work. Price, =$2.00=.
=Blessed Bees=, by John Allen.--A romance of bee-keeping, full of
practical information and contagious enthusiasm. Cloth, =$1.00=.
=Bee-Culture; or Successful Management of the Apiary=, by
Thomas G. Newman.--This pamphlet embraces the following
subjects: The Location of the Apiary--Honey Plants--Queen
Rearing--Feeding--Swarming--Dividing--Transferring--Italianizing--Introducing
Queens--Extracting--Quieting and Handling Bees--The Newest Method of
Preparing Honey for Market, etc. It is published in =English= and
=German=. Price for either edition, =40 cents=, postpaid, or $3.00 per
dozen.
=Food Adulteration=; What we eat and should not eat. This book should
be in every family, where it ought to create a sentiment against the
adulteration of food products, and demand a law to protect consumers
against the many health-destroying adulterations offered as food. 200
pages. Paper, =50c.=
=The Dzierzon Theory=;--presents the fundamental principles of
bee-culture, and furnishes a condensed statement of the facts and
arguments by which they are demonstrated. Price, =15 cents.=
=Honey, as Food and Medicine=, by Thomas G. Newman.--This is a pamphlet
of 24 pages, discoursing upon the Ancient History of Bees and Honey;
the nature, quality, sources, and preparation of Honey for the Market;
Honey as an article of food, giving recipes for making Honey Cakes,
Cookies, Puddings, Foam, Wines, &c.; and Honey as Medicine, followed
by many useful Recipes. It is intended for consumers, and should
be scattered by thousands all over the country, and thus assist in
creating a demand for honey. Published in =English= and =German=. Price
for either edition, =6c.=; per dozen, =50c.=
=Wintering Bees.=--This pamphlet contains all the Prize Essays on this
important subject, that were read before the Centennial Bee-Keepers’
Association. The Prize--$25 in gold--was awarded to Prof. Cook’s Essay,
which is given in full. Price, =10c.=
=The Hive I Use.=--Being a description of the hive used by G. M.
Doolittle. Price, =5c.=
=Extracted Honey; Harvesting, Handling and Marketing.=--A 24-page
pamphlet, by Ch. & C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, Ill. This gives in detail
the methods and management adopted in their apiary. It contains many
good and useful hints, and is well worth the price--=15c.=
=Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers=, by Chas. F. Muth, Cincinnati, Ohio;
32 pages. This pamphlet gives Mr. Muth’s views on the management of
bees, and embraces several of his essays given at Conventions, etc. It
will be read with interest by beginners as well as those more advanced
in the science of bee-culture. Price, =10c.=
=Kendall’s Horse Book=.--No book can 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 a large number
of good recipes, a table of doses, and much other valuable horse
information. Paper, =25c.=
=Chicken Cholera=, by A. J. Hill.--A treatise on its cause, symptoms
and cure. Price, =25c.=
=Moore’s Universal Assistant= contains information on every conceivable
subject, as well as receipts for almost everything that could be
desired. We doubt if any one could be induced to do without it, after
having spent a few hours in looking it through. It contains 480 pages,
and 500 engravings. Cloth, =$2.50=.
=Ropp’s Easy Calculator.=--These are handy tables for all kinds of
merchandise and interest. It is really a lightning calculator, nicely
bound, with slate and pocket for papers. In cloth, =$1.00=; Morocco,
=$1.50=. Cheap edition, without slate, =50c.=
☞ Sent by mail on receipt of price, by
=THOMAS G. NEWMAN=,
974 West Madison Street, =Chicago, Ill.=
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☞ =Binders for the Weekly Bee Journal, of 1881=, cloth and paper,
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We can furnish Emerson’s Binders, gilt lettered on the back, for
AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL for =1880=, at the following prices, postage paid:
Cloth and paper, each 50c.
Leather and cloth 75c.
☞ We can also furnish the Binder for any Paper or Magazine desired.
