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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



[UNE 1 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. Root 



Editor 



A. L Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Department Editors: 



-Dr. C. C. Miller, J. A. Green, Prof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane, " Stenog," Louis H. Scholl, 

 G. M. Doolittle, R. F. Holtermann, W. K. Morrison. 



rONTEMS OF JUNE 1. 1908 



honey column 668 



STRAY STRAWS 681 



Cr.)p Report 682 



Ed tor's Eye Injured 683 



Caucasians as Drone-breeders 683 



Work at a Bee-yard 683 



New Light on Foul Brood 684 



conversations with DOOLin LE 685 



Secretion of Wax 685 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 686 



Honey-houses 68b 



Bee-keeping by Monks 687 



Troubles ofjan Amateur 689 



Caucasians' vs. Italians : 690 



Colony, Outdoor 692 



Queen-rearing for Women 693 



Production of Extracted Honey 693 



Bee-keeping in North Carolina 696 



Mice in Chaff Cushions 696 



Robbing, To Prevent 697 



Combs Eaten by Mice 698 



Saloons, Effects of 698 



Location, a Perfect 699 



Brood-combs Without Wire or Splints 599 



Queen-cells Finished in Strong Colonies 700 



HEADS OF GRAIN 701 



Young Bees Getting Lost 701 



Bees, Removing from Buildings 701 



Bees, Time to Take from Cellar 701 



Bees with Watery Combs are Hustlers. ... 702 



Foundation for Split-section Plan 702 



Split Sections Not Liked 702 



Labeling Honey from Two Sources 703 



Bees Dying in Spring 703 



Paralysis or Dysentery 703 



Good Yields by an Amateur 703 



Yield, Large, in Florida 703 



NOTES OF TRAVEL 704 



TEMPERANCE COLUMN 706 



HEALTH NOTES 708 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 709 



Sweet Clover as a Forage-plant 710 



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ELECTRIC HANDY WAGON. 

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