Volume XXXII. 



FEBRUARY 15, 1904. 



INnBEE cultore 



CONTENTS 



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Market Quotations 160 



Straws, by Dr. Miller 167 



Pickings, by Stenog 169 



Conversations with Doolittle 170 



i editorials 172 



a Foul Brood BiVi ". 172 



Possible Winter Losses 174 



Slate vs. Iron Roofings for Hive Covers 174 



l,ast Report of the National; its Cost 174 



Home-made vs. Factory Hives 175 



(iKNERAL Correspondence 176 



The La Bounty Wax-Extractor 176 



Metal-spiced Hoffman Frame. J78 



Fumigating Combs 179 



Eastern Honev in Paper Bags ISO 



I,ang,stroth's Invention of the Mov'ble Frame 182 

 Food for Colonies Short of Stores 183 



Heads of Grain 184 



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