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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 15, 1906 



PUBLISHED WEEKI/7 BY 



GEORGE W. YORK S COMPANY 



334 Dearborn Street, Chicago, III. 



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2. To publish facts about honey, and counteract 

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Contents of this Number 



Illustrations — 



A Mistake 039 



Apiary of W. H. Dickinson .. Jst Page 



Divisible Brood-Frame 232 



Mendleson. M. H " i si Pace 



Stone, Jas.A ]st Pace 



Editorial Notes and Comments — 



Bee's Instinct of Self-Sacrifice 229 



More Comb Honey Misrepresentation 22y 



Miscellaneous Jfews Iteins — 



Apiary of W. H. Dickinson 230 



Bees Starved in Italv 230 



"Got the Best" nf Europe '230 



Mendleson, M. H 230 



National Convention Keport 230 



New Edition of "Forty Years" 23" 



Stone, Jas.A 230 



Contributed Special Articles- 

 America, to the Front -»3i 



Among the Bees in the Spring 231 



Dadant Methods of Honey-Production 1 No. hi 2:i2 



b ruits in Germany 231 



Honey-Plants 231 



Rains in California .'.' e3I 



Mr. JECasijfs Afterthoughts — 



Bee-Keeping and Fru it-Growing 233 



Concave Capping of Comb Honey , 233 



Formalin and Its Taste on Combs -'33 



Rogues in Other Trades Besides Queen-Trade. 233 



Shade and Swarm-Holder— Swarming 233 



Short-Lived Queens 233 



Our Sister Bee- Keepers — 



Cocoamel 234 



" Glucose and its Uses— The Honest Label"".' .'! 234 

 March Comes Like a Lion 234 



Canadian Beedom — 



Bees an Interesting Subject 234 



Running a Wax-Press 234 



Swarming Habit ! "'34 



Wax-Rendering Processes ." 234 



Southern Beedom — 



Melilotus for Pasturage— Free Seed 235 



More About Sweet Clover for the South 235 



Spring Management of BeeB 235 



Sweet Clover as a Forage and Honey-Plant 23 3 



Dr. Miller 1 s Question-Box — 



Age of Nectar- Yielding Basswood-Trees 23R 



Dequeened Colonies 23R 



Feeding Hon^y from Dead Colonies 23fi 



Italianizing Black Bees 236 



Keeping Queens a Few Days 236 



Stimulative Spring Feeding 236 



When to Do Spring Feed ing ■. 236 



i 'otiventiott Proceedings — 



Choosing a Location 237 



Report of Wisconsin Convention 267 



Studies in Bee-Nature 2:57 



Reports and Experiences — 



A Mistake (Poem) 239 



Bees f 'arry Ecgs s>38 



Bees Wintering Well 238 



Bees Working on Maple Sap sah 



('lover Seems to Be Injured 23H 



Feeding Iron-Rusted Honey 238 



Late Fall Feeding 238 



Long Honey-Corn h 23* 



Q'leen-Eees that Wouldn't Hatch 2H8 



Why Did the Bees Die off? 239 



Wintering Quietly 238 



Wintering Well 238 



Langstroth °n «* 

 Honey-Bee 



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