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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 24, 1906 



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Contents of this Number 



Illustrations — 



Apiary and Feeding Arrangement of F. 



M. Wagner 1st Page 



Apiary of C. G. Chevalier 1st Page 



Division-Board Finished 443 



Frame Cushioned for Division-Board 443 



Wood, James F 1st Page 



Editorial Notes and Comments — 



Claims of Advertisers and Subscribers 442 



Good Early Brood 442 



Retention of Heat in the Brood-Nest Again... 442 



Miscellaneous News Items — 



Apiary of C. G. Chevalier 442 



Good Kind of Complaint 442 



Wagner Feeding Arrangement 442 



Sketches of Beedotnites 



Wood, James Fitts 442 



Contributed Special Articles — 



Plain and Chaff Division-Boards 443 



Queenless Beew in Queen-Uearing 444 



Using UnOnished Sections as "Baits" 444 



Canadian Beedom — 



Giving Cellared Bees a Winter Flight 446 



' 'ntario's Foul Brood Law 446 



Prospects Good 80 Far 446 



Our Sister Bee-Keepers — 



Black an lrritator 447 



Outlook for a Good Crop 447 



Protection Against Bee-Stings 447 



Sweet Clover— White and Yellow 447 



Mr. Ifastj^s Afterthoughts — 



Advices to Bee-Keeping Beginners 447 



Baby Nuclei 448 



Covers of the Latham Home-Made Hive 447 



Drones and Swarming 447 



aad that So Few Bead Bee-Papers 418 



Southern Beedom — 



Bee-Keeper's Fun 448 



'• Crosses" and " Hybrid " Bees 448 



Holy Land or Palestine Bees 448 



Texas Mesquite (poem) 448 



Dr. Miller's Question-Box — 



All-Zinc or Wood-Zinc Excluders ? 449 



Best Comb-Honey Hive 449 



Best Queen-Excluding Honey-Board 449 



Corkdust Cushions 449 



Dark and Lightc<.>l»»red Clothingfor Bee-Work 449 

 Frames of Buckwheat Honey for Spring Feed- 

 ing 449 



Gasoline Treatment for Wax-Worms 449 



Introducing Queens 449 



Mold in Hives in Winter 449 



Painting Bottom-Boards 449 



Preventing Increase 449 



Preventing Swarming 449 



Removing Queen-Cells 449 



Werradeila as a Honey-Plant 449 



When to Do Spring Bee-Work 449 



Will Bees Swarm Under These Conditions?.... 449 

 Wiring Frames 449 



Reports and Experiences 



Bee-Business— Wintering 450 



Frame-SpacerB 450 



How the Bees Wintered 450 



Lots of Timber for Sections, Frames, Etc 450 



Some Experiences with Bees 450 



Wintered Well-Ready for Work 450 



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