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Gcperz^i Index to Volun)e VIU. 



INDB2C TO SXJBJEOTS. 



Advertising needs Attention 71 



Air as a ('onductor of heat 133 



American Bee Journal 10 



Amalgamation of the North American and the 



Bee Keepers' Union 199, 206 229, 236, 293, 



320. 

 Amalgamation not Desirable as the two 



Societies are of a Different Nature . 230 

 Amalgamation, Report of the ("ommittee on, 320 



Apjf uge . . 205 



Apis Dorsata Wanted, is, . 26.i 



Apis Dorsata Might be of Value in this Country 



132. 



Artificial Increase of Colonies 200 



Associations, Co-Operative 162 



Basswood from the Seed, (irowing 239 



Bee Keeping of the Future, Differ from that of 



the Past, Will the, 13 



Bee Keeping of the Future, 13,72 



Bees, Management necessary for Securing tfie 



best l-'4 



BinghamT, F. 317 



Box Hives as Breeders, Keeping Bees in Large 



208. 

 Brood Chamber, the part that Locality Plays in 



Deciding upon the best size Cor the 38 



Candy for Queen Cages.... 170 



Catchers and the use to Which they may be put. 



Swarm 195 



California Honey Market 317 



Canadian Bee Journal 317 



Class Journalism 73 



Conser Hive 6.3 



Covers, Hive 169 



Color in Italian Bees and What it Indicates. 293 

 Comb Honey, the best and Surest way of Secur- 

 ing a Crop of 170,290 



Comb than Extracted Honey, Why there is more 



Profit in Raising 9G 



Combs, Size and Shape of 45 



Conditions that Bee Keepers Will be Compelled 



to meet, . . . . 35 



Commission men (live Quotations on Honey, In 



What way shall 129 



Condensed View of t'urrent Bee Writings. 31, 48, 



76. 104, 138, 174, 310, 240, 268, 296, 324. 



Crimson Clover :235, 266, 267 



Crimson Clover is not a success in Mich 266 



Cuba, Bee Keeping in 10 



Dead Air Space ._ 501 



Discussions, ("utting off 288 



Divisible, Brood-Chamber Hive. B. Taylor De- 

 fends and Explains his Position Regarding 



the . 160 



Drone Comb, Swarms Building 169 



Economy of the Hive 227 



Editor, Versatility of the 133 



Escapes, Bee 11,209,312 



Escapes for Removing Combs, Smoke and Ma- 

 nipulation Better than 209 



Experiment Stations, how Bee-Reepers might 



Receive More Benefit from 281 



Experiment Stations and the Difficulty of Secur- 

 ing Recognition, Apicultural 18 



Festening Foundation in Sections 284 



Feeding, Stimulative 6 



"Feeding Back" 12,132,322 



Five-Banded Bees 64 



Foul Brood Germs in Foundation 6 



Foundations, (^omparision of Section .... 309 



Future of Bee Keeping 67 



Given Foundation is Brittle, Why 27 



Green's J. A. , Marriage 317 



Hives, Size of ^ ... 170 



Hives and Spring Feeding may Lead to Success, 



How Small 136 



Heddon Hive, Father Langstroth and the... 317 

 Hives a Necessity When Bees Gather no Honey 



for ten Months, Large 131 



Hives of Different Styles and the Conclusions 



Drawn from an Experience With Them. . ..39 



Hives and the Number of Bees, Small .. ...102 



Hives and Their Relation to Non-Swarming and 



Out-Door Wintering ... 1 25 



Honey Boards, Dispensing With 236, 259 



Honey Boards vs. big top Bars ...266 



Honey to Gather, If Oops are Grown in the 



Future there will also be 65 



Honey Knife Sharp, Keeping the 264 



Honev Secretion, the Effect of Moisture upon 



319. 

 Hoffman Frames 318 



