Prices:-25 cents per lb., $3.25 per peck, (15 lbs.,) and $12.00 per bushel, Having purchased a large quantity of Sweet Clover Seed, I will make a Special Discount of 20 per cent. from the above prices, on all orders main in poverty. We offer a SPRING-a great many sow it broad- work for us right in their own localities. Any one grain or grass; six pounds to the acre. We want many men, women, boys and girls to cast on the snow-alone, or with field can do the work properly from the first start. The business will pay more than ten times ordinary It will do well in field or lane, on hill- wages. Expensive outfit furnished free. No one who engages fails to make money rapidly. You side or in valley, on uplands or soil can devote your whole time to the work, or only subject to overflow. It is perfectly your spare moments. Full information and all hardy, standing drouth admirably, and flourishing well during rainy sea- sons. The honey is the best. As it does not bloom till the second season, As in the past, we shall do our best to satisfy the reasonable, and deal out exact justice to all. dress all orders and communications to JAMES HEDDON. DOWAGIAC, Cass County, MICH. Appreciative Notices. A neat and abundantly illustrated hand-book of apiculture.-American Agriculturist, N. Y. Its chapter on marketing honey is worth many times its cost.-Citizen, Pulaski, Tenn. Contains all the information needed to make bee-culture successful.-Eagle, Union City, Ind. Just such a work as should be in the hands of every beginner with bees.-News, Keithsburg, Ill. Valuable for all who are interested in the care and management of bees.-Dem., Allegan, Mich. Engravings are fine. Gotten up in the best style and is cheap at the price.-Farmer, Cleveland, O. Cabinet, Amherst, N. H. Carefully prepared for beginners.-Farmers' A very valuable work to those engaged in beeraising.-News, Prairie City, Iowa. We advise all who keep bees to send for this excellent work. --Journal, Louisiana, Mo. Carefully prepared, and of vast importance to bee-raisers.-Indianian, Clinton, Ind. New and valuable, and embellished with 109 beautiful engravings.-Democrat, Salem, Ind. Much practical useful information, in a cheap form.-Daily Standard, New Bedford, Mass. The most perfect work for the price ever yet produced on the subject of bee-culture.-Anti-Monopolist, Lebanon, Mo. A manual, containing all the newest discoveries in the management of these little workers.- Plain Dealer, St. Lawrence, N. Y. Full of practical instruction, that no one who contemplates keeping bees can do without.--Farmers' Journal, Louisville, Ky. It comprises all that is necessary for successful -Daily Republican, Utica, N. Y. bee-culture, save experience and good judgment. Gives minute details for the management and success.-Col. Valley Farm. nations necessary to make bee-keeping a Written in an interesting and attractive manner, and contains valuable information for all readers, even though they be not directly interested in the care of bees.-Sentinel, Rome, N. Y. It embraces every subject that can interest the beginner in bee-culture. The engravings perfectly illustrate the text.-Farm and Fireside, Springfield, O. Embraces every subject of interest in the apiary, giving very thorough details of the management and manipulations necessary to make bee-keeping a success.-Farm. Longmont, Colo. It is a valuable and practical book, and contains a complete resume of the natural history of the little busy bee, as well as of all that one needs to know in their care and management.-Chicago Herald. Contains a vast fund of information in regard to bee-culture. He who would keep abreast of the times must keep posted in all the improvements in his line. We advise all interested to get a copy of this book.-Daily Times, San Bernardino, Cal. Describes all the newest discoveries in the art, by which the production of delicious and healthgiving honey is obtained, as well as how to prepare it for the market in the most attractive shape.Signal, Napoleon, O. It embraces every subject that will interest the beginner. It describes all the newest discoveries in the art by which the production of delicious and health-giving honey is obtained, as well as how to prepare it for the market in the most attractive form. It is embellished with beautiful engravings, and is the most perfect work of the kind, for the price, that has ever come under our notice.-Farmer, Lancaster, Pa. PRICE-Bound in cloth, 75 cents; in paper covers, 50 cents, postpaid. THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 925 W. Madison St., Chicago, I A Liberal Discount to Dealers by the Dozen or Hundred. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND HONEY PRODUCTION. PREMIUM.-Any one sending one new subscription for the Weekly, or two for the Monthly, for one year, besides their own subscription for a year for the Weekly, will be entitled to a copy of "Bees and Honey." bound in cloth. The receipt for money sent us will be given on the address label on every paper. If not given In two weeks after sending the money, write us a Postal card, for something must be wrong about it. 