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little clusters going all summer, rearing their own brood, and 

 working a good deal on the same plan as the ordinary strong 

 colonies. 



I wish to call attention to the fact that one can almost 



control the male parentage of his bees by selecting some 

 locality where there are no bees, and keeping there a few 

 hives of select drones. 



HOW PRATT FBKDS SYRUP TO THB 

 BABY NUCLEI. 



BRICK HONEY. 



"I show here a sample of "brick honey," or what has been 

 appropriately called "honey butter." It is nothing more nor 

 less than an oblong cake of candied honey hard enough to 



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