Volume XXXI 



JULY 15 1903 



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 VvV'^^^^^^^^^^I^P^ Market Quotations 615 



J^^^^^^^IS^^ Straws, by Dr. Miller... 619 



Pickings, by Stenog- 621 



Conversations WITH DooLiTTLE... 62 1 

 ^^***^ **^^^r Editorials 623 



""^W^W Furious Swarming in Medina 623 



^^irtJpliKHf Kive-l)andeis for Comb Houey 623 



'^^aamsamimil Getiing .Swarms from the tops of Trees 62S 



A Colony that never Thinks of Swarming 624 



•\^\ ^^H^^HIiy Proposed Amendments to the Constitution 624 



~^^ "" x^:^^BRSSSiMM» Xhe t,os Angeles Convention ...624 



5^5OT^™nif| Honey Ciop for lyiXi 625 



General Correspondence \. 628 



^.i Inill Wiring Frames 628 



Hochstein's Uncapping Comb-holder 62t> 



Shallow vs. Full-depth supers 629 



A Convenient Hive-stand 631 



Miller's Cloth-paper Hive-cover mo2 



To Keep Empty Combs 633 



Ji will Heads of Grain 634 

 ^^jH||l Young's Foundation-fastener, 634; Rheuma- 

 ,~^' nvHjil tism riom too many Stiu > . . , 4; Bees not in- 

 ' V» vttl clined to work on Foundation Below, 635; 

 /m\M Bees Dying in Idaho, 635; Shaken Swarm-., 

 /i, -^M Snpeisidiug t^iieens. 636; Poisonous humes 

 f xsVm of the Hive, 037; Aitificial Pasturage, . 637; 

 Picking up Queens to Clip, 63/; Uo Bce.s Cov- 

 er Offcuoing Objects wiih Wax or Propolis? 

 (i{8; Pluraliiy ot nggs in a Cage, 638; Queens 

 (cx/ ^JffiV Biting instead of Simgiirg 63&; Yellow Bands 

 / >1K^ in Italians, 63S; Formic .-^.cid in Honey, lp)^ 

 - , ' ^^m Canvas I.,eggings, 63S. 



f-WX i' ) ^ T^V ^UR Homes 639 



r/ 1 "terfT^^m. Notes of Travel 643 



?f. >^^^^Hn|^^^w fc>PECiAL Notices 652 



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