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Contents of this Number. 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 34"> 



Dr. J. P. II. Brown's Address 34.~> 



Ca nudum Honors .•» 34.5 



Another Sp< ."1 - >f Cotton 34n 



The Drouth in Europe 3*5 



Old Combs 345 



Correspondence : 



How the Bee Extends its Tongue 345 



Ton true of the Honey Bee 343 



Gland and Tubes 34fi 



How I Winter Bees Successfully 346 



Doolittie's Honey Report for 1881 346 



Among our Exchanges : 



District Meeting in Indiana 346 



A Fierce Combat. 346 



Good Blood Tells 34H 



Bee Pasturage ■ 346 



Convention Note* : 



The Different Races of Honey Bees, and 

 their Geographical Distribution. . . . 



The Common Origin of Honey Bees... 



Length of Bees' Tongues 



Ancient His ory of the Honey Trade.. 



Apis Ameri' ana 



Northwestern District Convention 



Best Races of Bees 



Queen-Rearing 



Tbe Dfrzon Theory 



. Natural Swarming and Dividing Colo- 

 nies 



Bee and Honey Shows 



Increase of Bees 



Use of Separators 



Side and Top-Storing 



Pasturaire tor Bees 



Over-stocking a Locality 



Cn-operation, Can it be Accomplished? 



Marketing Honey 



Wintering of Bees 



Qujbtlona ami Answers 



Miscellaneous 



Re, ort of Committee on Exhibits 



Selections from Oar Letter Box : 



What is the Matter? 



Good Honey Crop 



Bees in Good Condition 



Honey Producing Plants 



Honey Cake 



Dry Season in Georgia' 



Bees in Canada 



Sixty Pounds of Honey per Colony 



Sweet Clover 



Good Increase 



350 

 350 

 35< i 

 350 

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3:.n 

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