About this book
The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sale of pure honey. Published every Wednesday, by Thomas G. Newman, Editor and Proprietor” In this issues are topics from Bee-Culture in Cities to Queen Raising and Breeding. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters (28)
1Origin of Honey Dew
2Profitable Bee-keeping.—Letter from England
3About Patents
4Hurrah for 1870, and the Honey-slinger
5Comments on Querist No. 7
6Report of Apiary in 1870 / Four-Banded Bees
7Novice
8Bee-Culture in Cities
9The Looking Glass Again
10Great Number of Queen Cells and Queens Secured from One Hive
11Bees in Iowa / The Honey Season in Jasper County, Iowa
12Introduction of Unimpregnated Queens / Introducing Queens
13Bee-culture, Honey Products, Honey Markets
14Queen-Breeding for Improvement of Race
15The Economic Hive, and Gallup’s / The Gallup Hive
16Palmer Brothers and the Thomas Hive / Bee Cholera
17Hive for Nuclei
18Around among Apiaries
19Queen Raising.—Experience and Observations
20The Queen Nursery / Paper Hives & Z. C. Fairbanks / The Looking-glass Again
21The Drouth, Bee Pasturage, and Queens
22Bee-keeping Advancing / A Visit to Palmer Bros’ Apiary, and What I Saw There
23The American Bee Journal
24Correspondence of the Bee Journal - Part 1
25Correspondence of the Bee Journal - Part 2
26Correspondence of the Bee Journal - Part 3
27Two Queens in One Hive / Bee Houses
28Bees in Hancock County, Indiana
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