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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 17, 1906 



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Contents of this Number 



Illustratio?is — 

 House-Apiary and Apiary of Frank Klt- 



tinger 1st Page 



Latham. Allen 1st Page 



Marsh. Rev. D. D 1st Page 



Smith. J.Arthur 1st Page 



Editorial Xotes and Comments — 



Defluition of Honey 421 



DrODes Fly Farther Than Workers 421 



Putting Weak i 'olonies Over Strong Ones 421 



Spreading the Brood 421 



Temperature of the Brood-Nest 421 



Miscellaneous Jfews Items — 



Aoiaries of Frank Kittinger 422 



Dzierzon (Dr.) Failing 422 



Officers of the Connecticut Association- 

 Messrs. Latham. Marsh and Smith 422 



Root.HuberH 422 



Contributed Special Articles— 



Annual Renewing of Queens 423 



Changing Queens Yearly 424 



Dadant Methods of Honey-Production ( No. 1 1 > 423 



Facing and Shading Hives '. 423 



Localities that Differ 424 



Producing Extracted Honey ■• 424 



Shade for Hives 423 



Convention Proceedings — 



Connecticut Convention 426 



Extracted Honey and Its Quality 424 



Worcester Co., Mass., Convention 425 



Southern Beedom — 



Caucasian Bees 42fi 



Checking Early Brood-Rearing 426 



How to Put Supers on Hives 42R 



Moving an Apiary a ShortDistance 427 



NotBreedingfrom LargestProducingColomes 427 

 Putting Comb Foundation in Frames in Winter 427 



Our Sister Bee-Keepers — 

 non't Meddle With the Bees Unnecessarily. . . 427 



Michigan Sister's Experience With Bees 427 



Moving BeesNights and Letting Them Work 



in the Daytime :•••;•■; 1?„ 



Troubles With Bruin in the Apiary 427 



Mr. ffasty's Afterthoughts— 



Is Cuban Bee-Keeping So Pro Itable ? 42R 



Less Honey and More Price 42H 



Prof. Cook's Insect-Tester 4-'» 



Sunflowers for Hive-Shade *'-» 



Testing Beeswax for Adulteration 428 



Canadian Beedom — 



Natural Disinfectants in Colonies of Bees 428 



Ontario Foul Brood Act and Inspectors 428 



Sorting and Overhauling Combs 429 



Working Intelligently With Bees 428 



Dr. Miller's Question-Box— 



Clipping Queens 429 



Dempsey super •"" 



Dividing Colonies for Increase **> 



Fence Separators *r» 



Prevention of Swarming «;» 



States Having No Foul Brood 429 



T-Supers and Quilts .. *-= 



Weak Colony Over a Strong One 429 



Reports and Experiences — 

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