Volume XXXII. 



APRIL I, 1904. 



INSBEE CULTUfiE 



"- ^oNTENTs ;^. 



Market Quotations ^16 



Straws, by Dr. Miller 323 



Pickings, by Stenog 326 



Conversations with Doolittle 327 



Editorials -^"8 



The Ohio Foul Brood Bill 328 



The Relation of Bees to Fruit-growing 328 



Free-hanging vs. Selt-spacing Frames 328 



Winter Losses 32fl 



Honey made from Corn 329 



Grneral Correspondence 330 



The Bee-keeper vs. the Alfalfa-grower ..330 



Cutting up Candied Honey from Square Cans 331 



Candied Honey Cut up into Bricks 333 



Standard Size of Colonies 333 



Shall we Unite in the Spring? 333 



Langstroth Invention of the Bee-space 335 



Home-made Winter-cases 336 



Home-made Uncapping-can 337 



How to Move Bees 333 



Hive-covers 337 



Heads of Grain 338 



Ventilated Covers 338 



Invertible Hives 338 



Nail-supported Frames 338 



Can Brood be Reared During Winter? 349 



When to Transfer 340 



Stingless Bees 340 



Feeding Back 341 



Extracting-franies 341 



Feeding Bees a Pollen Substitute 342 



Moldy Combs 342 



Our Homes 343 



Gardening 346 



^^ Special Notices 360 



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