Vol. XXIII. 



Chicago, 111., January 5, 1887. 



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Topics Presented in tiiis Number. 



Alsike Clover for bee- pasturage 5 



An average season 10 



Are bees trespassers ? 9 



Bees did well 10 



Bees dying in winter, years ago 4 



Bees in fine condition 10 



Bees wintering well 10 



Big crops of honey— how to secure 5 



Cellai'- ventilation, etc 11 



Chaff Hives for wintering 10 



Clubbing list 13 



Convention notices 5, 9 



Disturbing bees in winter, etc 8 



Double-walled hives 11 



Driven from pillar to post 3 



Editorial items 3 



Favorable winter so far 11 



Fixing the price of honey 10 



Flavor of honey, its recommendation 8 



Honey and beeswax market 13 



Honey crop of 1886 11 



Honey for al 1— No monopolies 7 



Honey markets, etc 6 



Illinois State Fair 7 



Large surplus crop 11 



Laying in queen-cells— Drone eggs 4 



Legislation for bee-keepers 9 



Letter box (as indicated below) 10 



H Bacon, F. M. Johnson, 



John Baldwin, W. Mason. 



J. W. Bittenbender, Frank McNay, 



Alfonso B. Bray, E.F.Meeker, 



S. M. Cox, J. A. Rickenbacher, 



Sam'l Cushman, E. Hood, 



John Davis, D. K. Rosebrough, 



A. W. Fisk, B. Z. Smith, 



Wm. Gemmill, F. A. Snell, 



Mrs. L. Harrison, George Spitler. 



Wm. Hill, 



Local convention directory 10 



Market reports 10 



Moisture in hives 4 



Outlook good for wintering 10 



Over-doing the bee-business 10 



Prices of honey 11 



Queen-traps and swarming 7 



Queries and replies 4 



Raising the price of honey 11 



Ring out 1 O bells I 3 



Season of 1880 n 



Season shortened by drouth 11 



Selling the honey-crop 10 



Slats in honey-board, etc 10 



Special notices 12 



Standard-bearer 3 



Starters in sections and brood-frames 11 



Winter stores 11 



Year of 1886 is gone 3 



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