Volume XXXI 



AUGUST 15 1903 



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Market Quotations 70o 

 Straws, by Dr. Miller 7( 

 Pickings, by Stenog-.. 

 Conversations with Doolittle 

 Kditorials 



Slrav Ruiiawav Swarms at Medina 

 (.Wmng Swarms down from Tall Trees 

 CaiHlied Honey iu Paper Bags 

 Kvcry-'lav (jiiecu-ceh work ... 

 t-vrttiliziug y'"^^"* ''^ Small Boxes 

 Scarcity oi ijasswooJ 



Gknkrai. Correspondence.... 



I'revcntion of Swarming 



Smokeis. and How to Handle them 



Cause oi Bee Paralvsis 



l'hace:ia — Hovvit Uooks 



Keeping Bees under Sheds 



% The Piotessional Bee-keeper.. 



Hkads ok GRAINi 



Migratory Bee-keeping 



Red-clover Bees 



Stores for Winter 



Robber-Flies 



Canvas .\lighting-board 



A Neat Little Shed Apiary.... 

 Queen, s Preference for New Combs 



Colony Manipulation 



Birdsand Bee Scings 



How Bees Pack Pollen 



Why Honey in Small Doses is Hurtful 

 Bee"(i loves 



k^. OUK HOMF.S 729 



Notes of Travel . 732 



SJPKCIAL iS'OTlCKS... 740 



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