1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



387 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



Pajre 

 Cotton as a Source of Nectar — H. 



B. Parks 391 



Bee Incident from Manchester 393 



Introducing Queens — L. G. Wind--- 



sor 393 



Editorial 394-395 



Beekeeping in New York — Frank 



C. Pellett 396 



Unedited Letters of Huber 39.^ 



Do Bees Hear?— E. M. Barteau __3<):) 



Deep Brood Chambers 399 



Legislation on Hives — Frank Van 



Haltern 400 



Dr. Newell 400 



Shall We Enforce Movable Combs? 



— Chas S. Hoser 400 



Apiarian Flora — R. Claustre 402 



Cleaning Sections — J. E. Crane -.402 

 Introducing Queens — E. M. Bar- 

 teau 402 



Suggestions for Observations 401 



Editor of the Bee World 401 



Queen Cage Candy — Jay Smith _-401 

 Small or Large Hive Chambers — 



C. E. Fowler 403 



Hives in Groups of Six — H. W. 



Sanders 403 



Freight Losses 404 



Early Beekeeping History — G. 



W. Adams 405 



Winter Packing in Colorado — J. 



A. Tracy 406 



Wintering in Ontario — J. F. Dunn 406 

 Sunshine and Bees — Allen La- 

 tham 407 



Wintering in the South — L. B. 



Smith 407 



The Bees — Nellie M. Sheldon 408 



A Maine Beekeeper 408 



Bees at Sorghum Mills — H. C. 



Gadberry 408 



Deceptive Honey Flora — John 



Prothero 409 



Chilian Beekeeping 409 



The Century Plant 410 



Saving a Chilled Queen — Elias 



Fox 410 



Mated Queen Could Not Lay — 



Vernon H. Jeffries 410 



Rules for Packing Comb Honey. _410 



Editor's Answers 411-412 



News Notes 412-13-11 



Transfer of Eggs by Bees 414 



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