. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. _.^t*.. ^——^»— ^^ ^^^ ^0^ ^'ir*<'<f**^f^ ^ DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PU HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., JANUARY 19, 1881. No. 3. Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL, TERMS OP SUBSfRIPTIOXi WEEKLY—'51.' nuiubersi a year, in advance. Three or Six Munihs at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY-The flrst and third numbers of each month, at a year, in advance. MONTHLY—The flrst number of each month, at 50 cents a year, in advance. |3rv~ A
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. _.^t*.. ^——^»— ^^ ^^^ ^0^ ^'ir*<'<f**^f^ ^ DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PU HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., JANUARY 19, 1881. No. 3. Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL, TERMS OP SUBSfRIPTIOXi WEEKLY—'51.' nuiubersi a year, in advance. Three or Six Munihs at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY-The flrst and third numbers of each month, at a year, in advance. MONTHLY—The flrst number of each month, at 50 cents a year, in advance. |3rv~ Any person sending a Club of six is entitled to an extra copy < like the clubi which may be sent to any address desired. Sample copies furnished free. tW~ Remit by raonev-order, registered letter, ex- press or bank draft on Chicago or New York, payable to our order. Such only are at our risk. Checks on local banks cost tis 25 cents for collecting. Free of postage in the United States or Canada. Postage to Europe oO cents extra. Entered at Chicago pout office as second class matter. For the American Bee Journal. The Stingless Bees of South America. REV. L. JOHNSON. I received, a few days ago, a copy of Mr. Hawley's circular upon the sting- less bee, mentioned in the American Bee Journal of January 5th. As I suppose thousands of these circulars are distributed among the bee-keepers of America, many of wkotn are yet inexperienced, it is well to notice this new advocate for public favor. 1st. I think the introduction of an entirely new variety of bee at this time, whose merits are yet untried, is exceed- ingly injudicious. Only last year we received the Cyprian which is still on. trial. We do not yet know their true merits in their purity, much less when crossed with other varieties. We all know the difficulties we have encoimted with mixtures in the past. Let us not increase them, by introducing, to any great extent, new families, until we thoroughly test our present
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