

VOL. XXXIX 



SEPTEMBP]R 15, 1911 



NO. 18 



Editorial 



Strti}' Straws 



Sittings 



Bce-keepiiia' in Oalifornin 



Conversations with Doolittlo 



New Queen-mailing Cage . . . . E. B.. Boot 



Blacks Gather More Iloney-dew than Italians 



G. W. BuUamore 



The Odor of Bee-sting Poison Excites Bees 0. B. Metcalfe 



Wrapping Comb Honey in Trausi)arent Paper D. C. Gilham 



Swarming and its Cause . . . Arthur C. Miller 



Concrete Ideal for Bee-cellars ... W. W. Smith 



Out -door Wintering in New York , . Percy Orton 



Double Colonies for the Honey -flow . . George W. Bich 



Does it Pa)' a Bee-keeper to Sell Bottled Honey? 



George Shiber 



The Mediterranean Flour-moth . . Wesley Foster 



Report of the Pennsylvania State Convt-ntion H. C. Klinger 



Origin and Use of Propolis . . . . F. Greiner 



Heads of Grain 

 Our Homes 



Notes of Travel 



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