GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 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 MARCH 15, 1909 



editorial 151 



Fall Drouths 151, 152 



Foul-brood Law in Indiana 151 



Death of W. B. Carr 151 



Tariff on Lumber 152 



Honey Prospects for 1909 152 



STRAY STRAWS 154 



Wax Production , Science of 154 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 155 



Okra for Honey 155 



Harness-dressing 155 



Bees in Guadaloupe 155 



Real Corn Syrup 155 



Wax in Plants 155 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 156 



Plea for Shallow Frames •. 156 



Painting Hives 156 



Effect of Age on Honey 156 



SIFTINGS ... 157 



Cider Defined 157 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 158 



Locality 158 



Bee-song 159 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 160 



Instructions to Beginners 160 



Tools for Beginners 160 



Bees, Ho* to Buy 161 



Buying Old Hives 161 



Irrigated Districts for Bee-keepers 161 



Beet and Cane Sugar 161 



Cellar Ventilation 



Alsike Clover in Canada 



Temperature of Bee-cellar 



Bayless Uncapper 



Bayless, Picture of 



Bee-shed with Adjustable Roof 



House-apiaries Discussed 



Sorter's House-apiary 



LoDg's Bee-sheds 



House-apiaries in Germany 



Brunnich's House-apiary 



Queen-Excluders 



Sealed Covers v. Absorbents 



Drone Comb in Sections 



Bee-appliances Discussed 



Extracting-tents 



Locality, Question of 



Bees, Do they Hear 



Bees Deserting, Cause of 



Winter of 1908 a Hard One on Bees. 



Requeening by Superseding 



Queens with Clipped Stings 



Lower California for Bees 



Wintering in Warm Room 



Ten Colonies ICept in a House 



Ventilalion at Top of Hive 



Honey 20 Years Old 



Comb, Strong-tasting 



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