Volume XXXIII 



JUNE 15, 1905 



Number 12 



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oNTENTs 



\Urket Quotations 634 



ws-Dr. Miller 639 



1 V iiEPiNG IN THE Southwest 641 



Editorials 643 



Those Two Editors— Root and Hutchinson 644 



Adulteration Law Enforced in New York 644 



Wm. Russell, Inspector of Apiaries in Minnesota 644 



Selling Adulterated Comb Foundation in U. S 644 



Sibbald and Shake Plan System in Medina 645 



Gleanings from Pacific Coast 647 



General Correspondence 648 



Megapis, Giant Bees of the Far East 648 



Unripe Honey 650 



A Few of the Honey-plants of Cuba 652 



Hiving Swarms on Comb a Failure in Idaho 653 



Are Some of the New Ideas Improvements? 654 



The Principles of Tropical Bee-keeping 655 



The Hoffman Frame 656 



First Prize, Swarm of Bees 656 



The Cabin in the Woods 659 



Dr. Miller and Nail-spaced Frames 662 



Mustard as a Honey-plant 663 



Age at which Bees First Carry Pollen 664 



Conversations with Doolittle ..665 



Heads of Grain 667 



Killing Bees with Kindness 667 



A Flat Honey-knife Handle 667 



Block for Holding Frames while Nailing Together.. 



Soft Maple a Material for Sections 668 



A General Mix-up of Four or Five Swarms 669 



Entrance under the Hives 669 



Turning Entrances when Using Sibbald Plan. -.669 

 Bees Kilhng Drones 669 



Our Homes 670 



Special Notices 687 



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