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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. 



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Table of Contents of the 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 An©w. 



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. 



Queens for Early Increase. 



Queens, Several in One Hive. 



Queens to be Reared from Best Stock. 



Spring Dwindling. 



Spring Feeding. 



Spring Management. 



Sugar, Loaf, for Feeding. 



Superseding Old Queens. 



Swarms, New, to Dispose of. 



Things Not to Do. 



Transferring Bees. 



Ventilation of Bee-cellars. 



Wintering. 



Wintering in Cellar. 



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