GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1 



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 APRIL 1, 1909 



EDITORIAL 187 



Death of E. L. Pratt 187 



Artificial Pasturage that Pays 187 



Bulletin on Bee Diseases 187 



Status of Apiculture 188 



STRAY STRAWS 190 



Honey, Cost of 190 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 191 



Unprofitable Methods 191 



Shipping-cases Discussed 191 



NOTES FROM CANADA 192 



Cans, Second-hand 192 



Foul Brood Illustrated 192 



Adulterated Honey ." 192 



Dr. Wiley 192, 193 



Clover Killed by Drouth 192 



Honey from Wild Mustard 192 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 193 



Plural Queens in Europe 193 



Bees, Number of in Holland 193 



Beet and Cane Sugar 193 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 194 



Overstocking 194 



Distance Bees Fly 194 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 195 



Williams System of Management 195 



Shaking Bees 195, 195 



Prospects for White Clover 195 



Alsike Clover 198 



Shipping Honey Sight Draft ' 199 



Skunk Cabbage Illustrated 200 



Parade of Products in California 201 



Sheds for Apiaries 201 



Bees on a Woodshed 203 



Paper Bottles for Extracted Honey 203 



Clover Prospects in Northern Ohio 204 



Wire-cloth Separators 205 



Catalpas in Oklahoma 206 



Sorter's Honey-case 206 



Hive-cait with Pneumatic Tires 207 



Double-tier Shipping-casses 208 



Buckwheat Cakes, to Make 208 



Prices of Honey 209 



Hive, Hurst's Reversible 210 



Instructions for Beginners 211 



HEADS OF GRAIN 212 



Sealed Covers v. Cushions 212 



Moving Bees Short Distances in Winter 212 



Wintering in a Warm Room 212 



Bokhara Clover 212 



OUR HOMES 213 



Anti-saloon League Report 214 



Jug of Whisky for Christmas Present 214 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 215 



Marketing Eggs in Florida 215 



Making Hens Lay 216 



Testing Eggs 216 



Mites, Remedies for 217 



Deep-litter Feeding of Chickens 217 



Secrets, Selling 217 



