GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 15 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



-E. R. ROOT 



Editor 



A. I. ROOT 



Editor Hoine Department 



H. H. ROOT 



Assistant Editor 



J. T. CALVERT 



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CONTENTS FOR APRIL 15, 1909 



editorial 



Jobbers Criticised 



Misbranding Goods 



Confining Bees in the Cellar 



Exploiting New Methods 



Brood Reared in Cellar 



Bees and Neighbors 



Contents of this Issue 



Comb honey on Cars 



Uncapping-machine 



STRAY STRAWS 



Food, Air, and Water 



Value of bees per Colony 



Drink Habit 



SIFTINGS 



Unfinished Sections 



Absorbent Cushions 



Shaking a Fad 



Rye Meal (or Pollen 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES . 



Gaston Bonnier 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST.., 



Propolis Gathered by Caucasians 



Necessity of Early Spring Work 



Trick on Robbers 



Effect of Cold Spells 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 



Time to Unite Weak Colonies " 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 



Ventilation of Hives in Summer 



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Syiup, Thick or Thin for Fall Uie. . . 



Queen Introduction 



Closing Hives for Winter 



Carpentry for Bee-keepers 



Production of Extracted Honey 



Selling Honey on Commission 



Bee Institutes in New York 



Decapper, Miller's 



Orange-trees 



Queens, Superannuated 



Ontario, Bee-keeping in 



Corrugated Paper for Shipping Honey. 



E. L. Pratt, Memoriam of 



Hints in Bee Management 



Sealed Covers Preferred 



Foul-brood Law in Iowa 



Moving Bees in Farm Weather 



Buckwheat, Value of 



Boardman Wheel-cart 



Wholesale Wax-rendering 



Instructions for Beginners 



Transferring 



HEADS OF GRAIN 



Rinsing Cans 



Coaxing Bees by Light 



Weak Colony Under a Strong One. . 



Concrete Bottom-boards 



House-apiaries 



Wax in New J'ork Bound for Europe. 

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