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EDITORIAL 393 



Colored Comb Honey 393 



Five-banded Bees 393 



Grading Rules 394 



STRAY STRAWS 396 



Foul Brood, Cause of 396 



Bulk Honey in Texas 396 



Zinc Vessels for Honey 396 



NOTES PROM CANADA 397 



Raspberries in Canada 397 



Advertising, Fraudulent 397 



Bee Demonstrations in Canada 397 



Honey Prospects in Ontario 397 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 398 



Colorado Foul-brood Prospects 398 



Spraying, Fatal, in Colorado 398 



Winter Losses in Colorado 398 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 399 



Prof. Cook Criticised 399 



Shipping Bees from Utah to California. ..399 

 CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 400 



Supers, Use of 400 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 402 



Capping-melt«rs 401 



Cappings, Disposal of 403 



Extracting-outfit on a Wagon 405 



Moving to Fall Pasture 405 



Honey from Radish 406 



Draining Honey from Cappings 406 



Price of Honey 409 



Karo Syrup ; 411 



Combined Strainer and Can-filler 413 



Bulk Honey Packed in Glass 413 



Liquefying Candied Honey 414 



Mason Jars 414 



Push Car, Dayton's 415 



Selling Honev in a Large City 416 



HEADS OF GRAIN 417 



Bees Bad in a Stravi'berry-patch 417 



Uncapped Cells, to Avoid 417 



Clipped Queen Sealed in Cell 417 



"V'eiliUi; Hor&ts near Bees 417 



Cavbolized Cloths 418 



Middlemen, Plea for 418 



Selling Honev bv Talking 418 



OUR HOMES." 419 



Politics in Denver 421 



St. Cloud, Fla 421, 422 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 423 



Convergent Poultry-yards 423 



Sitting Hens 426 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 428 



