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EDITORIAL 325 



Shipping Bees North 325 



Baby Nuclei Abandoned in Medina 325 



Bees Killed by Spraying 326 



Bees, Five-banded. Advertising of 327 



STRAY STRAWS 328 



Color of Mixed Honeys 328 



Feeding Outdoors, Dr. Miller's Easy Way. 328 



Deaths from Drink 328 



Sections, Shape of 328 



Tags for Hives 328 



NOTES FROM CANADA 329 



Tobacco Honey 329 



Bee Conditions in Canada 329 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. .. 330 



Parcels Post 330 



Value of Beekeeping to Health 330 



Honey from Diseased Colonies 330 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLrlTTLE . . . 331 



Signs of Swarming 331 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 332 



Isle-of- Wight Disease 332 



Paralysis. Cause of 332 



Change of Queens 333 



European Foul Brood 333 



After-treatment of Foul Brood 334 



Propolis, How Collected 335 



Nuclei lor Queen-rearing 336 



Value of Bait Sections 336 



Comb and Extracted Honey In One Hive.. 337 



Hives, Need of Painting 338 



Bottom-bars '/^ Inch Thick Wd 



Beekeeping In Cincinnati 340 



Beekeeping for Women 341 



Transferring with a Simmons Controller. . 341 



Storing Empty Combs 343 



Harvesting Sweet Clover 343 



Apiculture at Colleges 344 



Yellow Flowers of North America 346 



Langstroth Frame, Depth of 347 



Maples and Basswoods, Value of 348 



HEADS OF GRAIN 349 



Cause of European Foul Brood ..349 



Reflections on Beekeeping 349 



Honey Butter .349 



Stings, 1 low to Apply to the Body 349 



Hive, Ten and Eighteen Frame 349 



Hired Help in Apiary 350 



Splicing in Worker Comb 350 



Census Figures on Bees 350 



Swarming, Excessive 350 



Swarm that did Not Cluster 350 



OUR HOMES 351 



Consecrated Millionaires 353 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 354 



Skunks and Poultry 354 



Hens, Record of in Florida 355 



Ducks Lay Two Eggs a Day 355 



Eggs, Infertile 355 



Moccasin Snakes and Ducks in Florida — 355 



