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1. The Different Types of HONEY BEES
2. Caution In The Use of Chemicals, Drugs, and Antibiotics
3. Considerations in Selecting Sugars for Feeding to Honey Bees
4. Breeding Improved Honey Bees.
   1. Bee Breeding and Animal Breeding
   2. Heredity and Variation
   3. Sex Determination and Bee Breeding
   4. Inbred and Hybrid Bees
   5. Production of Hybrid Queens
5. Chalkbrood Research at Madison, Wisconsin
6. Laboratory Comparison of High Fructose Corn Syrup, Grape Syrup, Honey, and Sucrose Syrup as Maintenance Food for Caged Honey Bee
7. Supplemental Feeding of Honey Bee Colonies
8. Overwintering of Colonies of Honey Bees With Restricted and Unrestricted Broodrearing in Louisiana
9. Survey of American Honeys
   1. Characterization of Individual Floral Types of Honey
   2. Identity of Honey Sugars
   3. Effect of Crop Year on Composition
   4. Effect of Area of Production on Composition
   5. Relation of Granulating Tendency to Composition
   6. Relation of Color to Composition
   7. Effect of Storage on Honey Sugars
   8. Effect of Storage on Diastase Content
   9. Summary
10. Stress and Honey Bees
11. Producing Varroa-tolerant Honey Bees from Locally Adapted Stock: A Recipe
12. Honey Bees: Preference for and Nutritive Value of Pollen from Five Plant Sources
13. Beekeeping in the United States – Agriculture Handbook, Number 335
    1. History of Beekeeping in the United States
    2. Beekeeping Regions in the United States
    3. Nectar and Pollen Plants
    4. Honey Bee Life History
    5. Seasonal Cycle of Activities in Honey Bee Colonies
    6. Bee Behavior
    7. Honey Bee Nutrition and Supplemental Feeding
    8. Types of Hives and Hive Equipment
    9. Breeding and Genetics of Honey Bees
    10. Queens, Package Bees, and Nuclei: Production and Demand
    11. Managing Colonies for High-Honey Yields
    12. Managing Colonies for Crop Pollination
    13. Moving Colonies
    14. Honey Composition and Properties
    15. Honey Removal, Processing, and Packing
    16. Showing Honey at Fairs
    17. Pollination of Crops
    18. Diseases and Pests of Honey Bees
    19. Hymenopterous Insect Stings
    20. Management of Wild Bees
14. The Thermology of Wintering Honey Bee Colonies
15. Natural Suppression of Honey Bee Tracheal Mites In North Dakota: A Five Year Study
16. Effect of “New” vs. “Old” Wax Brood Combs on Honey Bee Tracheal Mite Populations In North Dakota
17. Beekeeping Issues – Alternative Varroa Control Experiment – American Bee Journal – September, 2003