Vol. IXIX, CHICAGO, ILL, JANUARY 1, 1892, 



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Xopics Presented this 'VS^eek:. 



Apiculture at the World's Fair 19 



Automatic Hivers 10 



Bee and Honey Gossip 22 



Bee-Escapes 10 



Bee-Scouts Locating a Home. 22 



Bees and Grapes 23 



Bees Consuming Honey 23 



Bees in Arizona 23 



Bees in New Zealand 6 



Bees, Location, and the Apiarist 16 



Best Floor for a Bee-Cellar .- 8 



California State Association 24 



Careful Breeding Necessary , . ! 10 



Convention Directory 22 



Convention Notices 8 



Eastern Iowa Convention 9 



Editorial Buzzings 5 



Essays at Conventions 6 



Fair Crop of Honey 22 



Ground Corli for Winter Pacliing 22 



Importing Bees 7 



Indiana State Convention 11 



Minnesota State Convention 5 



Natiolial Bee-Keepers' Union 24 



Nebraska State Convention 7 



New Year's Greeting 5 



Nectar Secretion 22 



No Fall Honey 22 



North American Bee-Keepers' Convention 12 



Officers of the Union 23 



Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association 7 



Our Clubbing List 27 



Points of Excellence in Bees 20 



Preparing Bees for Winter 11 



President Elwood's Address 12 



Prevention of Swarming 9, 17 



Queen-Cell Protectors 11 



Queries and Replies 8 



Shallow Brood Frames 9 



Skunks Bat Bees 24 



Some Seasonable Hints : 12 



Spring Dwindling 9 



Suggestions About the World's Fair 19 



Topics of Interest 9 



Warranted Queens 23 



Wavelets of News 24 



Whei-e to Keep Comb-Honey 24 



Wisconsin State Conyentioij 5 



