Volume XXXI 



DECEMBER 15 1903 



Number 24 



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Market Quotations 1035 



Straws, by Dr. Miller 10-.» 



Pickings, by Stenog- 1041 



Conversations with Doolittle 1042 

 Editorials 1043 



Wonderful Ways of Honey-Bees ^1^^ 



The National Association J01| 



Bee Paral^'sis, Kasilv Curable I<j4.i 



Moving Bee< Short Distance in Winter jOjd 



Frames Supported on Nails ljM3 



Covers for Hives ]0i4 



Candied Honev |^* 



How to Keep Honev Indefinitely |044 



Giving the Page Number 1044 



Comb honey Canards JUjf 



Aikin's Candied Honey in Paper Packages...l045 



Honey Plants of Arizona |M|B 



Stingless Bees 1047 



General Correspondence 



Wintering Indoors in a Mild Climate 1047 



Modem Queen Rearing 1048 



Queenless Bees '04» 



A Colony with a Caged Queen lOW 



The Upper Storv of a Strong Colony nm 



A Divided Brood-chamber 



Preparing Cells to Graft 



Modern Bee-keeping in Arizona 



Making Alfalfa Hav on a Large Scale 



Twenty Tons of Alfalfa Honey Piled Up 



Drone Comb in Shaken Swarms }0o4 



Reports Encouraging jO'}' 



Silk Industry of Michigan 'O^J 



Hairy vs. Sand Vetch K^' 



Our Homes 10S6 



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Gardening 



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