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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



December 



NAMES OF SUBJECTS. PAGE 



Poultry in Connection with Bee Keep- 

 ing, 58 



Prevention of Increase. 65,108 



Preventing Increase or Natural 



Swarming, 71 



Points on Honey, 139 



Pure Blood, Mixed Blood, Inbreeding, 166 



Practical Notes, 173 



Queen Rearing Hives, 161 



Robinson's " Concise History " Re- 

 viewed and Discredited, 50 



Rendering Comb into Wax, 73 



Rearing of (Jood Queens, The, 74 



Review of the Season, 163 



Successful Bee Keeping, 1 



Shipping and Selling Honey in Cold 



Weather, 6 



Standard of Excellence in Bee Cul- 

 ture, 19 



Spring Management of Bees, 34 



Successful Bee Keeping, 37 



Sau Gabriel River, The, — Moving to 



the Willows, 54 



Spring Items, . 66 



Stimulative Feeding, 84, 9S 



Shipping Cases for Honey, 93 



Swarming and the Bee Keeper, 136 



Storing and Fumigating Cornbs, 109 



Telling the Bees, ... 73 



Transferring Bees from Box Hives: 107 



Tested and Untested 147 



Use of Foundation, 42 



Use of the Dairy in Apiculture, The, 171 



Value of Comb Foundation, The, 75 



Why Ventilation Plays such an Im- 

 portant Part in Wintering of Bees, 8 



What is Truth ? 39 



Where Shall we Locate ? 85 



What Constitutes Ripeness in Honey? 88 



NAMES OF SUBJECTS. PAGE- 



When to Prepare Bees for a Honey 



Crop, 179 



Wax Production ; Possibilities of 



that Industry in Old Mexico, 113 



Why Queens are not Successf uly In- 

 troduced,. 115 



Wintering and Care of Bees, 133 



Wintering Bees, 148, 150 



Wayside Fragments, 181 



Index to Contributors. 



EXCLUSIVE OF CORRESPONDENTS), PAGE 



Amos, A. G., 114 



Abbott, F. T., 130 



Andre, J. H., 65 



Balbridge, M. M., .... 50 



Barnum, W. M., 66,85,97 



Collins, W. T., 117 



Doolittle, G. M., 1, 18, 33, 177 



Dayton, C. W., 3,54 



Dewitt, Fannie B., Mrs., 34, 53, 67 



Demaree, G. W., 35 



Darlington, T. B., .133, 163 



Evans, W. M , 132 



Gates, John F., 37, 140 



Grahame, Wilder, 82, 145 



Hallenbeck, A. L., Mrs , 2 



Hill, H. E., 84, 113, 147,149 



Harrison, L. Mrs., 130 



Illick, J. F., 162. 



Jolley. Ed., 98, 117 



Keeler, S. M., 20, 180 



Moore, J. C, 99, 163 



Robinson, C. J., 17, 19, 39 



Roese, Stephen, Rev., 132 



Somnambulist, 181 



Thies, (has. H., 49, 6w, 71, 98, 115, 129, 



150, 161, 179. 

 Thompson, Andrew M.,___ 65' 



Honey and Beeswax Market Report. 



Below we give the latest and most authen- 

 tic report of the Honey and Beeswax market 

 in different trade centers : 



Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 20. 1894.— Good demand 

 for honey. Large supply. Price of white coinb 

 toe. per lb. ; Amber 12c per lb ; Extracted, 

 white 7c per lb. : amber 5(g>ric per lb. Market i^ 

 well stocked with tine wh tecomb honey and will 

 sell low. 



II ambus & Bearss, 514 Walnut St. 



Di-troit, Mich., Nov. 21. 1894.— Fair demand 

 for h >ney. Su ply better than expected. Price of 

 comb 14@15c per lb. Extracted (3@7c per lb. 

 Slow demand for beeswax. Gotd supply. Price.- 

 24@25c per lb. There seems to be more honey 

 thanwas looked for and the market is well supplied. 

 M. II Hunt, Bell Branch. Mich. 



Albany, N. Y.. Nov. 21, 1894.— Steady demand 

 for honey. Good supply Price of comb 9©Uc 

 per lb. Extracted .'xgiliV^Tc per lb. Uood de- 

 mand for beowax >t 2S(gt.f0c per pound. Light 

 supply, lining tn the warm weather the honey 

 demand has been g .nd. and think it will con- 

 tinue so until after >he holidays. 



H. R. Wright. 



Albany, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1894.— Fair demand for 

 honey. Ample supply. Price of comb 10@14c. 

 per lb Extracted 5^(&7c per lb. Demand very 

 g >od. Supply light. Prices of beeswax 2(ic to 2*e 

 per lb. Light supply. The trade is now quite 

 generally supplied with honey and the demand 

 not so great. 



Chas. McCulloch & Co. 



Bostov, Mass , Nov. 20, 1894.— Fair demand for 

 honey. Uood supply. Price of comb 14c per lb. 

 l-.xtriiCied 5 to fie per lb. 



E. E. Blakk <fcCo„ 



57 t_ hath urn St. 

 Cincinnati, 0.. Nov. 20, 1894. — Fair demand for 

 honey air supply. Price of comb 14 to 16c per 

 lb tin b si white. Extracted 4 to 7c per lb. 



Chas. F. Muth & S n, 

 Cor. Freeman and Central Aves. 



