GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



General Correspondence. 



ABC Book, Mistake in, 778 ; Adulterators Hav- 

 ing Hard Time, 411 ; Aikin's Honey and Was 

 Separator, 49 ; Aikin's Extractor witti Sub-lieat, 

 107 ; Alcohol, Amount Consumed in U. S., U2 ; 

 Alfalfa Cut before lilooming, 241 ; Alfalfa in Ari- 

 zona, 21, 22 ; Alfalfa and Yellow Butteruies; I'Jo ; 

 Alfalfa East of the Rockies, 17U ; Alfalfa Not 

 Yielding at Times, 242 ; AUaifa in Kansas and 

 Nebraska, 329, 1U25-1U27 ; Alfalfa, Cutting before 

 Bloom, G4, 27(5, 386, 893 ; Alfalfa, Gilj on, 721 ; 

 Alfalfa, Honey from in Kansas, 43.) : Alfalfa, 

 Growth of, in California, 043-045 ; Alfalfa, Pro- 

 nounced Flavor of, 931 ; Aifaifa, Stackers of, in 

 Arizona, 22 ; Alfalfa, Stacks of, in Neuraska, 1026, 

 1027 ; Alkali Lauds, Ueclaiuiing, 801 ; Alkali 

 Luuds of California, 087, 809 ; Alkali, Getting n 

 Out of Soil, 818 ; Alkali Lauds in Colorado, 943 ; 

 Alley Trap for Drones, 338 ; Ailiagior Hunt in 

 Cuba, 558 ; Almond-growing in California, 732 ; 

 Ants, Wood, 013 ; Apiary under llock, 049 ; Apiary, 

 Eagle Kock, 291 ; Apiary, Most Souciiern, 815 ; 

 Apiary, Suburban, 194 ; Apiary, Where to Start, 

 339 ; Apiaries, Sheds for, in West Indies, 1018 ; 

 Apiaries, Elevated, 770, 771 ; Apiculture in He- 

 land, 590 ; Apifuge Inexpensive, 130 ; Apis Dorsata 

 and other Bees, 321 ; Apis Mellihca, Apis Virum, 

 567 ; Arizona Deserts, 19-21 ; Arizona Bee-keep- 

 ing, 140 ; Arizona Bee-keeping Concluded, 191 ; 

 Arizona God's Country, 149 ; Arizona lloney- 

 plants, 193 ; Arizona, Climate of, 23 ; Arizona, 

 Temperature of, 191 ; Arizona, Two Associatioiis 

 in, 191 ; Artiticial Pasturage, 604 ; Associations, 

 Value of, 546 ; Australia, Drouth in, 677. 



Bacillus Alvei in Human Mouth, 1012 ; Badge of 

 Association, 096 ; Bailing at the Entrance, 522 ; 

 Bananas for Shade, 772 ; Bass wood, European, 63 ; 

 Basswood Seedlings, 1011 ; Basswood Top-bars, 

 1(»2U ; Basswood, Oil of, 414 ; Bee Range, How 

 Mendleson Controls, 429 ; Bee Poison, Various Itli- 

 fects, 696 ; Bee Poison, Effects of, 614 ; Bee in 

 Law, 189, 377, 593, 637 ; Bee in Sarcophagus. 545 ; 

 Bees under Glass, 277 ; Bees Killing Their Young, 

 869 ; Bees in Fruit Orchards, 764 ; Bees aiul 

 Peaches, 381 ; Bees on Tomatoes, 543 ; Bees When 

 Not a Nuisance, 189 ; Bees at Smeiting L'urnaces, 

 385 ; Bees and Fruit, 387 ; Bees do Not Work by 

 Rule, 138 ; Bees in Walls of House, 336 ; Bees and 

 Almond-growing, 732 ; Bees Just Carried from Cel- 

 lar, 61 ; Bees as Personal Property, 377 ; Bees 

 Roaring in Cellar, 61 ; Bees as Pollinators, 387 ; 

 Bees in Canyon, 385 ; Bees Dying Off, 744 ; Be(;s 

 on Shares, 911 ; Bees in Soap-boxes. 1029 ; Bee, 

 ]5ig Hum, 730 ; Bee, Number of Trips per Day, 

 136; Bee, I'urity of. Chief Essential. 181; Bees, 

 Stingless, in West Indies, 904 : Bees, Superan- 

 nuated, 745 ; Bees, Distance Apart for Puriiy, 

 890 ; Bees, Moving in Winter, 66 ; Bees, To Load 

 on Wagon, 55 ; Bees, Hauling, 55 ; Bees, Prefer- 

 ence of, for Old Combs, 931 ; Bees, Weight of, 47 ; 

