GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 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 JUNE 15, 1909 



EDITORIALS 356 



Shipping Comb Honey in Paper Cases 356 



STRAY STRAWS 357 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 359 



Catclaw Honey 359 



Uncappiner-knives 359 



Hive-sides of Two Pieces 359 



SIFTINGS 360 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 361 



SupofsedinsT Queens 361 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 362 



Greasy Sections 362 



Honey-extractors 363 



Arranurement of Supers on Hive 364 



Dark Cappintrs 364 



Instructions for Beginners 365 



Foldiim Sections 365 



Srctions. to Dampen 365 



Melted Wax to Fasten Foundation 366 



Foul-brood Law Fails in New Jersey 366 



Bee-keeping in Holland 368 



Alsike. Merits of 369 



Huildinijr up Weak Colonies 370 



Carpentry for Bee-keepers 371 



Planes 371 



German Bee-shed 372 



Bee-keeping in Germany 373 



Bee-dress for Woman 373 



Shaken Bees 374 



Nitrogenous Food for Bees 375 



Meal for Pollen 375 



Bees Annoying Neighbors 375 



Shaking Energy into Bees 375 



Pollen and Brood-rearing 376 



Sugar Syrup in Pollen Dearth 376 



HEADS OF GRAIN 377 



Trouble in Introducing 377 



Bee-keeping in Germany 377 



Pancakes, Buckwheat 377 



Bees in a Barn 378 



Sugar Stores Mixed with Honey 378 



Bait Sections, Place for 378 



Doolittle Method for Extracted Honey 379 



Smoker Bellows with Handle 379 



Bees around Troughs 379 



Dead Bees in Front of Hive 380 



Bees Flying Backward 380 



Colony 45 Years Old 380 



Increase by Alexander Plan 380 



Ants, to Prevent 380 



Parasite, White 381 



Sweet Clover on Hard Soil 381 



Pollen, Artificial, in Elevator 381 



Uniting Workers of Two Colonies 381 



Bees in Caves 381 



Honin- bv the Barrel 381 



OUR HOMES 382 



Punishing Bad Boy 382 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 383 



TEMPERANCE 386 



