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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



April 12, 1906 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



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Contents of this Number 



Illustrations — 



Apiary of Ornheus Diller in "Winter 1st Page 



Byer (J. L. > and Family 3^7 



Quadruple Chaff Hive Apiary of C. N. 



Seward ] at Page 



Seaman iRev. A. K. > and Son 1st Page 



Editorial Notes and Comments — 



Forecasting the Weather a Month Ahead 321 



Honey Prices and Quantities ;jui 



How to increase the Prices of Honey H2i 



More Bee-Inspectors for Ontario 321 



Something About Cuban Bee-Keeping 322 



Miscellaneous News Items — 



Apiary of Orpheus Diller 322 



Dzierzon, Dr 322 



Notes from the National 322 



Quadruple Chaff-Hive Apiary 322 



Seaman (Rev. A. Kj and oon 322 



Contributed Special Articles — 



How to Breed the Bee of the Future 324 



Price of "Quality" Honey Not High Enough.. 325 



Something About Prevention of Swarming 323 



When Young Bees Became Field-Bees 324 



Southern Beedom — 



Order of the Brood-Nest 325 



Prospects for the Season of ihok 325 



Southern Bee-Keepers Awakening 325 



Texas Horsemint in Georgia 325 



Canadian Beedom — 



Always Preparing in Bee- Work 327 



Byer (J. L ) and Family 327 



•• Had It In for Him " 32tf 



Hershiser Bottom-Board 326 



Propolized Rags as Smoker-Fuel 327 



To Make Us Think 327 



_Two " Notes" from The Globe 327 



Our Sister Bee-Keepers — 



Keeping Dry Combs from Moths With Gaso- 

 line 328 



No Winter Losses 328 



Turpentine to Get Rid of Ants 32rf 



Mr. Hasty^s Afterthoughts — 



Buying. Selling, and Bating Honey 328 



Helpful Bees— Milkweed Pollen 328 



Honey- Yielding Plants of Texas 328 



Control of Swarming ? 328 



Crowding Out the Queen 328 



Dr. Miller^s Question.- Box — 



"Appendix" to "Forty Years" 329 



Cpmb Honey and Excluders 32a 



Controlling Swarming and Increase. 329 



Doubtless a Case of Bee-Diarrhea 329 



Eight-Frame and 10-Frame Hives 330 



Hives in Long Rows and Sunflower Shade 329 



Increasing a Nucleus 329 



Natural Swarming 330 



Placing a Doolittle Feeder 329 



Starting With Bees 329 



Sweet (Mover 329 



Tar-Paper for Hi ve*Covering 329 



Reports and Experiences — 



Bees Wintered Fine Outdoors 331 



Land of Potatoes— and Some Honey 331 



More Than Enough Rain 331 



Outdoor Bees Have Suffered 33 1 



Outdoor Bees "Wintered Fine 331 



Wintered Well— Late Spring 331 



"Winter Loss Nearly One-Fourth 331 



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