1909 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



ALEXANDE^SWRITI NGS 

 on^P^CTICAL 

 BEE CULTURE 



$1.00 With GLEANINGS ONE YEAR $1.00 



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 tlie 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*mpanJ! 



Queens, Several in One Hive. / Modin.; 



Queens to be Reared from Best Stock. / °'"° 



Spring Dwindling. / y^^ j^e en- 



Spnng teedmg. / closed remit- 



Spring Management. / ance of $i please 



Sugar, Loaf, for Feeding. / ^^"«^ Gleanings to 



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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