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Contents for February 1, 1911 



EDITORIAL .57 



Shipping Bees South 57 



MlcUigari Foul-brood Law 57 



Apiculture at Syracuse University 57 



Bee-keeping in New Zealand 57 



Farmers Sowing Sweet Clover 58 



Our Department Editors 58 



European Foul Brood 58, 77 



STRAY STRAAVS 60 



Cocoons in Combs 60 



BEE-KEEPING IN SOU. CALIFORNIA. .. .61 



Sowing Seeds for Honey.' 61 



Bees in California 61 



Mrs. Acklin at Mr. Burdlck's 61 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES.. 62 



Comb Honey, Use of in Colorado 62 



High Winds in Colorado 62 



NOTES FROM CANADA 63 



Express Companies in Canada 63 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 64 



Time when Swarms Issue 64 



Wax from Old Combs 64 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 65 



Wintering Problem in Canada 65 



Winter Nests . . ; 67 



Stock, Non-swarming 67 



Comb Honey in Cartons 68 



Wheeler's Community Hive 69 



Bee-keeping in Minnesota and California... .69 



Bees and Colors 70 



Wasp-nest In Comb 70 



Ovary of the Queen 72' 



Bee-keeping for Beginners 72 



Dodder-cells in Ovary 73 



Townsend's Hive 74 



Ventilation in Hot Weather 75 



Yucca Trunks for Hives 75, 77 



Bee-keeping in Mexico 7.5 



Bees in Yucca Trunks 76 



Sources of Foul Brood 78 



Hand System of Bee Control 79 



Bee Demonstrations at Street Fair 80 



Minnesota Bee Association 80 



OUR HOMES 81 



Memory. Failing 81 



Habits, Breaking Bad 82 



Sweet Clover in Florida 83 



Sulphur for Chickens ..84 



