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Contents for March 15, 1911 



EDITORI AU 157 



Recipes, Honey 157, 161 



Winter Nests 157 



Editor In Florida 158 



Advanced Bee Culture 158 



STRAY STRAWS 160 



Weight of Bee Load 160, 162 



Local Option on Saloons 160 



Advertising Honey 160, 170 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. . ..161 



Breeding Larger Bees 161 



SIKriNGS 162 



Propolis. Cost of 162 



Beet and Cane Sugar 162 



Beeswax, Danger in Heating 162 



Candied Comb Honey 162 



Non-swarmlng Bees 163 



Apiary, Arrangement of 163 



Labels for Honey 163 



Shipping Bulk Honey 163 



Bees in Orchards in Vermont 163 



Bee-keeping in Southern r'allfornia 164 



Honey from Yellow Sweet Clover 164 



Cooperation 164 



Bees Desert Full Hive 164 



Bee-keeping in Louisiana 164 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. . . .165 



Combs, Caring for 165 



Hives. Size of .165 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 166 



Anatomy of the Bee 166 



Standard Hive 168 



Temperature of Bee-cellars 169 



Bee Diseases Increasing 170 



Wintering in Single-walled Hives 171 



Queen-cells, (letting Easily 171 



Queens, Finding Quickly 171 



Tobacco Kills Bees 171 



Bee-keeping in Mexico 172 



Ludloff's Hives 173 



Bee-keeping in Florida 174 



Bee-keeping as a Hobby 177 



Bee-keeping for Beginners 181 



Swarming, Prevention of 182 



Carniolans Ahead of Italians 182 



Smokers, Box to Carry 183 



Bees, Protection from Foul Brood 183 



Hive, Long-Idea 184 



Idaho as a Bee State 184 



Dark Honey in Bait Sections 185 



Feeding Molasses and Sugar 185 



Paint for Hives 185 



Death from Stings 186 



Sections, to Dampen 186 



Bees Hard to Drown 186 



Bee Locations in California 186 



Bumble-bees and Smoke 187 



OUR HOMES 188 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 189 



Chickens in Florida 189 