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. Papers are stopped at the expiration of the time paid for, unless requested to be continued. FOREIGN POSTAGE, EXTRA: Topics Presented in this Number. 43 44 43 44 37 43 A Critic Criticised.. 43 .36, 39, 41 40 35 39 Cold in Nebraska..... 36 VOL. XX. No. 3. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL CLUBBING LIST FOR 1884. We will supply the American Bee Journal one year, and any of the following Books, at the prices quoted in the last column of figures. The first column gives the regular price of both. All postage prepaid. Price of both. Olub .$2.00.. ..... The Weekly Bee Journal,.. 41 43 38 44 43 44 Packed in Clover, Chaff and Leaves 42 Packed on the Summer Stands.... 44 Pasturage Overstocked...... 43 Prefers the Cellar for Wintering... 44 Entered at the Chicago P. O. as Second Class Matter. Premium List for Bees and Honey 39 The Weekly Bee Journal one year and Selections from our Letter Box.... 42 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL Some Conundrums. Stings and their Poison. Advertisements may be inserted one, two or four of space, for each insertion. Advertisements withdrawn before the expiration of the contract, will be charged the full rate for the time the advertisement is inserted. THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 925 West Madison Street., Chicago, Ill. Test for Purity in Honey.. 36 42 AND BEE-KEEPER'S ADVISER. The BRITISH BEE JOURNAL is NOW published 45 SEMI-MONTHLY, at Seven Shillings, per annum, and contains the best practical information for 40 the time being, showing what to do, and when and how to do it. Rev. H. R. PEEL, Editor. 43 Advertisements. BOOKS! The best arranged HIVE for all purposes in DADANT'S FOUNDATION From JAMES HEDDON, July 27th, 1883. - Your Foundation is certainly the nicest and best handled of any I have seen on the market. It is the only foundation true to sample I have ever received. From JAMES HEDDON, Aug. 10th, 1883.-I will contract for 2,000 pounds of foundation for next season on the terms of your letter. Bent by mail, on receipt of price, by Kendall's Horse Book. No book could be more useful to horse owners. It has 35 engravings illustrating positions of sick horses, and treats all diseases in a plain and comprehensive manner. It has recipes, a table of doses, and much valuable horse information Price 25c. for either the English or German editions. Quinby's New Bee-Keeping, by L. C. RootThe author treats the subject of bee-keeping so that it cannot fail to interest all. Its style is plain and forcible, making all its readers realize that ite author is master of the subject.-$1.50. hive used by G. M. Doolittle. Price, &c. The Hive I Use-Being a description of the Novice's ABC of Bee-Culture, by A. I. Root of the honey-bee," and is valuable to beginners and those more advanced. Cloth, 81.25. King's Bee-Keepers' Text-Book, by A. J. King. This edition is revised and brought down to the present time. Cloth, $1.00. Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee. -This is a standard scientific work. Price, $2. Blessed Bees, by John Allen.- A romance of bee-keeping, full of practical information and contagious enthusiasm. Cloth, 75c. Dzierzon's Rational Bee - Keeping.-A-This embraces "everything pertaining to the care Translation of the Masterpiece of that most celebrated German authority, by H. Dieck and S. Stutterd, and edited, with notes, by Charles N. Abbott, Ex-editor of the "British Bee Journal." Dr. Dzierzon is one of the greatest living authorities on Bee Culture. To him and the Baron of Berlepsch we are indebted for much that is known of scientific bee culture. Concerning this book, Prof. Cook says: "As the work of one of the great masters, the Langstroth of Germany, it can but find a warm welcome on this side of the Atlantic." Mr. A. I. Root says of it: "Old father Dzierzon....has probably made greater strides in scientific apiculture than any one man... For real scientific value, it would well repay any beekeeper whose attention is at all inclined to scientific research, to purchase a copy. Cloth, $2. Queen-Rearing, by Henry Alley. A full and detailed account of TWENTY-THREE years' experience in rearing queen bees. The cheapest, easiest and best way to raise queens. Never before published. Price, $1.00 Bee-Keeper's Guide ; or, Cook's Manual of the Aplary. This Manual is elegantly illustrated and fully "up with the times" on every subject of bee-culture. It is not only instructive, but intensely interesting and thoroughly practical. The book is a masterly production, and one that no bee-keeper, however limited his means can afford to do without. Cloth, 81.25; paper cover, $1. Bees and Honey, or Management of an Apiary for Pleasure and Profit, by Thomas G. Newman.