GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Sept. 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 SEPTEMBER 1, 1909 



EDITORIAL 521 



High-wheeled Autos for Out-apiary Use 523 



STRAY STRAWS 524 



Robbers, After Use of 524 



Swarms, Energy of 524 



NOTES FROM CANADA 525 



Quality of Canadian Honey 525 



Capping Honey 525 



Ventilators in Supers 525 



Electricity and Nectar Secretion 525 



Honey-knives 525 



Bee-escapes 525 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 52t> 



Propolis in Supers 526 



Baits in Supers 526 



Unglassed Shipping-cases 526 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 527 



Taking off Comb Honey 527 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 528 



Foundation, Use of 528 



Unsealed Cells Next to Wood 529 



Honey, Grading for Exhibition 529 



Alsike Poisoning 529 



Capping-nielter Darkens Honey 530 



Honey, Removing from Hives 530 



Alsike Not Poisonous in Wisconsin 531 



Extracting 18,000 lbs. with Two-frame Novice 531 

 Crossness of Bees before Rain 531 



Virgin Wax White 531 



Alsike, Effect on Stock 532 



Selling Honey at Factories... 532 



Entrances, Upper 533 



Stomach of Bee '534 



Hornets' Nest 538 



Cappings, Greasy, Cause of 538 



Capping, Two Kinds by One Colony 539 



Bees Shipped in Hot Weather 540 



Honey-dew Honey 540 



Carpentry for Bee-keepers 541 



Bee-keeping in Cuba 542 



Color Sense of Bees 543 



Packing Bulk Comb Honey 544 



Cell-building with Caged Queen 545 



HEADS OF GRAIN 546 



Foul-brood Law in Connecticut 546 



Introducing by Spraying 546 



Queens Flying Away 546 



Ripe Cells by Mail 546 



Bees Ejecting Water 547 



Extracting from Brood-nest 547 



Bee on Different F"lowers at Same Trip 547 



Golden Bees Defined 547 



Colors and Odors Disliked by Bees 547 



Swarm Before Queen-cells are Sealed 547 



Candying of Honey-dew 547 



OUR HOMES 548 



