March, 1918 



GI. EANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



129 



MARCH, 1918 



Editorials 139-142 



The Let-Alone Hive Idea E. R. Root 143 



Comb to Extracted Honey Eobt. E. Foster and R. F. Holtermann 145 



An Ascending Hive Eugene Baker 148 



Pound Package Experience Joseph H. Peterson 149 



Costly Experience Virgil Weaver 150 



Conversations with Doolittle G. M. Doolittle 151 



Stray Straws : Dr. C. C. Miller 152 



Sif tings J. E. Crane 154 



Our Food Page Stancy Puerden 155 



Beekeeping as a Side Line Grace Allen 157 



Gleanings from the North, South, East, and West, Dept. Correspondents 158 



Heads of Grain from Different Fields 165-168 



Bees, Men and Things By Everybody 169-170 



Just News The Editors 171 



Gleaned by Asking E. R. Root 172-174 



Talks to Beginners The Editor 175 



Our Homes, Temperance A. I. Root 176-178 



Around the Office M.-A.-O. Adv 'g Pages 



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