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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



C. B. Bankston, 

 M. A. Gill, 

 i^.os. Chantry, 



Selling Extracted Honey at Retail .. 24.81 



Sixth Annual Report of the National Asso- 

 ciation 104 



Shaken Swarms 3, 79 H. T. Schrock, 



Smokers, Relating to .. ' 16u F. G. Herman, 



Southern Honey 1 "' '" " 



Spreaainp Brood 



Spring l^osses 96 



Starters vs. Full Sheets 222 



stimulative Feeding I'JS 



Svifarthmore Interviewed 222 



Sweet Clover; Is It Good for Pasture? .. 92 



Symptoms o£ Foul Brood 206 



Successiul (Jueen-Rearing 9:; Henry Reddert, 



lell Us All How 22u W. w. McNeal, 



The Honey Bee 221 



The Intrepid Bee 154 



The Little Busy Bee 147 



Ihe Uncapping i'ork 199 



To the City Bee-lveeper 130 



Truth 108 



United States Bee-Keeping 129 



"Water Cure," The 245 



Water in Early Spring 179 



vv ax Production , 



Which is tlie Most Hopeful Field of Labor 

 for the National Association? .. ...... 20 



Wintering 5 



Wild Cucumber 175 



Winter Protection ' 221 



Wiring Foundation 199 



Wisconsin Bee-Keeping 129 



Work for September 197 



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M . F . Reeye, 

 ■Pat," 



Henry Ji. Horn, 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 G. J. S. Small, 

 Adrian Getaz, 

 Dr. L. E. Kerr, 

 W. E. Armstrong, 



E. F. Atwatcr, 

 Fred VV. Muth, 

 Swarthmore, 

 Dr. J. B. Pons, 

 VV. F. Marks, 

 Eugene Sccor, 

 Kate V. Austin, 



December, 

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Rev. C. M. Herring, 

 L. H. Perry, 

 F. Greiner, 

 James Heddon, 

 C. B. Howard, 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 E. P. Goddard, 

 Albin IN . Lehr, 

 Bessie L. Putnam. 

 Henry Alley, 

 C. W. Sewell, 

 E. J. Haight, , 

 N. "E. France 

 Leo i . Hanegan, 

 Dr. O. ivi. Blanton, 

 J. B. Colton, 

 O. O. Popoleton, 

 J. E. ...^arrondo, 

 T. E. Johnson, 

 Mrs. barah A. .jmith, 

 John W. I'narr, 

 ly. E. Rogers. 



AROL.,D THE WORLD. 



INDEX TO ILLUSTEATIONS. 



Our Stafif of Contributors 16 



Dr. C. C. Miller 20 



Comb-Building in the O-^en Air 26 



In the Editor's Sanctum £3 



C. A. Hatch 19 



Frame for Nursery Cages Ti 



Fertilizing Boxes 78 



'Ine Editor's Apiary 98 



Swarthmore's Cell Register US 



Heavily Waxed Queen Cells 12- 



The Deadly Jessamine 1S6 



Dr. O. M. Blanton 156 



Yellow jessamine 167 



Mountain Laurel 168 



Schrock's Hive Protector 180 



Willcutt's Crazy Patchwork 1X1 - " — 



Herman's Observation Hive 183 



Mr. Herman's Family at Home 184 HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



The Editor's Ventilated nive Cover .. ..185 . 



Fred "w'™'Muth^^.'".°". ;■.■.■ .V :: :: :: :; ;.fio Washington GRADING RULES. 



Jas. U. Harris 217 .- Fancy. — All sectioai t» be well filled, combs 



Georsre W. Brodbeck 240 ttraijht, ef tTem thickness and firmly Attached 



A Nice Swarm 220 t» all four sides; both wood and comb UBSoil- 



■The Florida Bee Brush 244 od by travel stain or otherwise; all th« cellg 



An Apiary on Wheels ZTA 



Notes from Mexico 6 



Switzerland 



12, 86, 122, 143, 204, 22S 



Germany .. 



112, 32, 83, 101, 144, 162; 186; 



202, 226. 252. 

 Italy .. -.13, 162, 187, 203, 228 



England 13, 85, 145 



Hungaria 13 



Brazil 13, 86, 187, 252 



Austria .. ..13, 32, 143, 162, 250 



, 1< ranee 14, .22, 204, 227 



Australia .. .. 86, 101, 122, 229 



Russia 86 



Holland 



Africa 123 



Greece 123, 227 



Argentine Republic 123 



German East Africa 145 



Palestine 204 



Egypt 227 



x^elMum 228, 253 



Ireland ^ 



Jamaica 229 



New Zealand 



An Ancient Bee Hive 



An Aiiary on a. "Sky Scraper 



.264 



CONTRIBUTORS TO VOL. XIII. 



C. S. Harris, T. S. Hall, 



Samuel W. Bridgham, 2nd. 

 Jas. Godfrey, Geo. W. York, 



P. A. Birch Geo. B. Crum, 



John Hardscrabble, Lawrence C. Miller 

 Freuerick B. Simoson, H. H. Hvde 

 Dt.W.G. Sawyer, A. E. Willcutt, 



sealed except the row of cells next th« wood. 



Ne. 1. — All .-sections well filled, but combi 

 UB*ve> •T crooked, detached at the bottom, ar 

 witk but few cells unseal'd; both wood and 

 ••mb KRsoiled by travel-.sx..* or otherwi-". 



Im addition t» this the honey is to be ci^nftl- 

 fied according t« -olor, using the terms white, 

 aaiber and dark. That is, there will be "Fancy 

 white." "No. 1. dark," etc. 



A. O.' Cumuer, 

 J. Butler. 

 C. R. Russell. 

 Harold Horner, 

 Tno. M. Hooker 

 Emory E. Beck, 

 F. F. Kaudman 



W. W ;5ommcrford, 

 Marv H. V. West, 

 Z. Cornell. 

 Dr. A. W. Smith, 

 L. B. Smitli. 

 Leon D. Everett, 

 Arthur C. Miller. 



Buffalo, Nov. 6.— There is an im- 

 proved demand for fancy lioney and It 

 is moving well, with moderate supply. 

 We quote, fancy, 14 to 15c; extra fan- 

 cy, 16. The demand for beeswax is 

 always good, with lisht supply at pres- 



