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Contents for August 15, 1912 



editorials 501 



Why do Swarms Cluster ? 502 



Ohio Honey Statistics 502 



Comb-honey Canards 502 



Migratory Beekeeping 502 



STRAY "STRAWS 504 



Bees Sting Black 504 



Glass for Shipping-cases 504 



Responsibility for Saloon 504 



SIFTINGS 505 



Bees and Poultry 505 



Sweet Clover, Value of 505 



Rapid Increase, Doubtful 505 



Beekeeping in California 506 



Paint for Hives 506 



Walter Parrish, Death of 506 



beekeeping IN THE SOUTHWEST .507 



Chunk Honey 507 



Moving Bees Without Screens 507 



Hive-numbers 507 



Use of Baits 507 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE... 508 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 509 



Crop Reports 509 — 512 



Trip Through Oregon 513 



Bees Can Spell 515 



Eating Five Pounds of Honey a Day.... 515 



Steam to Render Old Combs 516 



Bees Thin Foundation Base 516 



Beekeeping for Women 517 



Combs Built Outdoors 518 



Season Around Cincinnati 518 



Plat Tin Covers 519 



Hives Numbered by Stakes 520 



Hive to Use During Robbing 521 



HEADS OF GRAIN 523 



Laying Workers, Use of 523 



Smokers, Large 523 



Large Yields Questioned 523 



Introducing Cell at Entrance 524 



Bulk Comb Honey 524 



Swarm, Detecting Source of 524 



Tupelo Tree for Honey 524 



Moving Bees for Winter 524 



Bees, Normal, in Drone-cells 525 



Young Bees in Cells 525 



Disease Instead of Poison 525 



Shipping Diseased Bees 525 



Queen's Use of Wings 525 



Kerosene for Robbing 526 



Chickens Eating Bees 526 



Flags to Mark Hives 526 



Time to Clip 100 Queens 526 



OUR HOMES 526 



Land Swindlers 530 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 531 



Beef Scrap for Chickens 531 



Mustard for Hens 532 



HEALTH NOTES 533 



Drugs for Children 534 



