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they ever got. There certainly never was 

 such a lot of clover, both alsike and white, 

 and it doesn't seem possible that bees could 

 go into winter duarters in better condition 

 than just now. Hives are well tilled with 

 young: bees. Mr, Crane is not the only bee- 

 keeper in this section who expects a bum- 

 per crop next year. G. W. Fassett. 

 Middlebury, Vt., N'ov. 4. 



tho best in the State for honey. I live 11 

 miles from the famous Natural Bridge. 



Kdward Sullivan, 

 Buena Vista, Va., Oct. 3, 



Enjoys the Journal 



I enjoy the American Bee Journal im- 

 mensely. F. DuNDAs Todd. 

 Victoria, B. C, Oct. 22. 



Extra Good Report for Iowa 



My full report for igi2 is 150U pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey from colonies, spring count, 

 and increased to 14 by natural swarming. I 

 took off the surplus arrangement the last 

 week in Aueust and gave them a chance to 

 fill up for winter. They are now well sup- 

 plied with honey. Fred Bkchi.v. 



.Searsboro. Iowa, Oct. 24. 



Has 50 Colonies and Good Crop 



I have kept so colonies of bees for ten 

 years with success, getting from 500 to 2000 

 pounds per year. This county is not one of 



Clover Looks Fine 



White clover looks as fine as I ever saw it 

 in the fall. I have i7 colonies of bees in fine 

 shape for winter. John G. Norton. 



Macomb, III.. Oct. 24. 



Another Winter Shed of Mr. Roberts. 



Index to Vol. LII 



SUBJECTS 



AddreEcs to Michigan Convention— 51. 



Advertised Honey 338, 373. 



Age of Swarming Bees — 2iJ2. 



Age of worker at First Flight— 181. 



Alexander Method of Dividing— 54. 



Alfalfa Fertilization— 11, 321. 



Alfalfa Honey, quality— 13, 4C. 



Alsike Clover— 13S. 



Amount of Honey used by colony in a 



year— 1IJ7, 239, 208. 

 Announcement, Change of l^ocation— 133. 

 Ants— 214, 2:)3, 377. 

 Apiary in Hulgaria— 13ii. 

 Apiary, large, in the South— 303, 337. 

 Airiary Work— 236, 337, 

 Appeal for Rces— 175. 

 Apple Selling at Auction— 332. 

 Asphalt Felt for Hives— 121. 

 Autiimobile.'f and Trucks— 174. 342. 



iaek to Dear Georgia— 77. 



'.ailing the Queen— 169. 234. 



i.'isswiHids for Honey — 16. 



!i-ars in Italian Apiary— 112. 



iecause of. or in Spite of— 244. 



iee l)i«-ases in South Africa— 72. 



'.ee Diseases in Great Britain— 324. 



'.ee Diseases— (See Foul lirood.) 



'.et' ICseajjes— 269. 



{(■e Journals-87, 111, 139, 165, 205, 215, 

 279. 312. 347. 

 Kee Huiiting— (Bait For)— 214. 

 Bee-Keepers' Salary— 3riR. 



Bee-Keepers and Orehardist— 213. 

 Bee-Keeper candidate for Governor— 361. 

 Bee Keeping and the "Farming Special" 



—106. 

 Bee Keeping as a. Business— 115. 

 Bee Keeping asc a Source of Income— 331. 

 Bee Keeping at Long Range— 15. 

 Bee Keeping Desirable — 205. 

 Bee Keeping in Imperial Valley— 327. 

 Bee ICeeping in Michigan— 113. 

 Bee Keeping in Montezuma Co.. Colo. 



—203. 

 Bee Keeping in Northern Idaho— 276. 

 Bee Keeping in Oregon — 296. 

 Bee Keeping in Schools and Colleges— 



14. 48, 136, 165, 197, 198, 293, 295, 360. 

 Bee Keeping, promoting interest— 114. 

 Bee Keeping still in the Woods— 171. 

 Bee Keeping, Successful— IIC, 

 Bee Lice— 6, 10. 

 Bee Poison as a cure- 136. 

 Bees and Fruit Fertilization— 231, 376. 

 Bees and Poultry— 103. 116. 

 Bees as Pollinators— 136. 

 Bees Cleaning Out Combst— 2i;i. 

 Bees, do they know their Master'?- 113. 



Bees Hanging Out 214, 278. 



Bees in a Chimney— 214. 



Bees in (he City— (roof apiary)— 309. 



Bees Killing Drones— 214, 



Bees Killing each other- 215. 



Bees on Forest Reserved in California— 



235, 

 Bees Throwing out Larvae— 244. 

 Bees value of— 365. 

 Bees versus Roses — 297. 

 Bees which visit only one kimi nf flower 



—290. 

