GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



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 JUNE 1, 1909 



EDITORIALS 327 



Large flow from Fruit-bloom 329 



Shipping Dark Honey 329 



California Prospects 329 



STRAY STRAWS 330 



Honey, Amount Used 330 



Queens, Finding 330 



Splints CJnawed out 330 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 331 



Glucose has a Competitor .-. . 331 



Pure-food Law Attacked 331 



Parcels Post 331 



American Methods in Europe 331 



NOTES FROM CANADA 332 



Clover in Canada 332 



Locust and Basswood id Canada 332 



London Convention 332 



Foul Brood Located by Smell 332 



Odor of QueenleiS Colony 332 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 333 



Hive-sides of Two Pieces 333 



Covers 333 



(;i;idine 333 



Saving Weak Colonies 333 



Premium Jar 333 



Packing Fruit and Honey 333 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 334 



Artificial Increase 334 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 335 



Non-Swarming Bees 335 



Automatic Hiving 336 



Caucasians Ahead in Brood 336 



Trees Planted for Swarms 337 



Gumbeit's Swarm-catcher 337 



Evergreens Planted for Swarms 337 



Queens Caught by Perforated Zinc 337 



Foul Brood Illustrated 338 



Swarms, Self-hived 339 



Foul and Black Brood 340 



Comb Infested by Wax Moth 342 



Transferring Comb from Bee-tree 343 



Why Bets did Not Pay 343 



Pouder's Warehouse 344 



Bees, how they go to the Field 344 



Instructions for Beginners 345 



HEADS OF GRAIN 34« 



Bees Moved Safely a Short Distance 348 



Bees Moved in Cars 348 



Bees Moved 1600 Miles in Winter 348 



Four Years Among the Bees 348 



Wire-cloth Separator 349 



Drone Comb for Extracting 349 



Tangle-foot Honey Kills Bees 349 



Closing Hives in Winter a Failure 349 



OUR HOMES 350 



China Waking up 350 



Florida Matters 351 



Whisky for Invalids ,351 



Alcohol, Effects of ..351 



Alcohol Baths 352 



