Ai'Dir., 1918 



LJ L K A N I N U S IN B E K CULTURE 



193 



APRIL, 1918 



Editorials 203 



Spring Management E. E. Eoot and G. C. Greiner 



Elimination of Drones W. P. Southworth and E. K. Root 



Extracting Outfit at Small Cost E. E. Colien 



Big Beekeeper 's Big Idea E. F. Atwater 



Crop from Dequeened Colonies Mrs. S. Wilbur Frey 



Objections to Let- Alone-Hive .- . . Chalon Fowls 



Conversations with Doolittle G. M. Doolittle 



Stray Straws Dr. C. C. Miller 



Sif tings J. E. Crane 



Our F6od Page Staney Puerden 



Beekeeping as a Side Line Grace Allen 



Gleanings from the North, South, East, and West 



Department Correspondents, 224- 



Heads of Grain from Different Fields 230- 



Bees, Men and Things 



Gleaned by Asking E. R. Root, 236- 



Talks to Beginners The Editors 



Our Homes, High-Pressure Gardening A. I. Root, 242- 



Around the Office M.-A.-O. 



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