 Bees Wingless— 37(\ 

 Beeswax. PnrlfyliiM— 85. 279. 

 Beeswax Market— (See Honey Market.) 



BIBLIOGRAPHY— 



American Medical Leaves and Herbs 



—137. 

 First L,essons— 312. 

 Historical Notes on Bee Diseases— 



136. 

 Producing, preparing, exhibiting Bee 



Produce — 266. 

 Sweet Clover— 103. 199. 

 Texas Bee-Keeping— 137, 265. 

 Texas Bee-Keeping Bulletin— 137. 

 Tunisie Apicole— 295. 

 Zander on Foul Brood— 261. 

 Birds-Nest in a Bee-Hive— 332. 

 BIOGRAPHIES— 



A. C. Miller— 1. 



J. K. Harbison— 363. 



B. Rietsche— 169. 

 R. L. Tavlor— 263. 



Bitter Hone.v— IbO. 183. 

 Black Bees in the West— 347. 

 Black Bees in Switzerland— 345. 

 Black Bees, the Hardier— 200, 247. 

 Blew out the Safety Valve— 339. 

 Bonner County, Idaho— 296. 

 Boys and Girls (Interest Them)— 267. 

 Brood Chilling— 214. 

 Brood DiseaE.es— (See Foul Brood). 

 Brood in Sections— 362. 

 Buckwheat. (Little nectar in)— 302. 

 Buckwheat Growing in the East— 212. 

 Bulk Comb Honey Packing— 115. 297. 

 Cage for Shipping Bees— 29s. 

 Caging Queens— 85. 86. 

 California and the National— 135. 

 Canada a large Country— 206. 

 Candy for Queens, without Honev— 262. 

 Cappings. Dark and Light— 311. 

 Cappings. Honey for Feed— 311. 

 Cappings. Washing, disposing of— 310. 

 Carbolic Acid— 6. 8, 73. 

 Carbon Bi-Sulphide— 18, 51, 279. 

 "Carbonal" for Robbers— 72. 

 Care of ,Bees for Winter— 306. 

 Carniolan Bees— 56. 86. 141, 205, 

 Carniolan Bees in Finland— 200. 

 Catalpa. does, it yield Honev?— 181. 

 Caucasians— 86. 174. 310. 

 Caucasians and Italians— 170. 183. 

 Cellar Wintering— 22, 359. 377. 

 Cement— (See Concrete). 

 Census and Texas Bee-Keeping— 116. 

 Changing Location— (?)— 271. 

 Character versus Mating— 326. 336. 

 Cinders, Coal— 361. 

 Cleaning Top Bars— 262. 

 Cleome— 333. 377. 

 Climates of the West— 236. 

 Clipping Queen Wing.s— ISl. 206. 

 Closing the Season— 210. 241. 

 Coloniesi Deserting— 235. 

 Color of Varieties — 21. 

 Color Variation— 20. 



Colorado Directory of Bee-Keepers— 328. 

 Colorado Honev Grading Rules— 231. 

 Combs. Bleaching— 149. 

 Comb Honey— 22. 298. 325. 

 Comb Honey Cleaning Sections of— 325. 

 Comb Honey Granulated— 45. 

 Comb Honey or extracted— (?)— 231. 

 Combs. Storing H'ives full of— 148. 

 Combs, ITsing, where bees died— 117. 

 Concrete for Hives— 17. 120, 173. 

 Constitution of the National^lS. 

 Consumer's Dollar, who gets it?— 171. 

 Convention — (See Meetings). 

 Cook. A. J.— 40, 138, 233. 

 Co-operative Honey Selling— 172. 

 Co-oiierative ExiierinientF*— 38, 

 Courses in Bei'-Kee|iins— 14, 75. 

 Cow-dung for Sniokei-s— 168. 

 Crop Reports and Prospects— (See Re- 

 ports,) 

 Cross Bees— 278. 



Cuba versus Colorado Honey — 8. 

 Cy pro- Carniolan— 151. 

 Dadant (Charles). Helped Success— 182. 

 Dahlia Flowerf.-119. 

 Dampness— .53. 

 Dandelion ((Poem)— 299. 

 DEATHS OF- 



D. Chalmers— 141. 



Gi'o. Coulson— 160. 



H. T. Davenport— 200. 



Mrs. nal)erer-141. 



.1. H. llall-7. 



.1. If. Harbison— 330. 



.l.-is. Ifeddon- 7. 



D. Laukinau— 266. 



H. Uii-tsebe- 1.36. 169. 



U. L. Tavlor— 263. 



.1. W. Thornton— 160. 



H. Walki-r- 266. 

 Delta County Be<'-Keeping— 75. 

 Dequeenlng- and Requpening- 266. 

 Devices— (Tropnman's)— 310. 



