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Contents of this Number. 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 369, 370 



Demand for Pure Extracted Honey 368 



sweet Clover as a Weed 369 



Dr. Tinker's Golden Honey Plant 3*i'-' 



Another Explorer in Search of Foreign 



Bees 370 



Floral Offering 37o 



Anion? our Ex eh mitten : 



Detecting Glucose in Honey 370 



What a Honey *how bas done for Canada 37U 



Honey at the Askansas State Fair 37U 



Popularity of Comb Foundation 370 



Hone; Season in Great Britain 370 



Formed an Association 370 



1 i.ni'-»i iIi-ik'*- : 



The Three-Band Test Again 371 



Pollen and Dvsentery 371 



Facts about Honey Plant Culture 371 



The Knowledge Possessed by Bees 371 



Moth-Trap Hives 37ii 



Experience of a Beginner 372 



Desert tlon of Cyprian Bees 37- 



Pollen fur Brood-Rearing 372 



Packing Bees for Winter 372 



Distinctive Features of Cyprian Bees 373 



Convention Notes : 



Local Convention Directory 373 



California District Convention 373 



Michigan Association 373 



Selections from Our I. -I i>- « Box : 



Bees In Good Condition 374 



Bees Show Signs of Dysentery 374 



Bereaved 374 



TbeChicago Convention and Honey Re- 

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Honey Cake 374 



Apiary Record Book 374 



Unexpected Good Luck 374 



The Drouth and Feeding 374 



Dividing Colonies Late in the season 374 



Oregon for Bees and Honey 374 



Ferti e Worker 374 



Bees in Good Condition 374 



Tulip Tree Plants 374 



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