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Contents for May 15, 1913 



EDITORIAL 325 Protecting Bees when Shaking 335 



Postal Clerk Stung by Bees 325 Orange Leaves to Attract Swarms 336 



Apiaries and North Wind 325 Numbering Hives Decimally 336 



Automobile Trucks in Apiary 326 Bees Killed by Spraying Clover 337 



Bee School in Massachusetts". 326 Ferguson Uncapper 338 



Zander's New Bee Book 327 Beekeeping in Oklahoma and Kansas 340 



STRAY STRAWS 328 Winter Cases of Old Boxes 345 



Brick Hive Records 328 Scholl's Apiary Wagon 346 



Commission Men 328 Shipping Fragile Articles 347 



Sugar Syrup vs. Honey 328 Drones from Drone-layers 348 



Painting' Hives 328 HEADS OF GRAIN 349 



Price of Honey 328 Price of Beeyard Labor 349 



SIFTINGS 329 Alexander Plan Criticised 349 



Vicious Bees in California 329 Honey-dew, to Know 350 



Granulation of Alfalfa Honev 329 Requeening, Time of 350 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. .330 Super-rest, Waite's 350 



Old Combs and Bulk Comb Honey 330 Inspecting Hives when Robbers are Bad. .351 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 331 Antics of Pollen-laden Bees 351 



Paralytic Colonies 331 Pasting Labels on Tin 351 



California Brood Inspector , ■ ■ ■ .331 Swarms on Limbs of Trees 352 



Bad Outlook in California 331 Bees Using Shorts for Pollen 352 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 332 Beatina: Pans to Stop Swarms 352 



Improving Bees 332 OUR HOMES 353 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 333 POULTRY DEPARTMENT 356 



Control of Swarming 333 Chufas for Chickens 357 



Baldridge Plan for Foul Brood 334 Hawks and Chickens 357 



Swarming, to Prevent 335 HEALTH NOTES 358 



