1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



439 



Contents of this Number. 



Agricultural Ants l.'iT 



Apiary, Plan of 145 



Arrangement of Hives 445 



Australia 464 



Barnes Saw 448 



Beemites 450 



Braoe-combs, Plea for 4r)9 



Brace and Burr Combs 44B 



California. Experience in. ..459 



<-"apI>ing of combs 460 



I ■.iriii..lans. (i.K.il Word for.463 

 rliair Hivt-s. l'ai-l<ingfor...4.i6 



f'urumission .Men 443 



Contraction, Does it Pay!.. 4.58 



■Covers. Flat 445 



Davis' Patent Hive 4.'i5 



Entrance, Too Small 464 



Five-baniled Italians 449 



Fi.ved Frames Discussed 451 



Flood on Mississippi 4.'i3 



Florida 4."i2 



OrassesNot Honey-plants. .449 



Hermaphrodite Bees 449 



Honey Statistics 462 



Keeney's Wiring 445 



Lawn-mower Attachment. .464 



Loss Heavy in New York 463 



Losses, Heavy 458 



Manum and Wages 455 



Middlemen ,443 



Minnesota. Loss in 464 



Moving Bees 448 



Rambler's Dime Social 454 



Bobbers, To Trap 463 



Sagging Top-bars 445 



Sections by Weight. 464 



Shrinkage, etc., of Wood... 447 



Space Under Frames 445 



Spring Dwindling. Why 456 



Swarms 2 Together 456 



Swarming-Tools, Luther's. .450 



Twine, Ward's 448 



Wages (Q. B.).461 



Wiring, Horizontal 464 



125 



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