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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



MatI 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



E. R. Root, 



Editor 



A. I. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Department Editors— Db. C. C. Millbb, J. A. Gbeen, Phof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane, Lottis H. Scholl, 



G. M. DOOIilTTLB, R. F. HOLTEBMANN, " STBNOG," W. K. MOBBISON. 



CONTENTS OF MAY 1, 1908 



HONEY MARKET 532 



STRAYSTRAWS 545 



EDITORIAL 546 



Wiley on Glucose as a Pood 547 



Farms, Irrigated 517 



Objections to Glucose 547 



Honey, To Liquefy 548 



Honey, Composition of 549 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 551 



NOTES FROM CANADA 552 



Wintering in Canada 552 



Comb Honey, Production of 552 



Bottom Starters and Split Sections 552 



Wax, To Remove from Cans 553 



GLEANINGS FROM PACIFIC COAST 553 



Apiculture in Agricultural Colleges 553 



Bees and Scale Insects 553 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 554 



Sections, Split 554 



Splints, Foundation 554 



Hive-corners, Fixing 554 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 555 



Queen-traps, Taylor on 555 



Queen-traps, Miller on 556 



Hot Water to Render Wax 557 



Wax-press, The Hershiser 557 



Rendering Wax, Hatch on 558 



Transferring Hand on 560 



Bottom Starters 561 



Eight Queens in a Hive 562 



Production of Extracted Honey 562 



Swarming 567 



Hand-car in Apiary 568 



Comb Built in Open Air 568 



Queens, Breeding of 569 



Honey Removed from Roof 570 



Bee-moth 571 



Spring Feeding 572 



Hives, Evolution of 574 



Bee-keeping in New Mexico 580 



Injury to Basswoods *•■ 580 



HEADS OF GRAIN 581 



Alfalfa Honey Remaining Solid 581 



Queen with Dent in Back 581 



Nails in Cigar-boxes 582 



Screened Entrances in Cellar 582 



Stray Swarms, Catching 583 



Honey Evaporated in a Vacuum-pan B83 



Petroleum for Repelling Robbers 583 



Chicken that Ate Drones 584 



Starters, Top and Bottom 584 



OUR HOMES 585 



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 the old roof, published by The Anderson Mfg. Co., 

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 Bee Culture." 



TEMPERANCE POST CABDS. 



Mr. A. T. Cook, of Hyde Park, N- Y., the well- 

 known seedsman, is a prominent temperance worker 

 as well. To help the good cause he has published a 

 series of very nice post cards which cover temper- 

 ance problems very well. Correspond with him if 

 you are interested. See his ad't, page .597. 



HARDY PEBBNNIAL FLOWBBS. 



It is pleasing to know that the hardy perennial 

 flowers are becoming popular. They are so readily 

 raised from seeds, so easily cared for. and withal so 

 beautiful and lasting, that they are sometimes called 

 " The Poor Man's Fowers," a name not inappropri- 

 ate, as they do not have to be coddled and fussed 

 over every year to have them grow and bloom. 



Pansies and Daisies, which begin to bloom with 

 the Snowdrop in early spring, soon usher in a wealth 

 of snowy Arabis and Golden Alyssum and pink Car- 

 pet Saponaria. Then comes the Columbine in great 

 variety, Campanula, or Bell Flowers, stately rows 

 of Foxglove, and glowing clumps of Clove Pink, 

 Sweet William, and Carnations, Forgetmenot, Fe- 

 verfew, and a host of other beautiful and fragrant 

 perennial flowers, making a rich array of color in the 

 garden, and perfuming the air with delicious odors. 



May and June are the months in which to sow 

 these seeds to get the most satisfactory results, and 

 if you get them and plant them at this season, you 

 will never regret it. The plants are hardy, lasting, 

 and free-blooming, and will afford a glorious return 

 for the modicum of cost and labor of raising them. 

 They will live and bloom well for years, and are a 

 never-failing source of real garden enjoyment. Do 

 not fail to start a bed of hardy perennials this sea- 

 son. See page 591. 



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