CONTENTS. 
Editorial — page 
Hints for May . . . . . . 83 
Crystallized Honey . . . . . . 84 
Queen Bees from Europe . . 85 
Original contributions — 
The Railway Blight . . . . . . 85 
The Melbourne Honey Market . . . . 86 
The Honey Season . . . . . . 86 
Correspondence — 
The Grampian Apiary . . . . 86 
News from Colonial Apiaries — - 
Corinella Apiary, Brighton . . . . 88 
Witherswood Apiary, Mansfield . . 88 
Mount View Apiary, Tallarook. . . . _88 
Extracts — 
Planting for Bees 
A Big Bee Farm 
Bee-keeping in Ireland 
California 
How to Make an Observatory Hive 
Experience of a Beginner 
Mats or Quilts 
Virgil and Bees 
Candied Honey 
Bee Flowers 
Spurious Honey 
Remedies for Sting 
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