

M. XXYIL CHICAftO, ILL, JANUARY 1, 1891 



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Topics Presented ttiis 'W^eek:. 



Always Wintered Well 24 



Apiary of Wm. Stolley 17 



Bay State Hive 25 



Bee-Cellar for Winter 25 



Bee-Hives for all Purposes 14 



Bees as Protectors 12 



Birthday Celebration 10 



Brant Bee-Keepers' Convention 22 



Breeding too Early 26 



Chaff-Hives for Winter 20 



Clipping the Wings of Queens 13 



Convenient Cax-rier for Hives 16 



Cuban Honey Yields 10 



Different Races of Bees 10 



Feeding Bees in the Cellar 14 



Foul Brood Treatment 26 



Foul Brood— Visit from the Inspector 18 



Funny Side of Bee-Keeping 11 



Future Prospects 24 



Good Air and Good Honey 10 



Good-by, Old Year 10 



Hives and other Fixtures 22 



Honey Almanac for 1891 7 



Honey as Medicine 10 



Incorporation of N. A. B. K. A 6 



Indiana State Convention 9 



Insuring Bees . 26 



Keeping Bees and Poultry 20 



Large Increase 25 



Life Members 11 



Living in Hopes 24 



Locating Queens After Dividing Colonies. . 15 



Looking for a Better Crop 25 



More than Pleased 24 



Moving Bees— No Losses 14, 26 



Old, but Young ^ 25 



Preparing Bees for Winter 11 



Prize Essay on the Honey Bee 21 



Queenless Colony 14 



Report of the Season 24, 25 



Review of German Periodicals 23 



Ring Out, Wild Bells 7 



Small Increase and Honey Crop 25 



Some Apicultural Notes 16 



The World's Fair 8 



Use of Essays at Conventions 18 



Watering-place for Bees H 



Wintry Beauty • 9 



