Contents for March, 1908 



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National Bee Keepers' Association 



Objects of the Association. 



lst.-To promote the interests of its members. 

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 lawful rights. 

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tW If more convenient. Dues may be sent to the 

 publishers of the American Bee Journal. 



A Corn-Growing Contest. 



Somebody is going to get $5 or $io by 

 participating in a Corn-Growing Contest u^Iuch 

 is being fathered by the Binghamton beed 

 Company, Binghamton, N. Y. , . A descripUon 

 of this contest with others which amount in 

 all to $50 in prizes is explained in the new 

 catalog just published by this firm. 



Readers of our advertising columns are fa- 

 miliar at this time with the announcements of 

 the W. H. Taft Strawberry. This is only 

 one of this firm's specialties. Besides this, thej; 

 are pushing hard on their "Fire Dried Corn. 

 Of this they have a limited quantity. . 



Every planter of corn is interested in get. 

 tine the kind that will develop the largest 

 profit. The new Queen Corn, specialized by 

 this company, produced last year in New \ork 

 State 200 bushels of matured ears per .icre. 



The new i()o8 catalogue referred to above, 

 gives a description of this corn and all of 

 their other specialties in flower seeds, garden 

 seeds, etc. -Mention the American Bee Jour- 

 nal when writing. 



North Texas Convention 



The North Texas Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet on the fir.st Wednesday and 

 Thursday in April. All bee-keepers are in- 

 vited to attend. Come alont; and let s rnake 

 it the best meetinKwe have ever had. Free 

 entertainment is provided for all. 



Blossom. Te.x. W. H. White, Af. 



ILLUSTRATIONS — 



Apiarian Display of the Southwestern 



Bee Co 1st Page 



Edwin France y;,';.'; — ■ L, 



Red Flowering Currant of California^. 84 



Wayne Pavilion for National 1st Page 



Editorial Notes and Comments— 

 Breeding Oueens or Drones from Best?. 70 



Feeding Bees for Winter 70 



Liquefying Extracted Honey 69 



Making More Bee-Keepers W 



Prevention of Swarming i" 



Prolificness of Queens 'U 



MISCELLANEOUS NEWS-ItEMS- 



Bee-Keeper's Complaint ■ 71 



Bee-Supply Catalogs Improved /f 



Death of Mrs. F. Danzenbaker 71 



Four Deaths in One Family : 71 



Honey from New York to Detroit 72 



Italians and Blacks as to Diseases 71 



Michigan State Convention 7^ 



National Convention in Detroit Ti 



Northern Michigan Convention 73 



Pair of Corrections • ■ ■ ■ ■. 71 



Pan Handle Bee-Keepers Convention- ■ Ti 



Plea for Spring 7^ 



Texas Apiarian Exhibit... ■.•■. 'l 



Two Queens With Clipped Stings n 



"Uncle Joe's" Bee-Keeping Career /I 



We Commend Our Advertisers '-' 



Our Bee-Keeping Sisters— 

 Double-Wall Hives...... ..■■.•...•■■ ••■•■• 74 



Entrance Treatment of Robber-Bees- ■ 73 



Fine February "Swarm" 74 



Increase. 74 



Living Hive-Lifter.. . ■■-■:■■■ ij ■-■■:,■ i.^. 

 Perhaps Oueenless and Being Robbed ■ 74 



Prevention of Foul Brood 74 



Rats and Bees 7J 



Canadian Beedom— 



Bee-Keepers a Clean People. 75 



Divisible Brood-Chamber Hive 75 



Honey-Vinegar. 75 



Old-Fashioned Winter 'J 



Poison Mixture for Rats and Mice /5 



When to .Supersede Oueens '5 



Southern Beedom— 

 Cause of Rapid Consumption of Stores. 76 



"Hunting Bees in Texas (?)" 76 



" Marigold" Honey 76 



Time for Spring Examination /o 



Warm Winter in Texas 7b 



Biocraphs of Beedomites— 

 Edwin France 76 



Contributed Articles— 

 Apiarian Rights of Priority Questioned 80 



Bee-Territory and Legislation ■ /9 



Exhibiting and Selling Granulated 



Honey 79 



Extension Work in Agriculture ■■....•.■■■ 80 

 Filling Sections With Comb Foundation 78 



Honey and the Pure Food Law 78 



Liberal Education 80 



Preparing for the Honey Harvest 77 



Reliquefying Granulated Honey »0 



Removing Sections from Vi7ide Frames 78 



Valuable Bulletin §0 



Well-Ripened Honey 80 



Convention Proceedings— 



Fall Honey for Winter Food 82 



Foul Brood and Its Treatment 81 



H istory of Bee-Keeping 82 



Marketing Honey 82 



Production of Honey 82 



Reading Bee-Papers 8^ 



Report of Chicago-Northwestern Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention K 



