.^ ^ AUb2i 1911 



^tt Culture 



VOL. XXXIX 



AUGUST 15, 1911 



NO. 16 



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Editorial 



Stray Straws 



Sift iugs 



Bee-keeping in the Southwest 



Conversations with Doolittle 



Purity Tests for Beeswax . . Wm. P. Munger 



Cappiug-melters . . . . . R. Beuhne 



Do Queen-cells above a Comb-honey Super bring on 



Swarming? . . . Dr. C. C. Miller 



Increasing the Consumption of Honey by Advertising. 



W. W. Brochnire 



European Foul Brood Getting a Foothold in Southern 



California ..... Levi J. Ray 



The Advance of Apiculture in New Zealand. 



"Progress"' 

 A Plan of Requeening for the Busy Honey-producer 



Geo. Shiber 



Bee-keeping in Florida . . . E. G. Baldwin 



Raising Good Queens Under Unfavorable Conditions 



H. Perkins 



How the Age of Queens Affects Swarming S. D. House 



A Model British Apiary . . D. M. McDonald 



That Automobile Trailer , . F. B. Cavanagh 



Sowing Sweet Clover with Other Crops . F. Coverdale 



Heads of Grain 



Our Homes 



