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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



H. Root's visit, 883; Orchards, bees wanted in, 234; 

 Orchard, how many colonies necessary, 732 ; Oregon, 

 beekeeping in, 895; Ont-apiaries, riding to in boat, 

 251, 882; Out-apiaries, Wilder on, 227; Outdoor 

 colony, 493, 768; Outyards, small ones advised, 

 209 ; Overstocking bee ranges, 193. 



Packages for comb honey, room for improvement, 

 443; Packages, fight for net weight, 566; Packing 

 and grading, Scholl on, 313; Packing v. dead air, 

 270; Painting hives. Dr. Miller on, 328, 400. 878; 

 Painting hives, Doolittle on, 842 ; Painting queens, 

 4, 74, 220, 234, 285 ; Painting, whitewashing in- 

 stead of, 711; Painting with bees in hive, 778; Pan- 

 ama Exposition exhibit, 174; Pans beaten during 

 swarming, 352; Paper framework for winter pro- 

 tection, 724 ; Paper-hanger's tools for apiary, 421 ; 

 Paralysis, breeding from immune stock, 861; Paral- 

 ysis, changing hives and combs, 331; Paralysis, 

 Chadwiek on, 484 ; Paralysis, Crane on, 41 ; 

 Paralysis, letting bees rear new queen, 723 ; 

 723 ; Paralysis, new cure for, 45 ; Paralysis or poi- 

 son, 387, 765; Paralysis, sulphur for, 822; Parcel 

 post, change in, 633; Parcel post. Crane on, 41; 

 Parcel post for bees, 131; Parcel post for comb hon- 

 ev, 248, 705 ; Parcel post for extracted honey, 465, 

 653, 733, 774, 859; Parcel post, Foster on, 672; 

 Parcel post, fragile articles shipped, 634; Parcel 

 post honey package wanted, 272 ; Parcel r>ost in 

 Europe, 93, 793, 907; Parcel post, mail clerk's view, 

 263 ; Parcel post outside mail-sacks, 284 ; Paste for 

 labels on tin, 232, 351, 466; Pear blight brought by 

 bees, 234; Peas, why bees get no nectar from, 544; 

 Pepper trees, honey from, 519; Piercing machine for 

 frames, 880; Pine| honey-dew on, 614; Pine v. red- 

 wood, 814; Pioneer beekeeping, C. C. Miller on, 79; 

 Plateau Valley, bees in, 753 ; Poison or paralysis, 

 387, 765; Poisoning by spray falling on clover, 752; 

 Pollen and queenless colonies, 180, 269, 364, 710; 

 Pollen, dearth of, because of frost, 386; Pollen for 

 bees wintered outside, 352; Pollen from willow, 412; 

 Pollen gathered before colony becomes queenless, 

 180; Pollen in Aspinwall hive, 316; Pollen in sec- 

 tions, cause of, 481; Pollen in sections, to grade, 

 388; Pollen-laden bees, antics of, 351; Pollen, num- 

 ber of bees that carry, 437; Pollen stimulates breed- 

 ing in spring, 140, 402; Pollen, substitute for, 164, 

 272, 388, 352, 804 ; Pollen, value in building up 

 weak colonie.s, 173; Pollination of alfalfa, 564, 794; 

 Pollinators, bees as, 254 ; Pollenization, Crane on, 

 483: Pollinizing of apricots, 569; Poplar for bee- 

 hives, 233; Portable extracting outfit, 218, 219; 

 Portico, removable, Byer on, 680; Porto Rico, Dr. 

 Phillips' visit, 620; Poultry-raising and beekeeping, 

 639; Pound, number of bees in, 388; Pound pack- 

 age, comb built in, 387 ; Pound package, double 

 wire cloth for, 132 ; Pound package, queens die in, 

 670 ; Pound packages, 257 ; Power extractor, Holter- 

 mann's 12-frame, 214; Prices of Colorado comb and 

 extracted honey, 602 ; Price of honey compared with 

 other commodities, 140; Profits from one colony, 47; 

 Profit in bees, 148, 164, 441, 707; Prolificness of 

 bees, 605, 749 ; Prolificness v. longevity, 8, 249 ; 

 Propolis for grafting-wax, 655; Propolis, oil to pre- 

 vent sticking, 794 ; Propolis on Hoffman frames, 

 548 ; Propolizing inside of hive, 822 ; Propolizing, 

 requeening to prevent, 877 ; Protecting rows of hives, 

 119; Pump. Holtermann on, 849; Pump, honey, 

 Morlev Pettit on, 616; Pump, trouble with, 844; 

 Pyraniid, honey 3300 years old, 706. 



