GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Nov. 1 



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 NOVEMBER 1, 1909 



EDITORIAL 653 



STRAY STRAWS 656 



Cells Affected by Cocoons 656 



Tartaric Acid for Granulation 656, 658 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 657 



Growth of Sweet Clover 657 



Paint for Hives 657 



(Cottonwood Propolis 657 



Covers and Moisture 657 



Honey on Cold Meat 657 



NOTES FROM CANADA 659 



Wirintr Foundation 659 



Canadian Honev Exhibition 659 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 659 



Filing Bee-papers 659 



Wonderberry in Nebraska 659 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 660 



Hives, Kind. to Choose 660 



Nectar from Red Clover 660 



Bee-keeping in New Mexico 661 



Bags for. Candied Honey 662 



Bee-keeping in Oklahoma 663 



Justice to Oklahoma" 663 



Diseases of Mature Bees , 664 



Parasites in Bees 665 



Noseraa .\pis 66.5 



Capping-melter, New 666 



Forming Baby Nuclei 667 



Scooping Bees with Dipper 668 



Loganberry 669 



California Honey-plants 669 



Himalaya Blackberry (>7() 



Lippias 670, 674 



Sages, Botanical Name for 670 



Bees, Mailing K7I 



Carpentry for Bee-keepers 672 



Painting Hives 672 



Introducing Queens, New Way 67:i 



Overstocking Localities 673 



HEADS OF GRAIN 674 



Splints V. Wires 674 



Honey-dew. to Lighten 674 



Honey, More in Supers with Shallow Frames. 674 



Laying Workers, Getting Rid of - 674 



Absorbent Cushions 675 



Colony with Queen Starts Cells 675 



Bee-keeping in Australia 675 



Hives Close Together in Winter 676 



Cotton as a Honey-plant 676 



Bees and Buckwheat 676 



Labels on Split Sections 676 



Bees in Manitoba 676 



Indiana Slate Fair, Honey at 677 



Queens, Buying or Breeding 677 



Cascara Sagrada 677 



Foul Brood in Bee-trees 677 



OUR HOMES 678 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 681 



Kind Words 686 



Dr. Miller's Troubles 680 



