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Contents of tnis Number. 



Among Our Exchanges 13 



Are Italian Bees Hybrids ? .--, 21 



Bee-Culture and the Government 9 



Bee-Feeders, the Season, Etc 19 



Bees and Cherry Blossoms, Etc 21 



Bees are Improving- the Time 22 



Bees in Grand Traverse Co., Mich 18 



Beeswax Importations 11 



Black Bees or Italians— Which ? 22 



Boy's Experience in Bee-Keeping 17 



Caged Queens and Queen-Cells 12 



Convention Directory . 21 



Correspondence on Important Subjects. . . 14 



Dibble's Self-Hiving Arrangement 16 



Editorial Buzzings 7 



Espercette as a Honey-Plant 7 



Finding a Black or Hybrid Queen.. 13 



Honey Samples for Analysis 7 



Hunger Making Honey of Molasses 23 



Impressions of the Punic Bee 14 



Making Honey-Vinegar 13 



Matingof Queens 18 



Mrs. Wasp and Mrs. Bee 12 



Not Bumble-Bees— Severe Tornado 22 



Not Now Overstocked with Bees 23 



Other Bee-Periodicals' Kind Notices 10 



Prevention of Granulation 11 



Prevention of Swarming, Etc 23 



Prospect for a Honey Crop 8 



Queens Piping a "Trio" 21 



Queries and Replies 12 



Races of Honey-Bees. — 17 



Rational Dont's About Bee-Keeping 20 



Rearing Bees for the Harvest 19 



Rev. L. L. Langstroth's Visit to Bro. Root 8 



Selections from Our Letter Box 21 



Sick or Starved Bees 9 



Small Yield of Honey so Far 22 



Starting Bees in the Sections 13 



Storing Honey Rapidly, Etc 23 



Suffering from Rheumatism 22 



Texas Bee-Notes— Queens Mating 18 



Too Small Queen-Cages • • 13 



Visits Among Iowa Bee-Keepers 15 



Volume XXX of the Bee Journal 7 



" Walk-Over " Foundation Fastener 20 



White Clover Bloom is Plentiful 21 



White Clover inAbundance - 21 



