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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. Root 



Editor" 



A. I. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Department Editors:— Dk. C. C. Miller. J A. Green, Prop. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane. " Stenog." Louis H. Scholl. 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. R F. HOLTERMANN, W. K. MORRISON. 



CONTENTS OF AUGUST I, 1908 



HONEY COLUMN 916 



STRAY STRAWS 927 



EDITORIAL 928 



GIEAMNG< FROM EXCHANGES 931 



Wax, New Kind 931 



Mammoth Clover to Improve Soil 931 



NO ! ES FROM CANADA 932 



Black Bees Inferior 932 



Robbing in Cloudy Weather 932 



Worker-cells a Sign of Queen's Presence 932 



Honev, Thinning for Feeding 932 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 933 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 934 



Split Sections Discussed 934 



Carbon Bisulphide for Fumig:iting 935 



Hive-cloths ■ 936 



Alsike Clover 937 



Curing Clover and Alfalfa 937 



Dr. C. C. Miller 938 



Bottom Starters 938 



Sweet Clover 940 



Troubles of an Amateur Bee-keeper ''40 



Britt Apiary 943 



Home-made Hives and Covers 94.'^ 



Bees Clustering in Front of the Hive 944 



Thirty Years in Producing Extracted Honey 944 



Care of Extracting-combs 945 



Comb Honey Sold by Section 946 



Comb Honey, Unseparatored ... .947 



HEADS OF GRAIN 948 



Why the Queen was Not Killed 948 



Liquefying Honey Safely 948 



Too Much Honey Causing Lack of Energy 949 



Bee Paralysis 949 



Dents in Thorax of Queen 949 



Swarming, To Detect 950 



Shade for Bees in California 950 



Propolis from Sweet Gum 950 



Bell's Hand-cart 951 



Greenwood's Hive-lifter 951 



Honey, Disinfecting 952 



Queens, Keeping Two Seasons 952 



Queens, To Handle 952 



Sage in Utah and Idaho for Honev 952 



OUR HOMES 953 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 956 



OHIO STATF FAIR I'REMU'M LIST. 



The following is a list of premiums to be awarded at the 

 Ohio State Fair, Columbus. August 31 and Sept. 1, 2, 3, 4, on 



bees and honey to be exhibited in the farm-product depart- 

 ment. Bees are to be shown in closed hives. Displays must 

 not include honey entered for any other premiums. 

 Display of comb honey — appearance, quality, 



and condition for market to govern. . . . $15.00 $8.00 

 Case of 24 sections white-clover comb honey — 



general appearance, filling, and capping to 



govern . 3.00 2.00 



Case of 24 sections of bisswood comb honey. 3.00 2.00 

 Case of 24 sections of comb honey from fall 



flowers 3.01) 2.00 



Display of extiacted honey — quantity, quality, 



condition for market, and arrangement to 



govern 15.00 8.00 



Six jars of extracted honey, 3-lb. (quart) size. 3.00 2.00 



Six jars of extracted honey, 1^ lbs. (pt.) " 2.00 1.00 



Display of candied honey, not less than 25 lbs. 5.00 3.00 



Display of beeswax 2.00 1.00 



Nucleus of Italian bees in observatory hive . 3.00 2.00 



Nucleus of Carniolan bees as above . . . 3.00 2.00 



Display of comb foundation 2.0U I.OO 



Largest and finest display of honey, comb and 



extracted — quantity, quality, and condition 



for market to govern 20.00 10.00 



T. L. Calvert, Sec, Columbus, O. 



NEWCASTLE, DEL., COUNTY FAIR, SEPT. 1—4. 



Dr. Joel S. Gilfillan, Supt., Newark; E. M. Miller, assistant, 

 Wilmington, Del. Neither of the above will compete. 



Best display of comb honey, not less than 30 lbs., $5.00 ; 

 second prize, $2.00 ; ditto extracted honey, $5.00 ; second. 

 $2.00. Best dozen sections of comb honey, $1.00; second, 50 

 cents. Best sample of extracted honey, not less than 10 lbs., 

 $1.00; second, 50 cents. Best display of beeswax, 50 cents ; 

 second, 25 cents. 



Bees. — Best colony shown in obsenation hive, Italian, 

 $3.00; second, $1.50; Caucasian. Carniolan, black, and hy- 

 brids, the same. 



Best display of bees in observatory hives, not less than three, 

 $10.00; second, $3.00. 



Best display of bee-supplies. $2.00; second, Sl.oii. 



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