GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 15 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. ROOT 



Editor 



A. I. ROOT 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. ROOT 



Assistant Editor 



J. T. CALVERT 



Business Manager 



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CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY 15, 1909 



EDITORIAL 95 



Chilled Bees Recovering 95 



Storm-doors at Entrance 96 



Prognosticating Honey Crop 96 



Uneasiness of Bees in a Cellar 97 



STRAY STRAWS 98 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 99 



Clovers Discussed 99 



SIFTINGS 100 



Double-tier Shipping-cases 100 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 101 



Old Honey in Egypt 101 



Poisonous Preservatives 101 



Government Aid to Bee-keepers 101 



Imperial Valley 101 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 102 



Wax Secretion 102 



Shaking Energy into Bees 102 



Bees and Fruit 103 



Weber, C. H. W 104 



Clover and Drouth 105 



Hive-lifting Device 105 



Honey-plants in England 106 



Laws for Bee-keepers 107 



Bees and Poultry 108, 109 



Bee-keeping for Women 109 



Honey Damaged by Wasps 110 



Outdoor Wintering 110 



Bees, Protecting in Early Spring Ill 



Peddling Honey 112 



HEADS OF GRAIN 113 



Straight Worker Comb Without a Queen 113 



Capped Brood in December 113 



Foul Brood, Treating in Winter 113 



Propolis, Strange Source of 114 



Veil, Alexander Improved 114 



Foul Brood in New Jersey 115 



OUR HOMES 116 



HEALTH NOTES 117 



Terry's Daily Menu 117 



Terry on Typhoid Fever 118 



Wright Bros 118 



