September, 1907 



American ^cc Journal 



Contents for September, 1907 



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The Roofing Question 



Every day the roofing question is be- 

 coming more serious to tlie farmer. 

 Shingles are getting .scarce and expen- 

 sive, while the quality is getting poorer. 

 Metal is too costly, and requires repaint- 

 ing yearly or it will rust and leak. 



What, then, shall the farmer use? 



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The saving in the labor of putting it 

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Illustrations— 



Apiary of Mrs. Amos ■• 649 



Clover-Bloom and Bees 1st Page 



Greiner's Reliquefying Apparatus b5^ 



Secor (Mr. Eugene) and Yucca Plant.- b48 

 Stachelhausen. L 658 



Editorial Notes and Comments - 



Abuse of Smoke on' Bees 646 



Backward Season General 645 



Bee-Disease in the Isle of Wight 646 



Bees Balling their Own Queen 646 



E-xtra Combs of Honey for Ne.\t Spring 645 

 Improvement in Introducing Queens . 646 



Saltpeter fur Lighting Smokers 6)6 



Strengthening Weak Colonies 645 



Unite Colonies in Good Season 646 



Weber's Entrance Comptroller 646 



Why Do Bees Swarm? -• 646 



Wintering Reserve Queens. 645 



Miscellaneous News-Items— 



Books for Bee-Keepers 648 



Cause of American Foul Brood 647 



Fair Apiarian Premiums. 648 



Kansas Convention 648 



Kind Words from Contemporaries 647 



Midnight Swarming Bees 648 



National Association 647 



National at Harrisburg 647 



Secor (.Mr.) and His Yucca Plant 648 



Some Generous " Donations ". 647 



Subscription Price Now 50c a Y'ear 617 



Swarm of Bees in a City Street 647 



World's Pure Food Show .648 



Beedom Boiled Down— 

 Closing Entrance When Moving Bees. 659 



Poison for Mice 659 



Prevention of Swarming 659 



Roasting Out Wax-Worms 659 



Shaken Swarms 659 



Strengthening Weak Colonies 659 



Tarred Felt Not Always Desirable 659 



Value of Protective Surroundings 659 



Virgin Queens Do Not Always. Fight- 659 



Contributed Articles— 



Breeding Bees by Selection for Im- 

 proving their Honey- Producing Char- 

 acter 663 



Cause of American Foul Brood 656 



Caution Against Making Increase too 



Rapidlv 654 



Different Methods of Reliquefying 



Granulated Honey 651 



Feeding Bees Diluted Honey and 



Sugar Syrup for Winter Stores 655 



How to Prevent Robbing 654 



Inventing Hives 654 



Keep Good Bees and Produce Good 



Honey 654 



Management of Weak Colonies 654 



Outdoor Wintering of Bees 652 



Preparing for Winter 655 



Second-Hand Honey-Packages 655 



Some Practical Don'ts for Bee-Keepers 654 

 Where Do the Field-Bees Deposit 

 Their Loads? 653 



Canadi.^-v Beedom— 



Alfalfa in Ontario 651 



Fair Season 651 



Honey Crop and Prices for 1907 659 



"Mother Earth" for Cleaning "Bee-" 



Daubed Fingers. 651 



Two llueens in a Hive 65J 



Southern Beedom— 



Death of L. Stachelhausen 65*« 



How Does the Queen Fertilize the 



Eggs? 658 



Shallow Divisible Hives— What Depth 



Should They Be ? 657 



Our BEf>KEEPiNG Sisters— 



Bees Refusing to Work in Comb-Honey 



Supers 64i* 



Some Swarming E.xperiences 64» 



Taste for Sweets an Index of Whole- 



someness 650 



Trained Nurse as a Bee-Keeper 64i» 



Doctor Miller's Qvestion-Box- 



Afterswarms -_■■■■-■ ■•■■■■ 



Bees Hanging I. nder Brood-Frames - 



Carniolans 



Cotton Honey for Winter Stores 



Dividing Colonies 



Few Drones 



"Go-Backs " 



Introducing Queens 



Kind of Bees 



Late Swarms 



Late Transferring of Bees 



Laying Workers Fill Cells With Eggs. 



Moths in Hives --- 



Requeening Colonies 



Spring Pr<itectionof Hives 



Starting New Colonies of Bees 



Supers 



Swarm Spotting Clothes 



Too Many Drones 



Uniting Colonies 



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Reports and Expkriences- 



Bad Year to Work With Bees 664 



Bee-Keeping Show 664 



Bees Have Done Well 664 



Best Crop in Three Years 664 



Disappointing Bee-Season 664 



Expects Good Honey-Flow- 664 



Fair Honey Crop Promised. ()64 



Good Honey-Flow 664 



Honey from Alsike Clover 664 



No Basswood Honey 664 



Non-SwarmingBees 664 



Nothing from White Clover 664 



Not Much Honey 664 



Poor Honey Crop ■ - -. 664 



Varying Effects of Bee-Stings 6g 



Why Use Improved Hives 66? 



Wintering Bees Outdoors 66? 



Working for Comb Honey 664 



Worst Spring 664 



Yields of Honey 664 



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