GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 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 MAY 1, 1909 



EDITORIAL 259 



Pollen, Lack of 259 



Frisbee Honey Co 259 



Shipping Bees by Carload 260 



Paint for Hives 260 



Alligator Hunt 260 



Alexander's Locality 260 



Spraying, Directions for 261 



Uncapper, Simmins 261 



STRAY STRAWS .■ 262 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 263 



Facing Comb Honey 263 



Honey Importations 263 



Section, Which is the Top 263 



NOTES FROM CANADA 264 



Cans, Cleaning 264 



Queens, Failing 224 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 265 



Clover, Soola 265 



Alsike, To Start 265 



Shaptal Clover 265 



Maple Sugar in Glucose 265 



Irrigation in Australia 265 



Locust-trees for Honey 265 



Draining Wet Lands 265 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 266 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 267 



Improving Bee-pastures 267 



Bees and Poultry 268 



Non-swarmers 269 



Bee Demonstrations 271 



Numbering Hives 272 



Bush Fires in Australia 273 



Extracting-outfit on Wheels 273 



Apiary. Destruction of 273 



Baby Nuclei 275 



Artichokes fer Bees 276 



White Clover ...276 



Bee-shed, Permanent 277 



Carpentry for Bee-keepers 277 



Introducing, Miller on 279 



Controlling Swarms in California. ... 280 



Instmctions for Beginners 280 



Oklahoma for Bees 282 283 



California Prospects 283 



Bees Refusing to Build Cells with Caged Queens 284 



HEADS OF GRAIN 284 



Honey and Wax for Europe 284 



Honey Adulterator Fined ...285 



Cellaring Bees too Long 285 



Shaking to Cure Sulking 285 



Bee-flight, Length of 285 



Bees Stinging Hjrses 286 



Simpson, or Spider Plant 286 



Japanese Buckwheat ...286 



OUR HOMES 287 



Bottle-factory Shut up 287 



Beef Juice 290 



Fletcherism 290 



Everlasting Punishment 290 



