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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 22, 1906 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



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Contents of this Number 



Ifhistntfions — 

 Dadant-Hive Apiary of D. Pantchefe, of 



Bulgaria 1st Page 



Honey Exhibit of Chas. W. Bager 1st Page 



P.trt of F. Greiner's 1905 Honey Crop 159 



Stotiet ( Frank) and Apiary ist Pace 



Supers Used by F.Greiner jro 



White Sweet Clover iei 



Yellow Sweet Clover. ... 161 



Editorial Notes and Comments — 



Alf at I'a-G rowing in New York 158 



Government Bulletin on Queen-Kearing lr>7 



Sweet Clover on the Farm 158 



Miscellaneous X* »:s Items — 



A Mistake Abouttfubscription Price.. ... 158 



Apiary of D. Pantchefe 158 



Example Worth Copying 159 



Frank Stotiet and Apiary 158 



Honey Exhibit of Chas. W. Sager 158 



National Nominations 15s 



Contributed Special Articles — 



Fences vs. Plain Separators 159 



Sections, Separators, Supers and Section-^ 



Holders 159 



Supers of Various Kinds 159 



Southern Beedotn — 



improvement of Stock 162 



Sweet Clover as Forage for Stock iri 



Sweet Clover < Mel i lotus alba) 161 



Watch Your Colonies 162 



' -r/iadian Beedotn — 



Distributing the Caucasian Bees.. 162 



Frame-Spacers and Spacing Frames 162 



Our Sister Bee-Keepers — 



Breeding from the Best 162 



Stimulative Feeding ]62 



Mr, Hasty* 8 Afterthought — 



Catching the Prodigal Swarms 163 



Didn't Like Nature's Hive 163 



Difference in Percentage of Mismatings lb3 



Late Swarms North and South.. 164 



Lumber Prices in Texas 164 



Mr. Scholl and Those Bee-Problems 163 



Space Under Solid Combs in Winter 163 



Dr. Miller^s Question-Box — 



Cutting Small Soft-Maple Limbs in Spring for 



Sap for Bees 164 



Gravel to Keep Down Weeds 164 



Shade Protection 164 



To Use or Not to Use Queen-Excluding Zinc ?. 164 

 Two-Pound vs. One- Pound Sections 164 



Reports a?id Experiences — 



About Half a Crop in 1905 165 



Bee-Keeping in North Dakota 165 



Bees Didn't Do Well i«5 



Cellar- Wintering 165 



Cutting Section Foundation 165 



Dampening Sections for Folding 165 



Dealing with Queen-Breeders 165 



Do BeeBMoveEgpB ? 165 



Favors a Shorter and Deeper Frame 1R6 



Improving American-Italian Bees 165 



Results of the Past Season 1^5 



Results of the Season of f&)5. 165 



Langs troth on the 

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