Requeening and Queen-Rearing 82 



Siftings from a New York Bee-Keepers 

 Institute |1 



Wintering Bees 82 



Reflections ok California Bee-Keeper 



Changing Names ^ 



Honey and Lemons 8j 



Flowering Wild Currant 84 



Doctor Miller's Question-Box- 



Absolutely Pure Honey 86 



Afterswarms 88 



Air-Space in Super Cover 85 



Alsike Clover Seed Bb 



Average Yield Per Colony 87 



Bee-Cellar Temperature 88 



Best Extracting Frames and Sections- ■ 84 



Best Hive for Wintering Out-Doors 85 



Bumping Bees Off Frames 88 



Chunk Honey vs. Section Honey 85 



Comb Honey Shrinking 87 



Comb or Extracted Honey ? 86 



Difference in Bees 85 



Drone-Laying Queens and Laying 



Workers §5 



Dudley Tube Method 86 



Feeding Candied Honey 86 



Foolish Questions ?-Hardly 87 



Foul Brood §5 



Getting Increase and Honey 86 



Getting Increase Otherwise than by 



Natural Swarming 85 



Hybrids vs. Italians 85 



Increase 85 



Insuring Bees gb 



Italianizing 85 



Italian vs. Hybrid Bees 87 



Keeping Bees on a Small Lot «6 



Location of Queen-Cells 86 



Management for Increase of Honey — 87 



Moving Bees.---.- -;•-■- •■■j i§ 



Natural Swarming Wanted Bb 



Observation Hive for Wintering 86 



Packing Bees for Winter 8b 



Painting Shipping-Cases 87 



Personal Reminiscences 87 



Preventing Afterswarms 85 



Price for Honey 85 



Oueens in Cells by Mail 87 

 ueer Swarms 85 



Section Foundation 84 



Separators §8 



Splints for Foundation 86 



Storing Much Pollen in Frames of Comb 



Honey 87 



Top and Bottom Starters 88 



Using Hives and Supers After Foul 



Brood 84 



Valuable Ideas on Bees 86 



Why Didn't They Store Honey? 84 



Wintering Bees on Platform 85 



Wintering Bees Under Bank Barn 85 



Wintering on Sugar Candy 86 



Reports and Experiences— 



Bee-Keeping in Oklahoma 89 



Bees Flying in Iowa 89 



Bees in a " Vinegary" Cellar 89 



Bees Seemingly Doing Well 89 



Bees Under Snow 89 



Bumble-Bees ^ 



Fair Years With Bees 89 



Honey in California ^ 



Real Winter Spell 89 



Report for 1907 89 



SaltasMoth Remedy S9 



Several Years' Experience ' — 89 



Some Southern Honey-Plants - 89 



Vinegar in Bee-Cellar 89 



Winter Bee-Shed 89 



"Songs of Beedom" 



This is a pamphlet, 6x9 inches, con- 

 taining 10 songs (words and music) 

 written specially for bee-keepers, by 

 Hon. Eugene Sccor, Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 and others. They are arangcd for either 

 organ or piano. The list includes the 

 following: " Bee- Keepers' Reunion 

 Song;" "The Bee-Keeper's Lullaby," 

 "The Hum of the Bees in the Apple- 

 Bloom ;" "The Humming of the Bees ;" 

 "Buckwheat Cakes and Honey;" "Dot 

 Happy Bee-Man;" "Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention Song;" "The Busy, Buzzing 

 Bees:" "Spring-Time Joys;" and "Con- 



vention Song." The pamphlet is mailed 

 for 25 cents, or sent with the American 

 Bee Journal one year — both for only 

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