GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



E. R. ROOT A. I. ROOT H. H. ROOT J. T. CALVERT 



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Contents for February 15, 1913 



EDITORIAL 105 



Death of D. W. Coggshall 105 



Death of Mrs. Wilson 105 



Hay for Packing 105 



Ohio Convention 105 



Beeswax as Parcel Post 106 



California Freeze 106 



Bee Locations in Oklahoma 106 



Bees Not Allowed in Parcel Post 106, 131 



Apiary Inspection in Tennessee 106 



Apicultural Schools 107 



STRAY STRAWS 108 



White Clover and Sheep 108 



Wintering in Cellar and Out 108 



Lock-cornering of Hives 108 



SIPTINGS 109 



Veils, Use of 109, 110 



Poppies and Nectar 109 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 110 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. Ill 



Crops, Results of Good Ones Ill 



Bee Inspection Ill 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. .112 



Combs, Caring for 112 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 113 



Keeping More Bees 113 



Selecting Good Queens 115 



Sheltered Localities 115 



Bees Losing Their Stings 116 



Flowers of Colorado 117 



Protecting Hives in Utah 118 



Smith's Perfect Feeder 119 



Experience of a Brood Inspector 122 



Wax-tube to Fasten Foundation 123 



Foul Brood, Treating 124 



Beekeeping in Cyprus 127 



Alfalfa Honey in the East 128 



Oregon Fruit-men and Bees 128 



HEADS OF GRAIN 129 



Black, Reverting to 129 



Foul Brood, Origin of 129 



Warm Weather and Brood-rearing. . .129, 130 



Shipping Diseased Bees 130 



Danzenbaker Section 130 



Bulk or Chunk Comb Honey 131 



Albuminized Sugar for Bees 131 



Location and Success 131 



Wire Cloth for Ventilation 132 



OUR HOMES 133 



Poultry in Florida 135 



Insurance Companies and Drink 136 



Parcel Post, Uses of 136 



