CHICAGO, ILLS., JANUARY 4, 1888. No. 1. 



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Topics Presenteil in Tliis Numlier. 



Added many dollars to his income, etc 13 



Alfalfa as a honey-plant in Colorado 8 



Alsike clover— when and how to sow it 10 



An apicultural treasure 13 



Apiary and biography of Geo. E. Hilton ... 5 



Bee-keeping in Texas, etc 13 



Bee-keeping with other pursuits 7 



Bees wintering well 12 



Convention city 4 



Convention directory 12 



Convention notices 13 



Correspondence 8 



Death of John L, Wolcott 4 



Editorial buzzings 3 



Fastening foundation 13 



Grapes, bees and the Baltimore oriole 12 



Honey and beeswax market 14 



How the bees are wintering 13 



Insuring and wintering- bees 8 



Large hives and frames 12 



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W. Addenbrooke. Geo. McCormIck, 



Chas. D. Barber, John Nebel & Son, 



B.F.Carroll, E. F. Howe, 



Walter Harmer, C. Thellmann. 



H. Hastings, 



Making hives and frames 8 



Marketing of honey 8 



Mortality of bees In a cellar 11 



Moving bees in winter 6 



Nailing frames, crates, etc 9 



Nebraska State convention 4 



New Tear's open door 7 



North American Bee-Keepers' Society 9 



Ohio State convention 4 



Packing bees for winter 11 



Painting beehives 9 



Preventing queen from laying In sections. . 6 



Queries and replies 6 



Haspberrles for bees 13 



Results of the past season 10 



Rich bee-lawsuit 4 



Salutation to the New Year 4 



Southeaster Michigan convention 7 



Temperature In a bee-cellar 12 



Well provided with food 13 



Whatails tin? 4 



White clover and basswood-Poor season.. 11 



Winter feeding, apiarian workshop, etc 8 



World wide 3 



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