=THOMAS G. NEWMAN=,
974 West Madison Street, =Chicago, Ill.=
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Transient Advertisements payable in advance.--Yearly Contracts payable
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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL is the oldest Bee Paper in America, and has
a large circulation in every State, Territory and Province, among
farmers, mechanics, professional and business men, and is, therefore
the best advertising medium for reliable dealers. Cases of _real_
imposition will be exposed.
THOMAS G. NEWMAN, =974= West Madison Street, =Chicago, Ill.=
Contents of this Number.
Correspondence:
Interesting Letter from Singapore 105
Exploring for Javan Bees in Ceylon 105
Cause of Bee Cholera or Dysentery 105
Extracting Bees--The New Industry 106
Separators for Surplus Honey 106
Pure Liquid Honey in Glass Jars 106
How to Separate Swarms 106
The Raspberry as a Honey Plant 106
Apis Americana 107
Fertilization of a Crippled Queen 107
Best Method of Marketing Honey 107
Editorial:
Editorial Items 108
The Lessons of the Hour 108
Is Bee-Keeping a Failure? 108
Law Against Adulteration in New York 108
Circulars and Catalogues 108
Vennor’s Predictions for April 108
Two Queens in a Hive 108
Selections from Our Letter Box:
Correction 109
Good Enough 109
Using Old Combs 109
Never Give Up 109
Good Prospects 109
Spring Time Come at Last 109
Come, Gentle Spring 109
Bees all Right 109
Lost 6 out of 100 Colonies 109
Vexed and Perplexed 109
Ventilation 109
Bees Confined 5 Months 109
Orchard Apiary 109
Loss in Cellar 109
Blasted Hopes 109
The Outlook Encouraging 109
Severe Winter, but Bees All Right 109
Winter Bee-House 109
Bees Wintered Well 110
Bees in Fair Condition 110
The Survival of the Fittest 110
Half of the Bees Dead 110
Wintered Without Loss 110
Wintered Safely 110
Chaff did not Save the Bees 110
Wintered in Chaff 110
Eleven Swarms from one Colony 110
A Visit Every Week very Pleasant 110
Buds are Swelling, Spring is Coming 110
Double-Walled Hives 110
Bees About All Dead 110
Losses in Wintering 110
Bees for Sale.
I wish to sell my =75 Colonies of Bees=, all in movable frame hives. In
fair condition. I will take =$4.00= per Colony.
=J. J. QUINN=,
Corydon, Henderson Co., Ky.
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QUEENS & BEES.
Tested, $2; Untested, $1; Black Bees, $6; Italians, $10; Plymouth Rock
Eggs, $1.25 per dz., and the best and cheapest Hives made. Circular
free. [14w1tp] H. BARBER, Adrian, Mich.
Hives, Sections,
AND BOXES.
Material for Langstroth Hives, including brood frames, 40c. each;
Lewis’ V-shaped groove one-piece Sections, any size to 6×6, $5 per
1,000; Lewis’ one-piece Honey Boxes of all sizes, $2 to $4 per 100,
including glass; Dovetailed Sections, any size to 6×6, $4 per 1,000.
Manufacturing experience of 20 years.
Send for Price List.
=G. B. LEWIS=,
Successor to Lewis & Parks, Watertown, Wis.
N.B.--There is no patent on the Lewis One-Piece Section.
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=ITALIANS AND HYBRIDS=--30 or 40 Colonies for sale low. Queens and
Nuclei after May 15th. Address,
=R. M. ARGO=,
Lowell, Garrard County, Ky.
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=WANTED=--You to send for our Circular and Price list of
=American-Italians=. Address,
=JOS. M. BROOKS & BRO.=,
Columbus, Ind.
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=MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER SEED=--Excellent for poultry, and yields
an abundance of fall honey. Flowers from 10 to 20 inches in diameter.
Price =25c.= per pkg., postpaid.
L. M. WAINWRIGHT, Noblesville. Ind.
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=PRIZE COMB FOUNDATION=, 10 sq. ft. per lb., with natural base. Send
for samples.
G. W. STANLEY, Wyoming, N. Y.
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THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL,
AND BEE-KEEPER’S ADVISER.