Queen advertisements, 607, 705 ; Queen caged, 

 causes queen-cells, 907 ; Queen-cages, water for, 692 ; 

 Queen-cell, does queen lay in, 776; Queen-cell pro- 

 tected by foundation, 108; Queen-cells, new way of 

 starting, 610; Queen-cells, removing, to prevent 

 swarms, 212 ; Queen-cells, time of hatching, 503, 567 ; 

 Queen-cells, to introduce, 633; Queen, clipping leg 

 as well as wing, 24 ; Queen, dark, to find, 503 ; 

 Queen dies last, 670; Queen escorts in cages, 208: 

 Queen in.iured by mails, 771, 837; Queen introduced 

 without dequeening, 850, 851 ; Queen introducing to 

 laying-worker hive, 813 ; Queen laying above brood 

 nest. 4, 534, 583; Queens, orders not alwavs prompt 

 Iv filled, 53; Queen, painting, 4, 74, 220, 234, 285; 

 Queen, position of when laying, 132; Queen prolific, 

 though small, 329 ; Queen-rearing, difficulty in mat- 

 ing, 655; Queen-rearing, Lossing on, 638; Queen, 

 removal of, swarm prevention, 333, 388 ; Queen, 

 sifting to find, 501; Queen, six years old, 4; Queen 

 stings human being, 385 ; Queen stings worker, 669 ; 

 Queen, whv escort bees die, 655 ; Queenless bees 

 and pollen,' 180, 269, 364, 710; Queenless colony, to 

 treat, 599; Queens, best time to supersede, 350, 490; 

 Queens, color of varies, 548 ; Queens die in cage, 



581; Queens, finding, when no honey is coming in, 

 173; Queens hatch if colonies left ten days, 669; 

 Queens, honesty in advertising, 607, 705 ; Queens, 

 honey-bound, 547 ; Queens killed by unpainted wire 

 cloth, 749 ; Queens mate close to hive, 288 ; Queens 

 mated from upper story, 349 ; Queens mating on 

 wing, 65 ; Queens mating twice, 490 ; Queens, old, 

 breeders from, 163; Queens raised in upper story, 

 906; Queens, selections of breeders, 115; Queens, 

 surplus, wintered in nuclei, 656, 732; Queens, two 

 in hive, 653. 



Races of bees compared, 570; Rain, bees working 

 in, 16; Rainfall in California, 174, 565, 881; Rains 

 in Ontario, 670; Rauchfuss, Prank, 642; Recipes, 

 Mrs. Rauchfuss', 365; Record, board instead of 

 book, 880; Record-keeping takes too much time, 518; 

 Record system, Foster on, 7 ; Records, books for, 

 600, 669; Records, bricks for, 224; Records for 

 hive of doubtful value, 440 ; Recreation, beekeeping 

 for, 150; Redwood v. pine, 814; Refrigerator car, 

 shipping bees in, 905; Reminiscences, A. F. Foster 

 on, 95 ; Remodeling hives, 602 ; Requeening, best 

 time for, 350, 490; Requeening, Small's plan, 48; 

 Requeening without dequeening, 850, 851; Revers- 

 ing brood-chamber, 777; Ripe honey, advantage of 

 producing, 843 ; Ripe honey from unsealed combs, 

 793; Ripening of extracted honev, 177, 364, 444, 

 770, 837; Robber-cloth, Cheney's, 270; Robber tents, 

 bees around, 440; Robbers, keeping ahead of, 209; 

 Robbers, when inspecting for foul brood, 351; Rob- 

 bing, feeding thin syrup to prevent, 635; Robbing 

 stopped by horse hair, 820 ; Robbing stopped by 

 queen-excluding zinc. 504; Robbing, to prevent when 

 feeding, 764; Robbing, to stop after once started, 

 504; Rope attracts swarms, 464; Rows of hives, 

 protection of, 119; Russia, beekeeping in, 261. 



