Volume XXXII. 



msBEE CULTURE 



oNTENTs 



" Market Quotations. 



Straws, by Dr. Miller 967 



Pickings, by Stenog 968 



Conversations with Doolittle 969 



Editorials 970 



Use of Bee-stings as a Remedial Agent 970 



The St. Louis Convention; a few Sidelights 971 



Bee and Beer Exhibit at the St. Louis Fair 972 



— ^^ Nominations for Officers of the N. B. K. A 973 



General Correspondence 974 



The Laws Baby Nuclei : 974 



The Use of Small Nuclei for Mating..., 977 



The Philadelphia Bee-keepers' Association 978 



" ' Straws from the West Indies 979 



"^ California Notes and Comments 980 



Heads^of Grain 981 



A Chaff-Hive Apiary 



Hiving a Swarm on the Old Stand.. 



The 20-lb. Stone a Necessity to hold down Cover..! 



Death of one of the Old Pioneers in Bee-keeping.983 



Some of My Little Whims 



A Drone-laying Queen 



Bees and Rheumatism 984 



Keeping Ants away from Honey 984 



Age of Bees when going to the Fields 



A Raging Fire in a Bee Yard 



Keeping Bottled Honey from Leaking 



Honey-dew 



Questions Answered for a Cuban Inquirer 



Mammoth Sunflower for Shade 



Our Homes 987 



Special Notices 997 



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