The _British Bee Journal_ is published monthly at $1.75, and contains
the best practical information for the time being, showing what to do,
and when and how to do it. =C. N. ABBOTT=, Bee Master,
School of Apiculture, Fairlawn, Southall, London.
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[Illustration: GREGORY’S SEED CATALOGUE.]
=My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seed for 1881=, rich in
engravings from photographs of the originals, will be sent FREE to all
who apply. My old customers need not write for it. I offer one of the
largest collections of vegetable seed ever sent out by any Seed House
in America, a large portion of which were grown on my six seed farms.
_Full directions for cultivation on each package._ All seed _warranted
to be both fresh and true to name_, so far, that should it prove
otherwise, _I will refill the order gratis_. The original introducer of
the Hubbard Squash, Phinney’s Melon, Marblehead Cabbages, Mexican Corn,
and scores of other vegetables. I invite the patronage of _all who are
anxious to have their seed directly from the grower, fresh, true, and
of the very best strain_.
NEW VEGETABLES A SPECIALTY.
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass.
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WORTH WILL WIN.
Truly, “Time sifts the wheat from the chaff.” We lead in Smokers.
Our Double-blast Smoker is perfection. See what “the most extensive
bee-keeper in America” says of our Quinby Smoker:
Cherry Valley, N. Y., March 22, 1881.
After testing your smokers with others of the best make, I do not
hesitate to order two dozen for use in our apiaries. When we use a
Smoker we make a business of it, running it all day and burning hard
maple wood, which tests the construction most thoroughly. Those we
have been using admit coals into the bellows, which burn the leather.
The tube in your Quinby Smoker running further into the firebox, must
prevent this in a great measure.
CAPT. J. E. HETHERINGTON.
If you desire to see a description of the goods we used in securing
over 15,000 lbs. of honey from 176 colonies of bees the past poor
season, send for our New Illustrated Circular for 1881, which is just
ready.
=L. C. ROOT & BRO.=,
Mohawk, N. Y.
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Rev. A. SALISBURY,
Camargo, Douglas County, Ill.
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Warranted Italian Queens, $1.00; Tested Italian Queens, $2.00; Cyprian
Queens, $2.00; Tested Cyprian Queens, $4.00; 1 frame Nucleus, Italians,
$4.00; 1 frame Nucleus, Cyprians, $5.00; Colony of Italians, 8 frames,
$8.00; Colony of Cyprians, 8 frames, $10.00. Wax worked 10c. per lb.
Pure Comb Foundation, on Dunham Machine, 25 lbs. or over, 35c. per lb.
☞ Send for Circular.
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DON’T BUY SUPPLIES
Till you have read my new price list for the spring trade. Wax is
cheaper now, so I can sell you a fine article of Comb Foundation cheap,
and made on the best machine. Italian and Cyprian Queens, Bees, Hives,
Sections, etc. Price List free to all.
J. V. CALDWELL,
Cambridge, Henry Co., Ill.
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Given’s Foundation Press.
The latest improvement in Foundation. Our thin and common Foundation
is not surpassed. The only invention to make Foundation in the wired
frame. All Presses warranted to give satisfaction. Send for Catalogue
and Samples.
=D. S. GIVEN=, Hoopeston, Ill.
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[Illustration: WILBOR’S COMPOUND OF PURE COD LIVER OIL AND LIME.]
=To One and All.--Are you suffering from a= Cough, Cold, Asthma,
Bronchitis, or any of the various pulmonary troubles that so often end
in Consumption? If so, use “_Wilbor’s Pure Cod-Liver Oil and Lime_,” a
safe and sure remedy. This is no quack preparation, but is regularly
prescribed by the medical faculty. Manufactured only by A. B. WILBOR,
Chemist, Boston. Sold by all druggists.
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QUEENS, BEES, ETC.
IF YOU WISH THE
Best, Gentlest and Most Beautiful Bees,
I am prepared to furnish early Queens.
