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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



E. R. Root, 



Editor 



A. I. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Department Editors— Dr. C. C. MiLiiBR, J. A. Green, Prof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane, Louis H. ScholIj, 



G. M. DOOUTTLK. R. F. HOLTBRMANN, " STKNOG." W. K. MORRISON. 



CONTENTS OF MARCH 15, 1908 



HONEY MARKET 320 



STRAYSTRAWS 335 



Syrup, Thick v. Thin 336 



EDITORIAL 336 



Feeding in Spring or Fall 337 



Pure-food Law Weakened 337 



Glucose, How Made 338 



Queen-breeders' Difficulties 338 



Honey, Labeling Falsely 339 



Alsike V. Red Clover 339 



GLEANINGS FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES.340 



Kola for Bees 340 



German Bee-books. New 340 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 341 



FANCIES AND FALLACIES 342 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 343 



Bottom-bars, Width of 343 



Glucose Tested 343 



Air, Hot, for Melting Honey 343 



Hives, Divisible-broofi-chamber 344 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 344 



Hives Protected by Paper 344 



Spring Feeding 344—350 



Drifting of Bees, To Prevent 346 



Bees, Time to Remove from Cellar 346 



Honey as a Food 350 



E. France, History of 351 



Henry Alley, History of 352 



Storm-doors 353 



Honey-plant, a New Fall 356 



Hives, Ornamental 357 



Sealed Combs for Spring Feeding 357 



Feeding Back in Spring 359 



Cellar Ventilation 360 



Building Up Colonies 362 



Protection in Winter 363 



Rendering Colonies Normal 364 



Tackle to Lift Honey-cans 365 



Transferring Bees 366 



Alexander Plan Modified 366 



Hydrometers to Test Honey 367 



Pure-food Law Discussed 367 



HEADS OF GRAIN 368 



Paste for Labeling Tin Cans 368 



Uniting Colonies in the Spring 368 



Wrapper for Comb Honey 369 



Disinfecting Hives with Formalin Gas 370 



Bulk Comb Honey, Liquefying 370 



Spring on Smoker-valve 371 



Honey Stored Below the Brood 372 



NO TES OF TRAVEL 373 



Florida, Southwest 373 



SAVING MONEY ON AN INCUBATOR. 



The Belle City Incubator Co., box 69, Racine, Wis , 

 have asked us to make special mention of the fact 

 that they are now making a phenomenally low offer 

 to incubator purchasers. It is this : They agree to 

 furnish (freight prepaid) a 120-egg incubator, guar- 

 anteed perfect, at.iust half the usual rate, or $7.15. 

 For only $11.00 they will include with the incubator 

 a good brooder which ordinarily costs from $6.00 to 

 ^.00. This is what they term a bargain offer, and it 

 certainly looks like that to us. They strongly guar- 

 antee both the incubator andbrooder, so one need 

 not hesitate to buy. It would be well to look up the 

 advertisement of this firm on page 381 of this issue ; 

 and while you have the matter in mind it might also 

 be well to order a copy of their book, "Hatching 

 Facts," which they send free. Poultry catalogs are 

 generally worth sending for, and this one certainly 

 is no exception to the rule. 



"sure hatchI" inccbators. 

 The makers of these famous incubators are very 

 anxious to have all the poultry-raisers who read 

 this journal send to them for their latest catalog. 

 They believe that this will be to the mutual advan- 

 tage of both parties. Their catalog shows how 

 hundreds of men and women are making money 

 with their poultry by using the Sure Hatch incuba- 

 tors. These chicken-machines are made in all sizes, 

 from that of the small amateur to the bonanza pro- 

 fessional. They are shipped with the freight pre- 

 paid, either from the factory at Fremont, Neb., or 

 from the branch at Indianapolis. This insures 

 quick delivery. To make assurance doubly sure, 

 the maker of the Sure Hatch insures the machine 

 against breakage for five year's. This seems like a 

 long time to guarantee a machine of this descrip- 

 tion, but ?('« do not doubt for a moment that they will 

 replace a broken part within that time. To get bet- 

 ter acquainted it would be well to get their book, 

 entitled " Poultry Profits." It is very surprising, 

 the great amount of valuable knowledge which 

 may be found in an incubator catalog. 



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