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T, I<: A N I N G S IN B E E C T" I> 'I' V K E 



APRIL, 1919 



Hoiiov Markets 204-205 



Editorials . . .... 209-210 



t;alif ornia 's Bee Problems E. R. Root 211-215 



Earlv Spring Management lona Fowls 215-220 



Workers for the Harvest Belva M. Demuth 220-221 



Aune Lester and Daddy Lowe, Beekeepers Grace Allen 222-223 



l^ig Beekeeping Possibilities B. F. Kindig 224-226 



What One Mistake Did Josephine Morse 226-227 



It Works Very Satisfactorily Joseph H. Peterson 227-228 



The N. Y. State Short Course R. F. Holtermann 228-229 



His Start with Bees H. R. Pavne 229-230 



The Two-Pound Package R. R. Banta 230 



Strav Straws • Dr. C. C. Miller 231-232 



Siftings J. E. Crane 233 



Beekeeping as a Side Line Grace Allen 234-235 



From North, East, West, and South 236-239 



Heads of Grain from Different Fields 240-242 



Bees, Men, and Things 243 



Just News 244 



The Best from Others lona Fow^ls 245-246 



Gleaned by Asking lona Fowls 247-249 



Talks to Beginners lona Fowls 250-254 



Our Homes A. T. Root 255-257 



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