GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. ROOT 



Editor 



A. I. ROOT 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. ROOT 



Assistant Editor 



J. T. CALVERT 



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CONTENTS FOR MAY 15, 1909 



EDITORIAL 291 



Iowa Foul-brood Law 293 



Bee-keeping in Hawaii 293 



STRAY STRAWS 295 



Drinking at Meals 295 



Body-guard of Queen 295 



Carbolic Acid for Swarms 295 



Codl ing-moih 295 



SIFTINGS 296 



Honey Bread 296 



Comb Honey in Glass 296 



Clover Prospects » 296 



Bees Not a Nuisance in Town 296 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST .297 



Cans, Second-hand 297 



Hives, Arrangement of 297 



Fenceless Apiaries 297 



Holy Lands, Traits of 298 



Texas Koul-btood Appropriation 298 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 298 



Alfalfa in Rows 298 



Recipe for Honey Bread 298 



Rats and Bees 298 



Sunflowers for Bees 299 



Bee Flora of America 299 



Wax from Candelilla 299 



Irrigation Projects 299 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 300 



Finding a Queen 300 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 301 



Swarm Control 301 



Instructions for Beginners 302 



Chilled Bees, Experiments with 303 



Copyrights, the Frisbee Case 304 



Candying of Comb Honey 305 



Hivt-cart in Apiary 306 



Shipping-case, New 307 



Control of Bee Territory 309 



Hatch Wax-press 310 



Growing Sweet Clover 312 



Shaking as a Stimulus to Bees 313 



Carpentry for Bee-keepers 314 



Capping-melters 315 



Hive, Propolis-proof 316 



Profits from Bees 317 



Buckwheat as an Early Summer Crop 317 



HEADS OF GRAIN 318 



Workers Killing Queens 318 



Entrance-protector 319 



Price of Honey in Arizona 319 



Automatic Uncappers 319 



Bulk Comb Honey 320 



Storm-doors Condemned 320 



Splints Badly Gnawed 320 



OUR HOMES 320 



Editorial Discourtesies 320 



Cigarettes ' 323, 324 



HEALTH NOTES 324 



Corn for Food 324 



Hulled Corn 324 



