Volume XXXI 





m^EK CULTURE 



CONTENTS 



Market Quotatioxs 82" 



Straws, by Dr. Miller o.^i 



Pickings, by Stenog 833 



Conversations with Doolittle 834 

 .ditorials 835 



Formaldehyde Failing to Cure -Jti5 



Photographs for Half-tones 635 



, The Wax-press a Honev -squeezer 836 



-"1^ Cross Bees and Light Clothing 836 



Ohio State Bee keepers' Association. tS36 



In Memoriam of G. B. Lewis _ 836 



Four-piece Sections vs. One-piece 837 



General Correspondence 838 



Government Aid to Bee-keepers _838 



Tiering up for Comb Honey _. Jg36 



How an Egg is Formed in the Queen .^839 



Feeding Back Extracted Honey _811 



*^l Heads of Grain 842 



A T>-pical California Apiary, 842: Is it a New 

 I _ 1- Disease? S12; Pill -box Queen-cell Protector. S42: 

 ' \^ \l P»utting Hives on Stakes to Keep Ants Awav. 

 //^;' il A IMS: The Banner Apiarv. SJ4; Queen-cell Above 

 ■/ \ a\\ Perforated Metal. &44; Mosquito-hawks. ■<«: 

 Formic Acid in Honey. Si6: Hone%- Crop in 

 L,V\ Central California. *46: Mixed Swarms. 847: 

 k Vak Moving Bees. ^7: Substitute for Basswood, <i~: 

 %, Trapping out Skunks, »47: Loafing Bees and 

 V^\ '"-^^ Remedy, S47: the Hochstein Uncapping 

 ^vVX^a^ Device. S4-S: Ammonia and Bee-stiags. S48; In- 

 suring Bees in Mutual Companies, si9. . 



Our Homes 851 



Health Notes 854 



Special Notices 860 



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