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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. Root 



Editor 



A. I. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Depanment Editors:— Dr. C. C. Miller, J A. Green, Prof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane, " Stbnog," Louis H. Scholl, 

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



CONTENTS OF SEPTEMBER I, 1908 



SONEY COLUMN 1036 



STRAY STRAWS 1047 



EDITORIAL 1049 



Chilon Fowls, \'isit to 1051 



GtEANINGS FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES 1052 



Foul Brood in Ireland 1052 



Dual Queens ! . . 1052 



Imperial Valley, Cal 1052 



Parcels Post 1052 



Hay-caps 1052 



Glucose as a Food ■■ ■ ■ .1053 



Irrigation Schemes 1053 



Bee-keeper of Warrilow 1053 



NOTES FROM CANADA 1053 



Shade for Bees 1053 



Ventilation to Repress Swarming 1053 



Prices of Honey in Canada 1054 



Foul Brood, Preventing 1054 



Split Sections 1054 



Selection of Larva- 1054 



Buckwheat Yielding Nectar during Clover 1054 



GLEANINGS FROM PACIFIC COAST 1054 



Honev in California 1054 



Prophecy Fulfilled 1054 



Bees Early Risers 1055 



Fermentation of Honey 1055 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 1056 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1057 



Cleaning Comb Honey 1057 



Milkweed for Honey 1058 



Troubles of an Amateur 1059 



Shipping-case, New Style 1060 



Bee-keeping in Australia 1061 



Bottling Honey 1064 



Hives, Non-swarming 1067 



Selling Honey, Pouder on 1069 



Selling Honey in Mason Jars 1070 



Packing Comb Honey 1071 



Preparing Comb Honey for Market 1073 



Grading and Packing Comb Honey 1074 



Removing Filled Supers 1075 



Cleaning and Hauling Honey 1075 



Spacing Brood-frames 1076 



Plea for Better Queens 1076 



Wax-rendering 1077 



Whv the Bees Died 1078 



HEADS OF GRAIN 1079 



Dispensing with Separators 1079 



Short-lived Queens 1079 



Devices lo Lift Hives 1079 



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