GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July 1 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. ROOT 



Editor 



A. I. ROOT 



Editor Home Department 



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CONTENTS FOR JULY 1, 1909 



EDITORIALS 388 



Gibson, E. M 398 



Prospects for Season 398 



Granulated Honey in Extracting-combs 398 



Locality and Bee-flight 398 



STRAY STRAWS 390 



NOTES FROM CANADA 392 



Foul-brood work in Canada. .' 392 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 393 



Profit on Honey 393 



Propolis in Beeswax 393 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 394 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 395 



Producing Extracted Honey 395 



Reversing Combs Once 395 



Ripening of Honey 395 



Doolittle Non-swarming Plan 398 



Capping-melters 399 



European Foul Brood in California 399 



Non-swarming Bees in Switzerland 399 



Introducing, New Trick in 400 



Hive, to Select 400 



Man and Locality 400 



Recommending Particular Hives 400 



W. B. Carr's History 401 



Uncapper, Ferguson's 402 



Instructions for Beginners 407 



Handling Swarms 407 



Carpentry for Bee-keepers 409 



Buckwheat Culture 410 



Pollen in November 410 



HEADS OF GRAIN 411 



Increase by Shaking 411 



Bees Shipped by Carload 411 



Bees Leaving in Winter 411 



Taking off Honey to Avoid Robbers 411 



Splints, Use of 411 



Bee Paralysis ^ 412 



Biher Comb Honey. 412, 413 



Honey under Excluders 412 



Alexander Plan Tested 412 



Syrups for Feeding 412 



Blasting near Apiary 412 



Honey-cans, Unwashed 413 



Bees in Chicken-coop 413 



Cow Pea 413 



Alley Trap for Swarrns 413 



Bees Inducifig Sneezing 413 



Sections, PJape in Supers 413 



Comb BuiK.under Frames 413 



OUR HOMES 414 



Poultry Matters 417 



White PlagYieTlmong Shickens 417 



Eggs, Animated 417 



Poultry Secrets 417 



Kellerstrass' Digcoverv for Chickens 417 



Sweet Clover, Yellow 418 



Rats and Mice, Cost of 418 



