Volume XXXIl. SEPTEMBER 1, 1904. Number 17 



s^^iam,.//^ Market Quotations 828 ^^^^^'^^ — J^ m 



''^^^^^^^■^ Straws, by Dr. Miller 835 ^W^^^^ ^^ 



^^^«\ fg Pickings, by Stenog 836 ^^M^^.^^ 



^ffilwiW Conversations WITH DooLiTTLE 837 ^Hll!^^^^^^" 



wit II ' D'TORIALS 838 \|\^^ii^» 



^%mlll Returns of the Honey-crop for 1904 838 Iffli /^^^ xxxx 



W»';///l Bee-keepers Educate their Local Market 838 1\\\\\| /; VN^, ~"^ 



Bee-keepei-s should Drum up Grocery Trade 839 l\\\\l it '''' 



4)^. 11 /■/////I Death of Another Pioneer Bee-keeper 839 IWUll. I L r\i^'>- 



*Vi!?'a MiMiml Carload of Bee-keepers to St. Louis 839 IMk'^II VS^' 



Outdoor Feeding for Winter Stores 839 I »i \l /%" 



Artificial Parafflne Honey-comb 840 lll^v V f't^ 



DeBeche, the Bee-keeper and Cuban Patriot 841 II M^XM^ 



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■General Correspondence 843 li^S 



Personal Recollections of L. L. Langstroth 843 J/H/lRai^^i^^^ 



y j^/y^'~7^W Division of Labor among Bees 846 if////il»ir^^''^ 



rr^T'i /]\»ll\\\ "' Priority Rights 847 .iiii»#«i ■^^\~k 



W/ 'y«kt/ \\lS}8\ Arrangement of Hives in an Apiary . 



J^^^ ^Bl Heads of Grain ...849 Mj^^'^M^N 



r ^^mi Cellar vs. Outdoor Wintering 849 iB^^^^T^^ 



/ wmV Why Sections should not be Cleaned. 850 iSilKi^^vv \J 



' ■ A Returning Swarm 850 iBi^^R^ ^ 



*^ ^"S8\ Honey Season on East Coast of Florida..- 851 j^^jP^^si=^ \ 



r-^xag;-.=.a«""' "^ ^^wil Queenless and Broodless; What does it Mean' 851 llllllm^/^ 



r^.^fi^«*^ i'))*^^^V, Outside Feeding 851 



^ ^^S. Mortality of Bees in Utah 851 mhu/m - ^ W WVt, 



iCombs Affected with Pickled Brood 851 f/////f C^. \\vV» 



Our Homes 852 M^t<^ ^_^ ^'T^" 



Special Notices 864 /trnf * v 'j^^:^:^- ^ . \|] 



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