-Fourth Edition. "Fully up with the times," including all the various improvements and inventions. Chief among the new chapters are: "Bee Pasturage a Necessity," ""Management of Bees and Honey at Fairs," "Marketing Honey," etc. It contains 160 pages, and is profusely illustrated. Price, bound in cloth, 75e.; in paper covers, 50c., postpaid. Foul Brood; its origin, development and cure. By Albert R. Kohnke. Price, 25c. Extracted Honey; Harvesting, Hand)Ing and Marketing.-A 24-page pamphlet, by Ch. & C. P. Dadant, giving in detail the methods and management adopted in their apiary. 15c. Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers, by Chas. F. Muth; 32 pages. It gives Mr. Muth's views on the management of bees. Price, 10c. Dzierzon Theory -presents the fundamental principles of bee-culture, and furnishes the facts and arguments to demonstrate them. 15 c. in the APIARY. Aplary Register, for SYSTEMATIC WORK The larger ones can be used for a few colonies, give room for an increase of numbers, and still keep the record all together in one book. Prices: For 50 colonies, $1.00; for 100 colonies, $1.50; for 200 colonies, $2.00. Ueber Bienenzücht. Bienen Kultur, oder erfolgreiche Behandlung der Bienen, von Thos. É. Honey, as Food and Medicine, by Thomas G. Newman. This pamphlet discourses upon the Newman. Dieses Pamphlet ́enthält Ancient History of Bees and Honey; the nature, quality, sources, and preparation of Honey for the Belehrungen über folgende Gegenstände Market; Honey as food, giving recipes for making Honey Cakes, Cookies, Puddings, Foam, Wines,etc:Dertlichkeit des Bienenstandesand Honey as Medicine, with many useful Recipes. It is intended for consumers, and should be scat Honig pflanzen-Erziehung derKönigin tered by thousands, creating a demand for honey -Füttern Schwärmen Ableger— everywhere. Published in English and German. Price for either edition, 5c.; per dozen, 50e. Verseßen-Italienisiren-Züseßer Preparation of Honey for the Market, von Königinnen-Ausziehen-Bienen and extracted honey, and instructions on the exbehandeln und beruhigen; weiter enthält Newman. This is a chapter from "Bees and Honey." Price 10c. es ein Kapitel, worin die neueste Methode für die Herrichtung des Honigs für den Handel beschreiben ist. Preis 40 Cents. including the production and care of both comb Swarming, Dividing and Feeding Bees.- Bee Pasturage a Necessity, by Thomas G. Newman-Giving advances views on this important subject, with suggestions what to plant, and ter from "Bees and Honey." Price, 10c. and when and how: 26 engravings. This is a chap Bees in Winter, with instructions about From A. H. NEWMAN, Aug. 24th, 1883.-Book my Chaff-Packing, Cellars and Bee Houses, by Thomas order for 5,000 pounds for spring delivery. From C. F. MUTH, Dec. 12, 1883.-Book my order for 2,000 lbs. of heavy; 1,000 lbs. of thin, and 500 lbs. of extra thin. G. Newman. This is a chapter from "Bees and Food Adulteration; What we eat and should This book should be in every family, and food products, and demand a law to protect the Dealers, send in your orders for next spring consumer against the numerous health-destroying while wax is cheaper, and save trouble and money. 5AB1y CHAS. DADANT & SON, Hamilton, Hancock co., Ill. A POCKET DICTIONARY Containing 320 pages, and over 25,000 Words, Rightly and Plainly Defined To make the pronunciation easily understood every word is phonetically re-spelled, and the syllables and accents made perfectly plain, so that no word to use, and giving it proper pronunciation. adulterations offered as food. 200 50c. Scribner's Lumber and Log Book.-Most complete book of its kind published. Gives meas- tables, interests, etc. Standard book throughout Fisher's Grain Tables for Farmers, etc. -192 pages, pocket form; full of useful tables for similar book ever published. 40 cents. Honig als Nahrung und Medizin-von Thomas G.Newman. Dieses enthält eine klare darstellung über Bienen und Honig des Alterthums; die Beschaffenheit, Qualität, Quellen und Zubereitung des Honigs für den Handel ; Honig als Nahrungsmittel, angebend wie man Honigkuchen, Formküchelchen, Puddings, Schaumkonfect, Weine,u.s.w zubereiten tann; ferner Honig als Medizin mit vielen Rezepten. Es ist für den Consumenten bestimmt, und sollte vieltausendfältig über das ganze Land verbreitet werden. Preis 6 Cents. Das Pferd und seine useful tables for farmers and others than any Frankheiten-Von B. J. Kendall, M. D., enthaltend ein alphabetisch geordnetes Verzeichnisz der verschiedenen Pferdekrankheiten, sammt den Arsachen, Symptomen und der richtigen Behand plete Mechanic, contains over 1,000,000 Indus Moore's Universal Assistant, and Comone who consults this book can miss the proper dustrial Facts, Calculations, Processes, Trade Secrets, Legal Items, Business Forms, etc. of vast Man. Gives 200,000 items for Gas, Steam, Civil utility to every Mechanic, Farmer and Business This Dictionary is our Premium for and Mining Engineers, Machinists, Millers, Black