Volume XXXI 



IN-BEE CULTJJJffi 



Contents 



Markkt (Quotations ...315 



Straws 319 



Pickings 321 



Conversations with Doolittle 322 



Editorials 324 



California Honey Crop Encouraging 3'24 



Paraffine v. Taper Tray for Shipping-cases 824 



Foul Brood in the Human Mouth 324 



The Candying of Honey S2(i 



Formaldehyde for Black Brood 326 



Profits in the Honey Business R25 



Stopping the Mixing of Swarms with Sht ets...325 

 Testing Barrels and Cans for Leaks 325 



General Correspondence 327 



Government Aid for Bee-keepers 327 



Temperature of Bee-cellars 3H1 



F^arlv or Late Cutting Alfalfa 331 



Foul-Lrood Legislation in California 333 



The Use of Carbon Bi^iulphide 334 



The Healing Power of Honey for Animals.... .'.335 



Bteswax in the Tropics 336 



Bee-keepers on the Kickapoo River 337 



New or Old Combs lor Queens 338 



Hkads of Grain 339 



Arrangement of Hives in the Yard 339 



H3W Pollen is Packed in the Cells 340 



Bees Chilled to Death Coming to Life 311 



Need of Foul-brood Law in Ohio 343 



Robbing Hives , 313 



Short Heads of Grain 313-315 



Notes of Travel 346 



By A. I. Root. 



Special Notices. ..3b0 j^m^.^^ , 



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