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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



April 26, 1906 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY 



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Contents of this Number 



III 'utif rattans — 



Doll and Sors. and Interior Factory Views 1st Page 

 yueen-Rearintr Nucleus Hive of J. L. strong. 3H3 



Editorial Notes and Comments — 



Alsike and Sweet Clover in Canada 3fil 



Giving Empty Stories Below Queen-Excluders 361 



Honny and Herb-Tea for Bee-Paralysis 361 



Hurrying Up Queen-Rearing 361 



ohin Foul-Brood Law— One Cent Per Colony 

 Tax 361 



Miscellaneous News Items — 



rtees in Spring < Poem) 363 



Doll (John) and Sons 362 



Notes from the National.. 362 



Contributed Special Articles — 



Feeding Syrup in Winter 363 



Forming Nuclei in Twin-Hives 363 



Internal Hive Temperature 363 



Management for Big Yields of Honey 364 



Methods of Rearing Queen-Bees 363 



Convention Proceedings — 



Bees Conversing 363 



Comb and Ex' rated Honey in Same Hive 363 



Crossness in Bees. 3*3 



Fifty Years frum Now— A Prophecy 363 



Migratory Bee-Keeping 363 



Northern Michigan Convention Report 363 



Reduction of Freight-Rates 363 



Shaking Queen-Cel Is 363 



Sn pe reeding Queens 363 



"Wire-Cloth Separators 366 



Wiring Frames 353 



.Southern Beedo/n — 



Improvement of Our Bees 366 



National As>ociation to Meet in Texas 366 



Our Sister Bee-Keepers — 



Clipping Queens 367 



Danger of Bees Starving— Short of Stores 367 



Bister's Report 367 



Canadian Beedom — 



Bees Moving Eggs 36* 



Followers in Brood-Chambers 367 



Gentler Bees Hardly Necessary 368 



Items of Interest 367 



Metal-Spaced Hoffman Frames 368 



Northern and Southern " Longfellows" 368 



Reports On Wintering Wanted 3*7 



Spring Management of Bees 368 



Wintered Fairly Well 368 



Mr. Ifastt^s Afterthoughts — 



Bees that are Slow to Uncap Stores 3Q9 



Finding Queens -A6& 



Introducing Queens 369 



Spring Dwindling 368 



Sweet Clovers, Cow-peas and Jap. Buckwheat. 369 

 " Untested" and "Selftrt Untested " Queens. .. 368 

 What Mice Like and Dislike in Food 368 



Br. Miller's Question-Box — 



Comb-Foundation Treatment for Swarms 369 



Finding Queens 369 



Foul Brood 370 



Honey from Wild Mustard or Turnip and 



Fruit-Bloom 369 



I ncrease 369 



Knowing Different Combs 369 



Largest Honey Crop 369 



Making Increase With Home-Made or Box 



Hives 370 



Painting Hives 369 



Planting Willow 36» 



Preparing Bees for Winter 369 



Putting a Weak Colony Over a Strong One. ... 3*9 

 Using Combs with Honey from Dead Lolonie-t 37tl 

 When to Use the Queen-Trap 3 ;9 



Heports and Experiences — 



Brood-Rearing in Winter 370 



Entrance at Top of Brood-Chamber 3711 



Favors the Full-Weight Section 370 



High or Low Hive-Entrance 37o 



Packing Bees for Winter 371 



Rendering Beeswax in a Small Way :i7*l 



Suit to Protect Against Bees 371 



Langs troth on the 

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