GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Nov. 15 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. ROOT 



Editor 



A. I. ROOT 



Editor Home Department 



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J. T CALVERT 



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CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER 15, 1909 



EDITORIAL 687 



Bee Culture Taught in the Public Schools 687 



Do Bees Make a Winter Nest 688 



Late Fall Feeding 688 



STRAY STRAWS 690 



Bees per Colony 691 



Hive-tools 691 



Seat of Hive-cover 691 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 692 



Bisulphide of Carbon. 692 



Premiums at State Fair 692 



SIFTINGS 693 



Bees Sulking 693 



Effect of Light on Granulation 693 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 694 



Amount of Honey one Bee can Produce 694 



Bees Flying in Cellar 694 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 695 



Judging Honey 696 



Wax, Different Colors of 697 



Shallow Hives for Mating-boxes 697 



Improvement in Bees 697 



Hive-stools 699 



Sure Way to Introduce Queens 701 



A. J. King, History of 705 



Marketing Candied Honey 707 



Distance Bees Fly for Honey 708, 710 



Orange-tree as a Yielder of Nectar 709 



Mice in Cans 709 



Evaporation of Nectar 709 



HEADS OF GRAIN 710 



Bees Carrying Eggs 711 



Milkvi^eed for Honey 710 



Splints from Cane Poles 710 



Strong Colony Absorbs Weak One 710 



Hives of Concrete 710 



Brushing v. Shaking 710 



Feeder, Johnston's 711 



Removing Old Combs 711 



Honey from Hickory 711 



Alcohol for Stings 711 



Swarm, Peculiar 711 



Flour Method of Introducing 711 



Cloth Mittens for Stings 711 



OUR HOMES 712 



Frauds and Swindlers 712 



Tax from Saloons 713 



Cigar. Does it Indicate a Gentleman? 714 



Bradentown, Florida 714 



Tornadoes in Florida 714 



