GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



sound? 690; Queens kept back in cells 549; 

 Queens killed because of dry seasons 546; 

 Queens lay after brood-rearing stops 74S; 

 Queens laying in old queen-cells 412; Queens, 

 length of life of 152, 646; Queens mated from 

 upper stories 391, 492; Queens, old and young, 

 any time during honey-dearth 391; Queens, 

 only young ones do piping 532; Queens, plan 

 for keeping surplus cf 58: Queens, prolificness 

 of, Doolittle on 616; Queens reared early the 

 best 136; Queens reared from the egg when a 

 queen is present 5: Queens, running two in 

 hive 635; Queen shaken in a shaken-swarm 

 plan 27: Queens, shall they be reared or 

 bought? 5; Queens starved, stimulated with 

 roval jellv 662; Queens, time taken to hatch 

 544; Queens, to find in late fall 107; Queens, 

 two old ones wintered in a hive 357; Queens, 

 two or three piping at once 544, 549; Queens, 

 variation in 776; Queens, why balled in glass 

 hives 338; Queens, wintering over a surplus of 

 702, /69: Queen, to put in colony long queen- 

 less 598; Queen, to replace in early spring 

 234; Queen transmits bee paralysis 411; Queen, 

 undersized, that made a lot of trouble 653; 

 Quilts of oil cloth vs. sealed covers 670. 



Rabbet, new form of 725; Rabbets, absence 

 of in hive 749; Race, non-swarming, is it pos- 

 sible? 476, 780: Races, efficiency of depends on 

 localitv 701; Races, merits of, discussed 339, 

 559: Rains, lack of in California cause failure 

 718; Rats driven off wnth sulphur 164; Rats, 

 plaster of Paris to destroy 128, 326, 426; Rats, 

 wiiite ones driven out by the gray 60; Red 

 clover that com.mon bees get nectar from 172; 

 Report of National Convention 697; Re-queen- 

 ing. See queens; Retail business overdone 

 105, 340; Retailer, plea for 249; Retailing 

 honey, Foster on 700; Retailing honey, proper 

 package for 695; Rheumatism and bee-stings, 

 country doctor on 323; Rheumatism, bee- 

 stings for, Scholl on 513, 547; Rheumatism 

 definition of 530; Rheumatism disappeared 

 ■when Dr. Miller kept bees 4; Rheumatism not 

 cured by bee stings 163; Rheumatism relieved, 

 Prval on 19; Rheumatism, value of bee-poison 

 for 59; Ripening artificially v. naturally 71; 

 Ripening honev on hives 375; Ripening honey 

 on hives, Southworth on 698; Ripening un- 

 sealed cells in comb honey 615; Robbers look 

 different from other bees 635; Robbers trouble- 

 some in California 613; Robbers, victorious 

 fight with 480; Robber-traps catch innocent 

 bees 5; Robber traps, how made and used 116; 

 Robber-traps, Miller's plan for making 136; 

 Robbing cured by change in position of colo- 

 nies 10; Robbing. Doolittle on 444; Robbing. 

 Gibson on 381; Robbing induced by giving 

 chunk honey to weak colony 495; Robbing in 

 foul-brood districts, warning against 281, 407; 

 Robbing instinct, how perpetuated, Bullamore 

 on 788: Robbing, none in Holtermann's yard 

 70; Robbing of weak colony, how to stop 737; 

 Robbing started by one or two colonies 545; 

 Roses, bees working on 406; Roses, do they 

 contain nectar? 36, 338, 680; Roses, why bees 

 visit 213, 244; Row of hives covered with tar 

 paper 627; Royal jelly eaten by virgin 662; 

 Roval jellv, how to keep fresh 786; Rural dis- 

 tricts, selling honey in, "Wilder on 652; Russia, 

 number of bee-keepers in 137. 



Sages dried up in California 405; Sagging of 

 combs at 90° 404; Salt air, has it any bad 

 effect on bees? 750; Sawdust around hives 149; 

 Sawdust not as good for packing as looser ma- 

 terial 801; Saws, how to sharpen 82; Scales, 

 handy in grading honey 37; Scent used in de- 

 termining source of honey 513; Scholl hive- 

 numbers 300; Schubert's apiary in California 

 477; Scraper for cleaning separators 584; 

 Screening bees in cellar 770: Sealed combs re- 

 served for use in spring 612; Sealed covers 

 used under ground cork 29; Sealed covers vs. 

 absorbing cushions, see Absorbing Cushions; 

 Sealed covers vs. oil-cloth quilt 670; Sealed 

 honey may not always be ripe 766: Season 

 variable in Canada 548: Sectional hives, see 

 Divisible hives: Section-dampener, Foster's 

 340; Section-holders, device for nailing 625; 

 Section-holders, sagging of 69: Section honev. 

 see comb honey; Sections, bees will not clean 

 during honev-flow 164; Sections darkened 

 when brood is placed above 545: Sections kept 



clean of propolis by section-holders 781; Sec- 

 tions, metal-cornered 534; Sections not much 

 breakage of 545; Sections not square, full 

 sheets of foundation in 106; Sections, 2-lb., 40 

 years ago 292; Sections unfinished, Taylor vs. 