 Bees, Can they be Improved, 59 ; Bees, Working 

 Powers of, 905 ; Bees. Number in Colony, 22U 

 B(!es, Mixing of, 504 ; Bees, Hauling with Entrance 

 Open, 55 ; Bees, Gentle, Attacking Horse, 522 ; 

 Lees, Cross, 411 ; Bees, Stingless, in Honduras, 

 947 ; Bee-caves in California, 290 ; Bee-cellars, see 

 Cellars ; Bee-grower, Term Objected to, 589 ; Bee- 

 tscape IMan Not Indorsed, 728 ; Bee-keepers, 

 Stingy, 740 ; Bee-keeping in Spokane, 63 ; Bee- 

 keeping in Southern California, 51 ; Bee-keeping on 

 Mesas of Colorado, 943 ; Bee-keeping, Slipshod, v. 

 New, 386 ; Bee-keeping in Cuba, 330, 331 ; Bee- 

 keeping, Discouragements in California, 333 ; Bee- 

 keeping in Arizona, 146 ; Bee-keeping in Sutter 

 Co., California, 769 ; Bee-keeping in North Dakota, 

 55 ; Bee-keeping for Women, 149 ; Bee-spaces, 550 ; 

 Bee-stings, see Stings ; Bee-tree, Bees from With- 

 out Cutting, 1021; Bingham on Bee-cellars, 154; 

 Bingham on Foul Brood, 328 ; Black Brood in New 

 York, 144 ; Black Brood, Affinity of fur Bees, 8 ; 

 Blacks Preferred in Cuba, 379 ; Bleaching Combs, 

 544 ; Bocoys, Cuban. 690 ; Bostock on Wax-presses. 

 595 ; Box Hives. Number in Use. 91 ; Brazil as ; 

 ilee Country, 588; Breeding from the Best, 032; 

 lU-eeding from Freaks, 239 ; Breeding Stock, Selec- 

 tion of, 520; Breeding from Freak Queens, 364; 

 breeding Queens, Traits to Select, 520 ; BreediU-.';, 

 iiifflculty of Improving Stock, 239; Breeding. 

 Influence of the Male, 237 ; Breeding, Potency 

 of Male in, 60 ; Brood in Shallow Frames, 



588 ; Brood up to Top-bar, when, 632 ; Brood. 

 Pickled. Nature of, 384 ; Brood, Poisoned, 523 ; 

 Brood, Proximity to Top-bars, 676 ; Brood. Spread- 

 ing, 339 ; Brood, Stimulating, 911 ; Brood-cham- 

 bers, I'reventing Bees Crowding, 655 ; Brown in 

 Cuba. 287 ; Brush and Thistle in the West, 799 ; 

 Brushed Swarms, see Swarms, Brushed ; Burnett 

 on West India Honey in U. S., 591. 



