Volume XXXII. DECEMBER I, 1904. 



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'^^'^^^^^^^B^ Market [Quotations 1092 



^^^^^W^ Straws, by Dr. Miller 1099 -. 



IL^<N ^^iSw Bee-keeping Among THE Rockies 1101 



^ iWB' Conversations with Doolittle 1102 



'^^fjnw I Editorials 1104 



■^^■^■^■^^^^^^mllll Floating Apicultural Expositions 1104 



^^^H^^|||y Ignorant Food Commissioners^ 1104 



Sidelights from St. Louis Convention 1105 



^\ 'lyMlf Russian^Apicultural Schools 1106 



\^>-^ vfeillii General Correspondence 1107 



A House Apiary 56 Years Old 1107 



#11 1 Pecan-tree 88 Years Old 1108 



/Jl QM Pickled Brood, Starvation Not a Cure 1110 



jd^^^mA Introduction of New Queens EffectfCurellllO 



Are Italians More Immune than Blacks... 1110 



j^^^m Experiments" with Pickled Brood^ 1111 



7 ^ffll Why Young Bees Don't Begin Field'Work.. 1112 



^/ ^^s. Cleaning Propolis off Separators, etc 1112 



j^W ^^'-'"'^''^^C 'H^. New Generic Names for Honey-bees 1113 



^-^t -^^V'"'^ Jl'^^m Tropical Notes 1114 



V M^ ^^m. Bee-keeping in the Islands 1114 



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Our Homes 1115 



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