1881 



GLEAKINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



211 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Back List — 



JJte Dotanj 22! 



bee ]':iit<)niologrj- — 



Blasted Hopes 2« 



Cartoon Kii 



Kditoiials S.')! 



Heads of Grain 238 



Honey CoUmin 2r)e 



Huniijiiffs and Swindlea — 



Juvenile Pepartnicnt 235 



KindWords from Customers214 



Ladies' Department 234 



Lnncli-Rooni — 



Notes and Queries 243 



Reports Encouraging 224 



Sniileiy - — 



The (Jrowlei-y — 



Tobacco Col uiuii v S52 



l^DEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Apis Dorsala 219 



Amber Cane 2:«i 



Axtell's Report 241 



An ABC Scholar's story. . . .253 



Bliss' Sun Evap'r 220 



Bees outside of Hive 239 



Hot. -Boards of Ai-t. Stone. . .231 



Bo-t Hives 21<.i 



Benton in Java 2iy 



Banner Apiary 2l.'i 



Bees and <i's for May 'Si!) 



Coming Bee 228 



Cellars Ahead .-241 



Circulars Rec'd 2.').") 



Comments on Doollttle 210 



Calver's Report 2;i7 



Cottonwood . ■. 243 



Cellar Wint 22B 



Drone-laying Queens 241 



Dark Italians 232 



Ex. Old Honey 240 



Fair Play 255 



Gallup's Ideas on Stores 221 



Int 222 



Grimm's Report 217 



Individuality in Bees 238 



Introducing 244 



Killing Drones 231 



Ivind Word for Railroads... 214 

 Leaving see's on all winter. 242 

 Lang, on Blacks and Ital's. .222 

 Lobdell's Report from N. Y.22C 



Mcri-ybanks 244 



Moore's 2-liive Apiaiy 23U 



Miller's Report 231 



Marking Queens 240 



Man Proposes 214 



.Measures 2,t5 



-Staple Sugar 2.-.5 



Notes from Georgia 230 



New Honey 243 



Xew Gr. Sugar 243 



(!nr Own Apiary 2111 



I'rfveiiting Swarming 212 



Packing Bees in Texas 238 



I'help's Apiaiy 237 



Plaster for Fdii 243 



Red Clover, Ital's, etc 244 



Ramble No. 4 233 



Simp. Plant in Colo 214 



Suiplus Combs 238 



Sweet Com 240 



Sugar-Cane 2.54 



Starter Machine, New 218 



Side and Top Storing 232 



Skunk Cabbage 223, 243 



Smoker Column 252 



Townley 's Iteport 221 



lurn o^ the 'rune 256 



Tin Cans 227 



Trigona 227 



Tea as a Honey Plant 238 . 



Wii-ing Frames 224 



Women and Bees in Neb 234 



Wint. 2 Col's in 1 Hive 339 



Water for Bees 241 



Willow 223 



What killed the Bees; 253 



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