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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 22, 1906 



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Contents of this Number 



Illustrations — 



Apiary of H. A.Doty iM.~> 



Ferris (A. K.) at Work 245 



Hall. J. B 255 



Part of Apiary of A. K. Ferris 245 



Editorial J\ r otes and Comments — 



Caucasian Bees— Something Favorable, 249 



Concerning Caucasians — Characteristics and 



Markings 250 



How About Your Bees' Stores? 249 



Mild Winters and Locality 249 



What and How to Feed Bees in Spring 249 



Miscellaneous Netos Jtej/is — 

 Apiary of H. A.Doty 250 



Contributed Special Articles — 



Disinfecting Introducing Queens 252 



Experience in Buying Queens 252 



Full-Weight vb. Short-Weight Section Honey . 252 



How Can We Rear Better Queens ? "251 



Methods of Feeding Bees 252 



Odors Among Bees— Some Observations 253 



Quick Queen-Finder 252 



Mr. JSasty's Afterthoughts — 



Apiarian Readers and Reading 254 



Binding Volumes of Paoers 253 



Proliflcness and Honey-Production 253 



Somewhat High Bee-Keeping 253 



Something More About "Mouses" 253 



Southern Beedotn — 



What Line of Work Shall We Take Up 1 254 



Canadian Beedoni — 



J. B. Hall— One of Canada's Foremost Bee- 

 Keepers 255 



Our Sister Bee-Keepers — 



Bees Wintered Well 256 



Honey for Freckles and Liver Spots 256 



Thinks She Wants Large Hives 256 



Dr. Miller's Question-Box — 



Drone Comb in Upper Hive-Stories 257 



Drones and Brood in Hives in February 256 



Formalin for Foul Brood 256 



Increase by Dividing 257 



Making Combined Comb-Guide and Starter 2Srt 



Sweet Clover 257 



Temperature in Center of Winter Bee-Cluster 256 



Use of the Bee's Sting 257 



Wiring Frames With Starters Only 257 



Reports a?id Experiences — 



Fine Prospects for Honey 257 



Good Prospects in Utah 257 



He's "Agin" the Japanese 257 



Indications for a Honey Crop 257 



Not a Heavy Rainfal 257 



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