a Club of 3 subscribers to the Weekly (or its Plumbers, Gas and Steam ritters, Bronzers, verslung derselben; ferner, eine Sammlung equivalent to the Monthly), in addition to other Books selected from our Catalogue to the amount of $1.00; all by mail, postpaid. Gild ers. Metal and Wood Workers of every kind, werthvoller Rezepte. Preis 25 Cents. THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 925 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. We have received Vennor's Almanac for 1884, published by the American News Company of New York. Vennor is sadly "out" on his guesses about the weather for January, so far. He talks of "brightness and balminess," when the mercury is dancing around the thirties below zero. CHICAGO, ILL., JANUARY 16, 1884. Mr. O. O. Poppleton, of Williamstown, Iowa, has sent us the following extract from the New Hampton Courier, on the subject of bee pasturage: Look out for the spread of alsike or melilot clover in the grain fields. British millers say its seed come to them in California wheat; they are highly objectionable from the odor, and it is We notice that this clover is becoming hard to separate them from the wheat. a positive nuisance along the roadsides in some portions of northern Illinois. We drove along roads this fall where the alsike was so abundant and so tall, that it was with difficulty two teams could pass each other. It hid the fences as effectually as snowbanks ever did in winter, and extended completely out to the line of travel. The law about noxious weeds along the roadsides, should be enforced against this pest.-Prairie Farmer. The above extract from the editorial columns of the Prairie Farmer, is Just as last week's BEE JOUR- about as stupid a blunder as is possiNAL was ready for the press we re-ble to make. It speaks of alsike clover ceived by mail a fine Christmas bou-(Trifolium hybrida) as being identical quet from Mr. J. D. Enas, of Napa, with melilot clover (Melilotus alba), California, which he cut on Christmas while in fact, the two plants bear no day out of doors. It was a pleasant more resemblance to each other, than contemplation when we were enjoy-does common clover and milkweed. ing (?) the winter weather at 280 be- Alsike clover very much resembles low zero, that in California-the flow-common red clover, and on some soils ers were blooming out of doors, makes more valuable forage than red spreading their fragrance all around. Mr. Enas has our thanks for the fine bouquet. It is now quite time to be making arrangements for all the hives, sections, foundation, and other arti cles needed in the apiary which require time to make and get in readiness for the coming honey harvest. If you fail to send your orders to some responsible dealer in proper time, you must not complain if these necessary articles are not on hand in time to aid in augmenting your receipts of 1884. The reason for trying to impress this upon the minds of all, is the fact that, last year, there were many complants because orders could not be filled as soon as received by the dealers all over the country. clover. Its seed is also very valuable, bringing from $8 to $12 per bushel in the wholesale markets. It is utterly impossible for it to become a roadside nuisance, as it rarely grows over 2 feet high. Melilot or sweet clover is, of course, the plant referred to by the editor. It grows to the height of 4 to 6 feet, and is valuable for the large amount of fine flavored honey which it yields. Some of our best bee-keepers are growing it on their farms quite largely, and the editor of the Prairie Farmer could do me no greater service than by teaching me how I can induce this "nuisance" to grow on my farm as thriftly as he says it does in Northern Illinois. I am afraid he thought more of the little trouble it happened to make him personally, than of its No. 3. Mr. J. M. Hicks, in the Grange Bulletin, gives the following opinions about good tested queens and laying workers: A good prolific queen will always lay her eggs in close, concentric circles, and but one egg in a cell. You will also find both sides of the combs filled with eggs and brood alike, which is sure evidence of a fertile queen, which has mated with a drone. Never buy cheap queens, believing them to be as good as the high-priced queens, as there is as great a difference in the real value of queens as in any other stock. for the apiarist to contend with, is One of the most troublesome things the pest, called a fertile worker, which is frequently very annoying to queenbreeders, as well as to some who only always know when a hive is posssessed keep a few colonies of bees. You can with a fertile worker, by the appearance of the brood in the combs, which even, with many of the cells containis always drone-brood, and very uning from two to six eggs in each, as well as several cells having none. We now club the British Bee Journal and our Weekly for $3.50. See change in prices on first page. |