Volume XXXI 



NOVEMBER IS 1903 



CPBEE GULTMfiE 





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Market (Juotations 947 



Stkaws, by Dr. Miller '^^ 



Pickings, by Steno^..^ .....953 



CONVKRSATIONS WITH DOOI.ITTLE 954 



Editorials 9.-^; 



Formalin .Adulterated •; ■•••'■^ 



McE\v>y for Director on the National Board. ..!lo6 



Chicasio Xorlhweslern Convention ftV) 



Roofs for Hivfs ...^ «5|> 



Report of Canadian Expenmental Farm ».% 



Another Bee Suit 9iJ" 



General Gorrespondence 



Improved Queen-rearing ^ 



Forced Svearming fSi* 



An Eight-frame Observatory Hive .'. Wl 



.\ Bad Case of Robbing SHi2 



Additional Thoughts on Bee-smokers tHV? 



Honev— Its Superiority over Sugar as a Food..%3 

 A Visit to L. E. Mercer's Apiary 964 



H'=;.A.DS OF Grain 



Infuriated Bees -'©i 



Shook Swarms not Satisfactorj' !i6ti 



Wintering in Tenement Hives !Hi7 



That Non-swarming Strain of Bees St67 



Why the Honev Soured i't>7 



How to Keep Honev from Candying !I6S 



Formaldehyde Failing to Cure !»68 



Italianizing Bees in the Fall VHW 



Standard Size of Sections 9tW 



Mercer's Honey Storage House 9&4 



The Innocents Abroad !Hi5 



Fertile Workers 9fi2 



Selling Honey on Sunday 971 



Our Homes 969 



Notes of Travel 972 



Special Notices 98<' 



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