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Contents for February 1, 1913 



EDITORIAL 71 



No Adulteration in Connecticut 71 



Frank C. Pellett 71 



Honey, Former Value of 71 



Brimstoning by A. I. Root 71 



Double-walled Hives in Cellar 72 



Moving Bee-yards in Winter 72 



Sladen on Bumble-bees 72 



Snow as Entrance-closer 73 



Bumble-bees as Fertilizers 73 



STRAY STRAWS 74 



Queens, Marking 74 



Miller on Wintering 74 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 75 



Price of Bees Advancing ' 75 



Quarantine against Weevil 75 



Beekeepers as Advertisers 75 



Breeding from Best Workers 75 



Apiaries Hard to Reach 75 



NOTES FROM CANADA 76 



Isle-of- Wight Disease 76 



Photography, Byer on 76 



Ijongevity of Carniolan Queens 76 



Foul Brood Varies in Virulence 76 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE .. 77 



Reminiscences of Doolittle 77 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. .78 

 Interstate Shipment of Diseased Bees 78 



Effect of Tariff 78 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 79 



Miller on Early Beekeeping 79 



Winter Feeding 80 



A. C. Miller on Feeding Sugar 80 



California, Great Freeze in &2 



Experiences of a Foul-brood Inspector. ... .84 



Italians and Foul Brood 84 



Bee-escape, New 85 



Temper of Bees 85 



Apiaries, Attractive 85 



Iowa Association 86 



Bees Dislike Black 87 



Concrete Hive-stands 88 



Inventions in Forty Years 90 



Bee Notes from Europe 93 



Parcel Post in Germany 93 



German Honey-packages 94 



Reminiscences of A. F. Foster 95 



Advance in Apiculture in 40 Years 96 



Symposium of Beekeeping 97 



OUR HOMES 101 



Reminiscences by A. F. Foster 95 



Business, Success in 103 



American Tobacco Co 104 



Cigarettes in China 104 



Liquor, Snakes, and Revolvers 104 



Uncle Sam a Partner with Brewers 104 



