GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Dec. 15 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. ROOT 



Editor 



A. I. ROOT 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. ROOT 



Assistant Editor 



J. T. CALVERT 



Business Manager 



Dr. C. C. Miller, J. E. Crane, "Stenog," Louis H Scholl, G. M. Doolittle, Wesley Foster, 

 R. F. Holtermann. 



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CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER 15, 1909 



EDITORIAL 754 



Rheumatism and Stings 754, 784 



Rats, to Destroy 755 



STRAY STRAWS 756 



Census forl910 on Honey 757 



Midrib in Honey 757 



Automobiles for Bee-keepers 757 



SIFTINGS 758 



Uniting in the Fall 758 



Syrup, Density of 758 



Brood-chambers Crowded with Honey 758 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 759 



Honey as a Food 759 



Queens, Spring Price of ." 759 



Apiary, Ideal Conditions for 959 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 760 



Foul Brood, Treatment of European 760 



Foundation in Sections 761 



Comb Honey at Fairs 762 



Extracting-combs, Cleaning 762 



Carbon Bisulphide Cheap 762 



Queen-excluders not Honey-excluders 762 



Queens, Breeding Stronger 763 



Honey-dew Not an Excretion . . 763 



Lawsuit Averted 764 



Honey, Cut, for Dining-cars 765 



Apiary in a Circle 767 



Granulation Prevented 768 



Comb Honey in Bulk 770 



Light and Granulation 771 



Granulating, Prevention of 771 



Distance Bees Fly for Nectar 771 



New Mexico, Bee-keeping in 772 



Bee-sheds, Permanent .774 



Queen-cells Galore 775 



Feeders and Feeding .776 



Honey, Density of 776 



Covers for Hives 777 



Spraying, Canadian Law on 778 



Byer, J. L., and Family 779 



Bees Stealing Eggs 780 



Laying Workers 781 



Drones, Hive Full of 781 



Shaking Bees 781 



Bee-disease Laws 782 



Honey, Cost of 784 



HEADS OF GRAIN 785 



Honey-dew, Name of 785 



Swarms and Foul Brood 785, 787 



Extractors, to Clean 785 



Honey, Olive-green 786 



Wax Sticking to Foundation-mill 786 



Bees in Garrets 786 



Covers, Sealed, Preferred 786 



Honey, Candied, for Winter 786 



Honey, Variation in Color 787 



Honey, Liquefying 787 



Sorghum for Winter Food 787 



Tobacco and Bees 787 



Basswood, American 787 



OUR HOMES 788 



Poultry Department 789 



