



2 00 



5 00 



3 00 

 2 00 



3 00 

 2 00 



Increase for 1883 $64 .^,0 



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1^ The Hon. Louis Wallbridge, one 

 of the principal apiarists of Canada, 

 has been appointed Chief Justice of 

 Manitoba, and has gone there to enter 

 upon his duties. The Judge is a 

 thoroughly practical and progressive 

 apiarist. 



