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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 10, 1906 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT 



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Contents of this Number 



Illustrations — 



Dummy or Division- Board 405 



Feeder for Spring Feeding 402 



Jlfusic — 



The Humming of the Bees 397 



Editorial yotes and Comments — 



Davenport's Control of Swarming 401 



Look Out for Nectar-Dearth After Fruit-Blootu 401 



National Convention at San Antonio 401 



Perhaps a Valuable Reminder 401 



Prospects Good " In this Locality " 401 



Miscellaneous News Items — 



Feeder for Spring Feeding..., 402 



San FranciBco Earthquake and Fire 402 



Contributed Special Articles — 



Dadant Methods of Honey-Production (No. 10 1 405 

 Mice, Rats, Chipmucks, Squirrels, and Honey 4( 3 

 Turity of Yellow-Banded Bees 404 



Cayiadian Beedom — 



Bees Gather Honey in Winter 406 



Conditions Conducive to Success 406 



Elementary Diremions in Bee-Keeping 406 



Good Advice for Beginners 406 



"Wood-Binder" for Bee Journals 406 



Southern Beedom — n 



Chyle and Impulses 406 



Order of Bees in the Cluster 41 6 



Our Sister Bee-Keepers — 



Br. Colom^an's Honey-Cakes 408 



Green Hellebore 408 



Honey Good for Discolored Neck 4'iy 



Planting Flowers lor Beauty and Bees 408 



Weak and Qiieenless Colonies in Spring 407 



Mr. Hasty^s Afterthoughts — 



Marketing Comb Honey 408 



Preparing "Watering Places for Bees 4<i8 



SellingHoney 41 tx 



That Hive of Bees Struck by Lightning 408 



Dr. Miller^s Question-Box — 



Albino, Banat. and Cyprian Bees 409 



Best Book on Bees 4oy 



Buckwheat Honey in Brood-Chamber Darken- 



ingSurplus Honey . 409 



Changing Bees from Old to New Hives 4119 



Finding Queens 40a 



Getting a Honey Crop and Then Transferring 



the Bees 409 



Raising the Hive for More Ventilation... 409 



Scented Water to Throw on Bees 4oh 



Stoppine Swarming 4119 



Using Wood Splints Instead of Wire in Combs 409 



Reports and Experiences — 



Apiculture in California 410 



Colonies Wenk— Feeding 410 



Last Season Not a Good One 4 in 



Not a Good Bee-Country 410 



Putting a Weak Colony Over a Strong One 411 



Temperature of a Bee-Cluster 410 



Very Early Swarm— Good Prospects 410 



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