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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 29, 19C6 



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Contents of this Number 



Illustrations — 



Apiary of O. K. Rice let Page 



Apiary of W. L. Smith l-;u 



"Big Bill" and "Little Bill" — Two Bee-In- 

 spectors 275 



Dr. Miller Lifting Off a T-Super 1st Page 



Dr. Miller Pushing SectionB Out of a T- 



8uper 1st Page 



Smith, W. L .- 1st Page 



Souvenir Postal Card from Frank Benton 270 



Editorial Notes and Comments — 



Care of Empty Combs Left by Dead Colonies. . ?69 



Hives in Which Bees Have Died 2^9 



Honey Lett by Dead Colonies 2fiH 



Newspaper Declines to Correct Apiarian Errors 269 



Miscellaneous News Items — 



Apiary of O. K. Rice 270 



Apiary of W. L. Smith 270 



Benton Souvenir Postal Card 270 



Illinois Bee-Keeping 270 



Contributed Special Articles — 



Dadant Methods of Honey-Production (No. 7) 271 



Right Kind of T-Super All Right 271 



Temperature Inside the Winter Cluster of Bees 272 



Mr, Hastv^s Afterthoughts — 



Canadian Smoker-Fuel 273 



Check on Swarming 273 



Feeding Mulberries 273 



First W ork of Bees . . 273 



German Chunk Honev 273 



New Table of Contents 273 



Sister's Experiences 273 



Soft-Wood Fences 273 



Unsettled Bee-Brush Question 273 



When Bees Get Short of Winter Stores 273 



Wide Frames vs. T-Supers 273 



Our Sister Bee-Keepers 



Bees in Fine Condition 



Bees Seize and Hold a Village 



Died Several Years After Being Stung 



Discouraging Season With the Bees.. . 



Sister's Greeting and Clippings 



Canadian Beedom — 



Detecting GlucoBe in Honey 



More About Mr. Lowey's Winter Bee-Reposi- 

 tory 



Report for Season of 1905 



Southern Beedom — 



Preventing the Introduction of Foul Brood. 



"Those Bee- Problems" 



Two Foul-Brood Inspectors 



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Dr. Miller* 8 Question-Box — 



Best Bee-Bnok and Comb-Honey Hive. . 



Caucasian Bees 



Changing Queens 



Color of Comb Honey 



Feeding Bees 



Getting Kid of Ants in Hives 



Mice in Hives , 



Moving Bees , 



Preventing More Than One Swarm 



Sweet Clover Seed 



Taking Out Cellared Bees for a Flight., 



Throwing Out Bee Larva? and Pupas 



T ransf erring Bees 



When to Take Out Cellared Bees 



Convention Proceedings — 



Good Bee-Cellar , 



Wisconsin State Convention 



Reports and Experiences — 



Few Dead Bees So Far 



Likes the Right Kind of T-Super 



Value ot Bees to Alfalfa 



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