Cabin in Woods, Root's. 931, 972, 1012 ; Cactus 

 as a Honey-producing I'lant, 20 ; Cactus-tree in 

 Arizona, 19-21 ; Cages for Queens During Swarm- 

 ing, 435 ; Carbolineum I'aint, 03 ; Carbon Bisul- 

 phide for Comb Honey. 075 ; Carbon Bisulphide for 

 Moths, 508. 013 ; Carpet Grass, 769 ; Catalina, 

 Trip to, 733 ; Catnip as a Honey-plant, 604 ; Cat- 

 nip at Gaudy's, 844 ; Catnip at Gaudy's as seen by 

 Editor. 805, 8u6 ; Catnip and Raspberry for Bees, 

 867 ; Catnip, Bees Not Working on, 819 ; Catnip, 

 Bees, on, 911 ; Calzadas in Cuba, 330 ; California 

 Alkali Lauds, 087 ; California I'ear-blighted Reg- 

 ions, 731; California Association, 180; California 

 Bee-keeping. Characteristics of, 332 ; California 

 Apiaries, Vievv's of, 334, 335 ; California, Bless- 

 ings of the Rain, 336 ; California, Freight Rates 

 in, 336 ; California, Southern, 288 ; California, Ups 

 and Downs of, 333 ; California, Scale Record of, 

 64 ; Cane Sugar v. Beet for Bees, 281-285 ; Can- 

 vas Covers, 294 ; Canyon, Grand, of the Gunnison, 

 983 ; Canyon of the Guunisun, 983 ; Canyons of 

 California, 420 ; Carbolineum on Hives, 7 ; Cellar 

 Wintering, Good, 179; Cellar Wintering, liolter- 

 mann on, 149-154 ; Cellar \S'interiug loo Much 

 Indorsed, 413 ; Cellar Wintering with Small Loss, 



223 ; Cellar Wintering, 948 ; Cellar Wintering and 

 Moidy Combs, 1029 ; Cellar, Bee, Mudel. 98 ; Cel- 

 lar, Fresh Air for, 92 ; Cellar, Large, \Vinteriug in, 

 433 ; Cellar, Time to Remove Bees from, 180 ; Cel- 

 lar, When to Put Bees in, 971 ; Cellar, Plan of, 

 153 ; Cellars, Moisture in, 154 ; Cellars, Ventila- 

 tion of, 948 ; Cellars, Bee, Ventilation of, 61 ; Cel- 

 lars, Ventilation of, 187 ; Cellars, Ventilation and 

 Dampness in, 294 ; Cellars or Repositories, Bing- 

 ham on, 154 ; Cellars, Ventilation of, 150 ; Cehars, 

 Night Ventilation of, 337 ; Cellars, Size of, for 

 Given Number of Colonies, 180 ; Cellars, Noise in, 

 383 ; Cellared Bees just out, 61 ; Cellared Bees at 

 Medina, 276 ; Cellared Bees Flying out, 91 ; Cel- 

 lared Bees and Moisture, 373 ; Cellared Bees, Giv- 

 ing Flight iu Winter, 364 ; Cellared Bees on * 

 Location, Why, 364 ; Cellared Bees, Ventilation 

 Needed, 373 ; Cell Cups, Pridgen's, 726 ; Cell Cups, 

 697 ; Cell Cups Made by Wholesale, 565 ; Cell-cup 

 Making, Minutiae of, Not Necessary, 587 ; Cell 

 Walls, Thickness of, 48 ; Ceils, Graiting, Simple 

 Plan for, 229 ; Cells, Comparative Sizes of, 48 ; 

 Cells, Size of, 587 ; Ceils, Artiiicial, Cause of 

 Failing Queens, 320; Cell, Depth of, 91; Chicago 

 Northwestern, 1011 ; Chinese Bees, 385 ; Chinese 

 Lady Bee-keeper, 815 ; Cigarettes Causing Death, 

 847; Cigarette and John, 320; Cigarette Smoking, 



224 ; Citrus Excliange of California, 49 ; Clipped 

 Queen and Returning Swarm, 845 ; Clipping 

 Queens, 321 ; Closed v. Open End Frames, 775 ; 

 Clover. Sweet, 947 ; Closed-end Frames, See 

 Frames ; Closed-end Frames, A. I. R. on, 

 550 ; Clover, Mammoth, 135 ; Clover, Red, 

 Honey from, 197, 319 ; Clover, Sweet, for Hay, 

 1022 ; Clover, Sweet, as Soil Restorative, 544 ; 

 Clover, Sweet, Habits of, S85 ; Clover, White, 720 ; 

 Clover, White, for 19o3, 931 ; Coggshall's Honey- 

 house in Cuba, 558 ; Colonies, Why some Gather 

 More than Others, 243 ; Colonies, Need of Keep- 

 ing Strong, 225 ; Colonies. Workiug Qualities of, 

 195 ; Colonies, Double-decker, 005-007 ; Colonies, 

 Two in Hive, 63 ; Colony in Chimney, Removing, 

 987 ; Colony of Bees, Income from, 525 ; Colony, 

 Non-swarming, v. Brushed, 932 ; Colony, Big Y'iel'd 

 from, 739 ; Colony, Parent, 743 ; Colorado Desert, 

 288; Colossal Ladino a Fake, 137; Co-operation 

 and Organization, see Organization, etc. ; Cotton 

 as a Honey-plant, 909 ; Cover, Double, Not Satis- 

 factory, 05 ; Cover, Double, Brodbeck's. Ill ; Cover, 

 Sun and Rain Proof. 136 ; Covers with Canvas on, 

 294 ; Covers, Sealed, Condemned, 907 ; Covers, 

 Sealed, v. Porous, for Winter, 338 ; Comb Honey, 

 Candied, 384 ; Comb Honey, Labeling. 293 ; Colo- 

 rado, Western, 943 ; Comb Honey, Chunk, in Texas, 

 562 ; Comb Honey, Discolored, 745 ; Comb Honey 

 Improved by Bleaching, 518 ; Comb Honey, Bogus, 





