Volume XXXI 



DECEMBER 1 1903 



PBEEGUUmH 



Makket Quotations 991 



Straws, by Dr. Miller 995 



Pickings, by Stenog^ 997 



convkksations with doolittle 958 * 

 Editorials 999 



Self-«!paci!ig or Loose frames 



Countins; the Cost 



The Cincinnati Convention 



Automatic Clockwork Smoker 



Aikin's Hoiie\-bags 



The 1,0s Angele-» Conventiou 



Profits in Bee-keeping 



Important Victory for the N. B. K. A.., 

 Coming m Contact with the Bees 



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Heads of Grain. 



Extracting-hou'e on Wheels 1005 



l)r Millei's Furnace heat d Cellar 1008 



The Cacti of Anzona for Honey ..1009 



A partitiontd-ofi Cellar for Wintering Bees... 1009 



Non swarniers joog 



Mosquito Hawks 1010 



Yellow Jackets .....; 1010 



Chickens Eating- Queens 1010 



Handling the German Wax-press 1011 



Wiring Frames JOU 



Leach's Bottom-board Feeder 1011 



Do Bees keep Queens from laying? 1012 



Drone Comb from \V orker Foundation 1012 



Wheelbarrow springs 1012 



A Hemp Bee-brush ]013 



Skunks— How to Destroy Them 1013 



The Formaldehyde Cure 1014 



New l.iglit on Bulk Comb Honey 1014 



Our Homes 1015 



Health Notes...* 1019 



Special Notices 1028 



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Eastern Edition. 



Entered at the Postofkice at Mkdina. Ohio, as Second-class Matter. 



