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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1 



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. Mih,hr, J A. Green, Prof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane, " Stenog," 



G. M. DOOLITTLK, R F. HOI-TERMANN, W. K. MORRISON. 



Louis H. Scholl, 



rO\'TENTS OF OCTOBLR I, 1908 



honey column 1164 



STRAY STRAWS 1175 



EDITORIAL 1176 



Death of E. W. Alexander 1176 



Honey Markets and Prices 1177 



Timely Hints on Fall Uniting 1178 



GLEANINGS FROM PACIMC COAST 1179 



Poultry and Bees 1 179 



Poultry-book, Brigham's 1179 



Pear-blight 1 179 



NOTES FROM CANADA 1180 



S'Ctional Cases for Winter and Spring 1180 



Asninwall Entrance 11*^0 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 1181 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES llo2 



Foundation, Purity of 1183 



Honey Vinegar 1183 



Lumber Combine 1183 



Sunflowers for Bees 1183 



Honey-palm 1183 



Death of Giard 1184 



Wiley Honored 1184 



Meat Extracts 1184 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1184 



Honey Resources in Michigan 1184 



Wintering in a Cold Cellar 1185 



Bee-keeping in Brazil 1186 



Bees as Rf flex Machines 1187 



Beeswax tor Woodwork 1 194 



Bee-keeping in Holland 1 196 



Nails to Support Frames 1 199 



Bee-moth 1 199 



Autumn or Spring Feeding 1200 



Sugar Syrup as a Winter Food 1200 



Sting in the Eye 1201 



California Sage 1202 



Queens, Superannuated 12u." 



Eu. alyptus of Au-tralia 1204 



Difleience in Colonies 1205 



Levulose, Artificial 1206 



HEADS OF GRAIN 12u7 



Honey, Fumigating 12u7 



Artificial Bee-pasiurage for New Mexico 1207 



Two Queens Wintered Loose in Hive 1207 



Strainer Supported by Wire Cloth 1208 



Queens Killed in Mails 1208 



Hives, H^me-made, Durable 1208 



OUR HOMES 1209 



HEALTH NOTES 1312 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 1213 



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