PURE ALBINO,
ITALIAN AND
HOLY LAND QUEENS,
Bred from Imported and Select Stock. Warranted to be pure, and safe
arrival guaranteed. Also Hives, Novice’s Extractor, and Apiarian
Supplies generally. Send for Price List. Address,
=S. VALENTINE=,
Double Pipe Creek, Carroll Co., Md.
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=13 EGGS= from fine Plymouth Rock or W. Leghorn fowls for $2, or 26 for
$3. Will exchange eggs for Queens or Bees.
=J. H. THORNBURG=,
Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind.
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I HAVE NOW OVER
300 COLONIES
of Pure Italian Bees, in good condition, in 10 frame Langstroth hives.
Orders for
ITALIAN QUEENS,
Nuclei and Full Colonies,
are now being booked and will be filled in rotation as received,
commencing about June 1st., at the following prices:
Tested Queens, each $2.50
“ “ per half-dozen 13.50
1 frame Nucleus, with Tested Queen 5.00
2 “ “ “ “ “ 5.50
3 “ “ “ “ “ 6.00
4 “ “ “ “ “ 6.50
Full Colonies, each 12.00
“ “ in lots of 5, each 10.00
“ “ “ 10, each 9.00
I will use all possible care in preparing the above for shipment, but
cannot guarantee safe arrival, except on queens any distance less than
1,000 miles.
ALSO
100 COLONIES
OF
BLACK AND HYBRID BEES,
In Langstroth hives, in quantities of not less than 5 colonies at
=$8.00= each, which I will ship direct from the South, at any time
after April 15th.
Also, 200 Colonies of Native Bees,
in Box Hives, delivered on Mississippi River Steamboat any time after
April 15th, in lots of 10 or more, at =$6.00= each.
☞ The Colonies of Hybrids and Natives are very strong in bees reared
this spring, and combs well filled with brood. They can be transferred
or divided by May 1st, and increased in time for white clover and
basswood surplus.
ALFRED H. NEWMAN,
972 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL.
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THE ORIGINAL
Patented Jan. 9, 1878, and May, 1879; Re-issued July 9, 1878.
[Illustration]
If you buy a Bingham Smoker, or a Bingham & Hetherington Honey Knife
you are sure of the best and cheapest, and not liable to prosecution
for their use and sale. The largest bee-keepers use them exclusively.
Twenty thousand in use--not one ever returned, or letter of complaint
received. Our original patent Smokers and Honey Knives were the only
ones on exhibition at the last National Bee-Keepers’ Convention, 1880.
Time sifts the wheat from the chaff. Pretensions are short-lived.
The Large and Extra Standard have extra wide shields to prevent burning
the fingers and bellows. A real improvement.
Send postal card for testimonials.
Bingham &, Hetherington Honey Knife 2 in., $1 00
Large Bingham Smoker 2½ “ 1 50
Extra Standard Bingham Smoker 2 “ 1 25
Plain Standard Bingham Smoker 2 “ 1 00
Little Wonder Bingham Smoker 1¾ “ 75
If to be sent by mail, or singly by express, add 25c. each, to prepay
postage or express charges.
To sell again, apply for dozen or half-dozen rates.
Address,
BINGHAM & HETHERINGTON,
ABRONIA, MICH.
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It will Pay you
To read our forty page Catalogue of Apiarian Supplies. It gives the
latest information about the best appliances and methods pertaining to
Profitable Bee Culture
Sent free to all who send us their names and addresses, _plainly
written_, upon a postal card. Address
=H. A. BURCH & CO.=,
South Haven, Mich.
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EVERY BEE-KEEPER
Wanting anything in the line of Apiarian Supplies should send for my
Descriptive Circular. Sent free. Address,
=F. A. SNELL=,
Milledgeville, Carroll Co., Ill.
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=ITALIAN QUEENS=, Full Colonies, Nuclei and Bee Hives specialties. Our
=new= Illustrated Catalogue of Bees, Supplies, Fine Poultry, Small
Fruits, &c., =Free=. ☞ Send for it and save money.
J. T. SCOTT & BRO., Crawfish Springs, Ga. 2w32tx
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R. A. BURNETT.
