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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



June 7, 1906 



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Contents of this Number 



Illustrations — 



Apiary of Rev. W. I. Brooks ist Paee 



HambauRh. J. M i 8t i» ftKe 



State Fair Honey Exhibitof Aaron Coppin.lst Page 



Editorial Notes and Comments — 



Bee- Keeping in the Public Press.. 481 



Bees Building Comb Over Wires "' 481 



Deep Bottom-Boards for Wintering 481 



Does Heat Escape from the Bee-('luster ? 4S2 



Exposing to Air Hastening Granulation.. 482 



Mire, Honey. Doolittle, Hasty and Miller.. . 4*1 

 femartweed Honey 48 l 



Miscellaneous News Items — 



Apiary of Kev. W. I. Brooks... 482 



Best "Swarm of B's " 4M 



Honey Exhibit of Aaron Coppin!"! 4«-> 



Honey- Producers' League " 482 



National Bee-Keepers' Association.!.'.!'.'."!'.".!! 482 



Sketches of Beedomites — 

 Hambaugh,J.M 483 



Contributed Special Articles— 



Breeding Queens-How and When to Select 



Them 4 g 4 



Comb Honey and Natural Swarming 485 



Queen-RearingandthePreventionof Increase 485 

 Rearing Queens-Dangers of Mixing Races.... 483 

 Rendering Beeswax and Bee-Glue 485 



Southern Beedom — 



Bee-Paralysis and "Cures" 48fl 



Progeny of Golden Queen and Black Drone (?) 486 

 To Rid a Colony of Laying Workers 486 



Canadian Beedom — 



Agricultural Associations Act 4*7 



Educate the PubUc on Honey.... 48« 



Spring Notes on Bees 437 



World Value of Clover , ..... 4*6 



Our Sister Bee-Keepers — 



Clipping Queens' "Wings— Why and How 487 



Number of Colonies and the Location 487 



Mr. Hastes Afterthoughts— 



Another Tall Assistant Editor 488 



Cow-peas in the North 488 



Formaldehyde in Molasses 488 



Honey Above the Hive-Entrance 488 



Larger Baby-Nucleus MethodB 488 



Ohio Foul Brood Law.. 488 



Properly speaking of Hybrid Bees 488 



That Firm of "Doll-ies" 488 



Dr. Millers Question-Box — 



Albino, Punic and Holy Land Bees 488 



Best Hive-Cover 488 



Bitter Honey 48y 



Comb-Honey Management 489 



Italianizing Black Colonies 489 



Perhaps a Laying Worker 488 



Preventing Bee-Moths. Worms and Ro iches.. . 488 



Putting on Supers 488 



Requ-'ening 488 



Transferring 488 



Reports and Experiences 



Getting the Honey Now 489 



Good Queen 489 



Honey-Flow Has Begun 489 



Iowa Pure Food Law 4-9 



Late and Backward Season 489 



Lost from Lack of Stores 49 1 



Moving Bees 489 



Prospects for a Good Season 4*9 



Season Late in California 489 



That Method of Swarm Control 490 



Too Cool for Bee- Work 489 



Wiring to Prevent Sagging of Comb Founda- 

 tion 490 



Working in Supers 489 



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