1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



343 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



Honey Areas of Texas — H. B. 

 Parks 347 



Wintering Two Queens in One 



Hive— F. W. L. Sladen 348 



Worker Bees in Drone CeDs — 



E. A. Winkler 349 



People Immune to Stings — J. H. 



Tichenor 349 



Editorials 350-351 



Everlasting Beehives 350 



Lavender Sticks 350 



Unedited Letters of Huber 350 



Nut-lei by Parcel Post 350 



The Packers' Profits — M. G. Da- 



dant 35^ 



The Ideal Bee — John Prothero--353 

 Unedited Letters of Huber — E. 



Bertrand 354 



Honey Hints for Small Producers 



— Josephine Morse 355 



At the Foot of Mount Hellicon — 



George Wheeler 353 



Large Hives for Louisiana — Jes 



Dalton 355 



Honey Selling — R. A. Franklin __356 

 Honey as a Sanitary Food — Paul 



Carton 357 | 



Curing Chronic Rheumatism with 



Beestings — J. R. Schmidt 358 



Storing the Honey — L. H. Cobb_-358 

 Uniting Swarms and Colonies — 



A. F. Bonney 359 



Poisonous Spray — Will H. Gray.-359 

 European Foulbrood — A. C. Mil- 

 ler 359 



Some Honey Plants of Alabama 



— L. H. Pammel 360 



Sixty Years Ago 361 



What is a "Commercial Bee- 

 keeper"?— G. W. York 361 



Queens and Other Things — F. D. 



Todd 361 



The Honey Comb — Will H. Gray- 363 

 Beekeeping Knowledge — H. F. 



Wilson 363 



Drone Comb — E. M. Cole 364 



Bees Building Drone Comb on 



Foundation — J. F. Dienier 365 



Moving Bees with Entrances Open 



— Jes Dalton 365 



Aldrich as a Host 365 



Editor's Answers 366-367 



Miscellaneous Items 368-69-70 



Final Census Report for U. S. A._368 i 



•The League 369 



Texas Bee Meeting 370 



Lewis 4-Way Bee Escapes 



Four exits from supers. Fits sll standsrd board s 



Springs of coppered steel. Made of 



substantial metal. 



Made by 



G. B. LEWIS COMPANY, 



.Watertown, Wi.=., U. S. A. 



Sold only by Lewis "Beeware" 



Distributors. 



NEW Bingham 



BtE SMOKER 



PATENTED 



BUY BINGHAM 

 BEE SMOKERS 



At a recent meeting or convention of 

 New York State beektcpers. there was 

 a Bee Smoker contest of interest. Those 

 in the contest were allowed one minute 

 to light his smoker, then let it set for 

 30 minutes. At the end of this period. 

 the smoker that started the best in 30 

 seconds, won a Queen Bee. They all 

 sny this is some Smoker, the kind you 

 should ijuy. The Woodman Bingham 

 Big Smoke, with shield, won the contest. 



Winter Problem Solved by the Hive with an Inner 



Overcoat 



:e»t«dO''-' 



It will pay you to try out a sample shipment of these hives the coming winter- The 

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 and workmanship guaranteed to please you. The Inner Overcoats furnish the close-up 

 protection which brings the bees through the winter in fine condition. We can make 

 prompt shipment, and prices have been reduced. Your order will have our prompt at- 

 tention. 



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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH-, U. S. A. 