Sacbrood in California, 565 ; Sacbrood in Min- 

 nesota, 838; Sacbrood instead of black brood, 404, 

 484 ; Sacbrood instead of pickled brood, 249 ; Sac- 

 brood, is it dangerous? 692, 880; Sage, light amber 

 in color, 5; Scale hive, month's record of, 30; Scales 

 for grading honey, 481, 563 ; Scales record honey- 

 flow, 232; Scales special for apiaries, 437; Schools, 

 beekeeping in, 21, 23, 899 ; Scraper, hive, 582 ; 

 Season, California, disappointing, 369 ; Section-honey 

 production, Hand on, 805 ; Section, should it be called 

 one pound? 140; Section spers, when to put on, 

 521; ^Section, tin covers for, 174; Sections, 4x5, 

 weight of, 207; Sections, cost of, 602; Sections, full 

 sheets in, 564; Sections, old style, 77; Sections, one- 

 piece. Crane on, 564 ; Sections, plain v. beeway, 879 ; 

 Sections, queen laying in, 583; Sections, weight of, 

 364; Selling comb and extracted at same price, 465; 

 Selling comb honey by weight, 461 ; Selling direct to 

 consumer, 451 ; Selling from house to house, 458 ; 

 Selling honey, Adema on, 444; Selling honey by 

 carload, 447 ; Selling honev bv showing photograph, 

 466; Selling honey in New Zealand, 453, 615; Sell- 

 ing honey, Shafer on, 443 : Selling honey, storekeep- 

 er's standpoint, 449 ; Selling honey to commission 

 house, 877; Selling honey too cheaply, 460; Selling 

 to retail grocers, 455 ; Shade-board, Doolittle on, 

 842; Shade, is there danger of too much? 821; Shak- 

 en-swarm plan for women, 147 ; Shaking combs, 

 Barstow's plan for, 887; Shaking combs. Bunch's 

 plan for, 230: Shaking combs of diseased colonies, 

 726, 887; Shaking combs without hurting bees, 335; 

 Shallow extracting supers, value of, 403 ; Shallow- 

 frame honey packed for market, 790 ; Shed, nuisance, 

 55 ; Sheep, grass cutters, 85, 707 ; Sheep not neces- 

 sarv for white clover vield, 388 ; Shelter, effect of on 

 swai-ming, 116, 140': Shelter, hot weather, 163: 

 Sheltered localitv, advantage of, 115; Shipment of 

 diseased bees, interstate, 78, 130, 143, 881; Shipping 

 bees in car lots, 504, 905 ; Shipping bees without 

 combs, 173, 250, 257, 422; Shipping diseased colo- 

 nies, prosecution for, 143, 881; Shipping comb 

 honev in candv-pail, 450: Shipping diseased bees, 

 78, '130, 143, 881: Shipping fragile articles, 

 347, 375; Shipping full colonies 1000 miles, 678; 

 Shipping honey by freight, C. O. D., 908 ; vShipping 

 honey in cold weather. 41, 109; Shipping in comb- 

 less packages, 173, 250, 257, 422; Shipping long 

 distance, 656; Sifting to find queen, 501; Skinner, 

 O. C, beekeeper, 574; .Skunk, traded for bees, 65; 

 Skunks in California, 635; Slumgum, to take from 

 solar extractor, 570; Smoke method of introducing. 

 See Introducing; Smoker, lining for firebox, 424; 

 Smoker, pan of coals for, 79; Smoker, use of, 776; 

 Smokers, A. C. Miller on size of, 843 ; Smokers, Dr. 

 Miller on size of, 705 ; Smokers, Holtermann on, 

 651. 903: Snow, bees under, 57; Snow blizzard at 

 Medina, 888 ; Snow for closing entrances, 329 ; 



