1909 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 1 



ALEXANDER'S WRITINGS 

 on PRACTICAL 

 BEE CULTURE 



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The writings of the late E. W. Alexander, who needs no 

 introduction to the readers of GLEANINGS, have recently 

 been collected in book form. A glance at the table of con- 

 tents will show the scope of the book. 



Table of Contents of tfie Alexander Book 



Alexander Plan for Weak Colonies. 

 Bee-keeping as a Business. 

 Brood-rearing in Spring. 

 Comb V. Extracted Honey. 

 Diseases of Bees. 

 Disposing of the Honey Crop. 

 Extracting Uncapped Honey. 

 Feeding Back Extracted Honey. 

 Foul Brood, European and American. 

 Hive-covers. 



Hives, etc., to Adopt if Starting Anew. 

 Honey per Colony. 

 Honey-production. 

 Honey-tanks. 



Increase, Making v. Buying Colonies. 

 Italians, Yellow v. Leather-colored. 

 Locality, What Constitutes a Good One. 

 Nuclei for Rearing Queens. 

 Organizing for Better Prices. 

 Profits in Bee-keeping. 

 Queens and Queen-rearing. / The 



Queens for Early Increase. / c*ompSnJ! 



Queens, Several in One Hive. / ""oh"' 



Queens to be Reared from Best Stock. / "* 



Spring Dwindling. / For the en- 



Spring Feeding. / dosed remit- 



Spring Management. / ante of $i. please 



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Sugar, Loat, tor Feedmg. ' 



Superseding Old Queens. 



Swarms, New, to Dispose of. 



Things Not to Do. 



Transferring Bees. 



Ventilation of Bee-cellars. / Send the Alexander book to 



Wintering. 



Wintering in Cellar. 



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