■•Skies" on C'otub Honey Production tH 



^iDoki'is, An imiirovenient in 70 



South D.ikota Bce-Kcei)Cis TS 



StrOMf; (Colonies ^1 



Secret ol Successful Honey Production IDS 



Survival of the Fittest 1-^2 



Sprini; Losses !■*' 



See 'I'hat Kiicli Has a (iuecn-Cell Itil 



Sei)tciulicr HEK-Ktuii'KH, The 1*<1 



Sendinn Kkks by Mail 20S 



Tobacco staples vs. Xails ^' 



Theilmann (Jatehcs a Sliark •">5 



Told by 11 Newspaper Sfj 



The Man 101, i:« 



The Bee I"l 



The Hive ll>2 



This and 'J'hat IfiS 



IJnsea sonable A rticles 30 



Uniting Bees Ifi5 



Virgin CiuGcns 10> 



Why Discouraging? 1'.' 



Writing for Publication :^1 



V\ intering Bees in the Cellar A',' 



V\ ire Screen Separators Etc S'l 



V\'estcrn Bee-kee])er, The HI 



Why is Honey Not Used? 114 



W inter Protection 144 



White Combs for Starters 1S2 



\\ ho Shall Fix the Price? lOS 



U ho Owns the Bees? 20li 



Zinc Entrance Guard to Protect from Robbers. .H4 



Contributors. 



A. M. Applegatp 

 C. B. Ilowaid, Secv. 



('. Thf'ilinann 



Charles II. Petorson 



C. A. Hatch 



C. W. Parker 

 Dr. A. B. Mason 

 Dr. C. C. Miller .... 

 ■'Ebenezer Skies'" 

 Fred S. Emens .... 

 Frank L. Rehn 



F. Griener 



47,49. 87, 10;.\ 12\. 147, 



Fred Z. Jones. . 



G. M. Doolittle 



90, 10(5, 133, 154. lOl. 



G. W. Demaree 



n. E. Hill 



H. Haffner 



H. M. Jameson . . . 



J. O. Grimslev 



J. F. Heath.' 



J. W. Tefft 



John Newton ... 



M. F. Reeve.. 3, 20, 43, 



Rev. C. M. Herring 



R. L. Todd ... . . , 



■'Swarthmore" .... 



S. M. Keeler ... 



S. Fred H ax ton 



Willis Snow. ... 



W. H. Pridgen,30, 03. 8r.' 



VV. F. Marks 



\\ . T. St(>veiis()n 



Illustrations. 



A Batch of Acme Cells 

 A Florida Snow-drift 

 Apiary of Frank L. Relin 

 An Object Lesson 



After the Squall 



A Bad Case of Robbing- . . 



C. Theilmann 



Col. G. Garcia Viete 



C. A. Hatch 



"Even a Child Can Do It". 



Fred S. Emens 



Flora E. Frisbee 

 Frisbee's Honey Show Case 

 "Here She Is!'... 

 Hon. Rufus K. Frisbee 

 Hills' Tnrn-Table 

 Hill's Cell-building 

 I. W. Beckwith 



Siineezer 



J. VV. Tefft 



J. Charles Frisbee 



J. B. Hall 



.1. O. Grimsley . ... .... .... 



Landing of the Pilgrim Sons at Low 



Tide . 



Mel Boniim Apiary 



Natural Comb-building. . 



O. O. Poppleton 



Position of the Hands in Clipping 

 Rehn's Apiary in Winter Quarters.. 



Rev. Chas. M. Herring 



Separable Cells 



Senor Carlos Sanz 



W. F. Marks 



W. H. Pridgcn 



\rrangement 



and His Wax 





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135 

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