 Miller plan for cleaning up 476; Sections 

 wedged in supers 511; Selling candied honey 

 534; Selling early means good prices 28; Sell- 

 ing honey-dew honey 598; Selling honey, Doo- 

 little's plan for 139; Selling honey from wagon 

 595; Selling honey in city markets 562; Selling 

 honey in rural districts. Wilder on 652; Selling 

 honey, proper package for 695; Selling honey 

 to retail trade. Snavely on 528; Selling, mod- 

 ern systems of, Foster on 682; Selling your 

 own crop 580; Separators, comb honey pro- 

 duced without 518; Separators, sawed v. split 

 or sliced 6; Seven -top turnip as a honey-plant 

 11; Shaded colonies work all day 360; Shaded 

 hive gives good results 497; Shade, effect on 

 swarming 544; Shade has little effect on bees 

 102; Shade has no effect on swarming 766; 

 Shade, need of depends on weather and sea- 

 son 465; Shade secured by summer evergreen 

 621; Shaken swarm plan 427; Shaken-swarm 

 plan, no attention paid to queen in 27; Shak- 

 ing, a field for experiments in 449; Shaking, 

 Pouder on 517; Shaking, principle of 322; Shal- 

 low frames, Parker fastener for securing 

 foundation in 626; Shallow vs. full-depth 

 frames 487; Shares, bees on, who pays for 

 extra labor? 532; Shades, keeping bees on 770; 

 Shed for winter made of baled hay 29; Ship- 

 ping bees by the carload 200; Shipping bees in 

 pound and half-pound packages 49; Shipping- 

 cases, corrugated drip-boards better than 

 drip-sticks 512; Shipping-cases, corrugated, 

 drip-boards in 282: Shipping-cases, corrugated 

 paper, cause of breakage in 443; Shipping- 

 cases, double tier, Crane on 309; Shipping- 

 cases, double-tier v. paper 138; Shipping- 

 cases for 60-lb. cans too light 512; Shipping- 

 cases, Foster on depth of 138; Shipping-cases 

 not made too strong 6; Shipping-cases, paper 

 174; Shipping-cases, Scholl's plea for heavier 

 310; Shipping cases without glass 209; Ship- 

 ping-cases without glass, Crane's reply to 

 Foster 37; Shipping honey by express means 

 breakage 547; Shipping, how to prepare bees 

 for 300; Shipping long distances by freight 

 726; Shooting down a swarm 566: Sierra Madre 

 as a bee location in California 405; Skunk 

 knocking on hive 236; Smell, bees sense of 493; 

 Smelter kills bees in Canada 5; Smoke in- 

 stantly renders bees less likely to sting 714; 

 Smoke, whv bees fear it 548, 787; Smoke, why 

 bees fear, Bullamore on 787; Smoke, why do 

 bees fear. Pellet on 802; Smoking bees from 

 supers 647, 781; Snakes, are they immune to 

 bee-stings 566; Snow a protection 127; Snow 

 on ranges controls water supply 206; Snow 

 plentiful in Marengo 68: Snow, quality of in 

 Illinois 36; Solar extractor, best way to use 

 138; Solar extractor gives way to wax-press 

 381; Solar wax-extractor with lamp in connec- 

 tion 107: Sour honey 479; Souring of a part of 

 honev 271; Sour odor from hive 670, 738; Sour 

 smell from goldenrod honey 770; South Africa, 

 bee-keeping in 685: South Africa free from 

 foul brood 57; South America, bee-keeping in 

 357; Southern honev production. Wilder on 

 700; Spaces of bees in spring 339, 404; Spaces 

 of bees, number desired in spring 280; Spe- 

 cialty in bee-keeping, Scholl on 580; Specks 

 in honev from melter, cause of 212; Splinted 

 combs riot wavv at Marengo 545; Splints, Dr. 

 Miller's directions for using 231; Splints, how 

 to boil 100; Splints made of tropical grasses 

 92; Splints. 7-inch, for light brood foundation 

 68; Spraving blossoms kills bees 300; Spraying 

 fruit blossoms in California 613; Spraying 

 fruit-trees in bloom, no law in Vermont 

 against 781; Spraying, law on in Canada 245; 

 Spraying, law on in Vermont 512; Spraying,. 

 Prof. Waugh authority on 442; Spring dwin- 

 dling. Simmins on 285; Spring early in Colo- 

 rado 340; Spring flowers, lack of in Texas 246: 

 Spring Inspection, what it consists of in Texas: 

 101; Spring for holding sections in supers 511; 

 Staple driving block, Scholl's 372; Staples, 

 driven before frame is put together 529; 

 Staples, placing in middle of end-bar 598;, 

 Starter of foundation vertical as well as horlz- 