Successor to Conner, Burnett & Co.,
165 South Water Street, Chicago, Ill.,
GENERAL PRODUCE COMMISSION.
HONEY A SPECIALTY.
We ask you to correspond with us before disposing of your HONEY CROP,
as we can be of much service, having constant intelligence from all
parts of the country. We would refer to JAMES HEDDON, Dowagiac, Mich.,
and J. OATMAN & SONS, Dundee, Ill.
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The Bee-Keepers Guide;
OR,
MANUAL OF THE APIARY,
By A. J. COOK,
_Professor of Entomology in the Michigan State Agricultural College_.
286 Pages; 112 Fine Illustrations.
PRICE--Bound in cloth, =$1.25=; in paper cover, =$1.00=, by mail
prepaid. For sale by
=THOMAS G. NEWMAN=,
974 West Madison Street, Chicago, Ill.
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Florida Land--640 Acres.
☞ CHEAP FOR CASH. ☜
DESCRIPTION.--Sec. 4, township 7, south range west, Franklin county,
Florida, situated about 50 miles south of the Georgia line, 25 miles
west of the city of Tallahassee, the capital of the State, and about 25
miles northeast of the city of Apalachicola, a seaport on the Gulf of
Mexico, and within 2 sections (5 and 6) of the Apalachicola river; the
soil is a rich, sandy loam, covered with timber.
It was conveyed on Dec. 31st, 1875, by Col. Alexander McDonald, who
owned 6 sections, including the above, to J. M. Murphy, for $3,200, and
on Sept. 5th, 1877, by him conveyed to the undersigned for $3,000. The
title is perfect, and it is unincumbered, as shown by an abstract from
the Records of the county, duly attested by the County Clerk; the taxes
are all paid and the receipts are in my possession.
I will sell the above at a bargain for cash, or trade for a small farm,
or other desirable property. An offer for it is respectfully solicited.
Address,
=THOMAS G. NEWMAN=,
974 West Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
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=Ginger=, =Buchu=, =Mandrake=, =Stillingia= and many other of the best
medicines known are combined so skillfully in PARKER’S GINGER TONIC
as to make it the =greatest Blood Purifier= and the =Best Health and
Strength Restorer ever used=.
It cures =Dyspepsia=, =Rheumatism=, =Neuralgia=, =Sleeplessness=, and
all diseases of the =Stomach=, =Bowels=, =Lungs=, =Liver=, =Kidneys=,
=Urinary Organs= and all =Female Complaints=.
If you are wasting away with Consumption or any disease, use the TONIC
to-day. No matter what your symptoms may be, it will surely help you.
Remember! This TONIC cures drunkenness, is the =Best Family Medicine=
ever made, entirely different from Bitters, Ginger Preparations and
other Tonics, and combines the best curative properties of all. Buy a
50c. bottle of your druggist. None genuine without our signature on
outside wrapper.
HISCOX & CO., Chemists, New York.
PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM
The best and most economical Hair Dressing
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=65= _ENGRAVINGS_.
The Horse
BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D.
=A TREATISE= giving an index of diseases, and the symptoms; cause and
treatment of each, a table giving all the principal drugs used for the
horse, with the ordinary dose, effects and antidote when a poison;
a table with an engraving of the horse’s teeth at different ages,
with rules for telling the age of the horse; a valuable collection of
recipes, and much valuable information.
=Price 25 cents.=--Sent on receipt of price, by
=THOMAS G. NEWMAN=,
974 West Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
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THE CANADIAN FARMER
THE ONLY
Agricultural Weekly
PUBLISHED IN THE
DOMINION OF CANADA.
This practical Journal is now in its =Third Year=, and meeting with
immense success. The low price of its subscription ($1.00 per year) in
its new and improved form (16 pages 13½×10½, folded and pasted) makes
it very popular. Its editors are all practical men. It is the =Best
Advertising Medium= in Canada. Sample copies sent free to any address.
=N. R. COLCOCK=, Welland, Ont.
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[Transcriber’s Note:
Obvious printer errors corrected silently.
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.]