Volume XXXIII. 



JANUARY I, 1905 



IN^EE CULTM 



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CONTENTS 



Market Quotations 4 



Straws, by Dr. Miller n 



Bee-Keeping among the Rockies 13 



Conversations with Doolittle 15 



Editorials is 



Government Apicultural Work 16 



Sidelights from the St. Louis Convention 16 



General Correspondence 19 



De Luxe Comb Honey 19 



Queens Mating More than Once 22 



The Wings of the Bee 24 



Judging Honey at Fairs 25 



The Danzenbaker Hive 26 



How I Manage Swarming 27 



Lizards and Bees 28 



Hoffman Frame and Follower Defended 29 



The Hoffman Frame Come to Stay 30 



Food Commissioners and Adulterated Honey... 31 



Heads of Grain 32 



Shaken Swarms a Success, and When 32 



Feeding Bees in the Cellar, etc. 32 



How to Wash Out Kerosene-cans 32 



Paint for Hives— What Color to Use 33 



Perforated Zinc Reduce Amount of Honey? 33 



Information Wanted by St. Nicholas Editor 33 



Failure to Cure; What's the Trouble? 33 



Noises above a Bee-cellar. 33 



V vs. Square Edges on Hoffman Frames... 34 



Our Homes 



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Special Notices. 



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