GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



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Contents for April 15, 1913 



EDITORIAL 246 Windbreaks, Natural 269 



Bees by Parcel Post 246, 202 HEADS OP GRAIN 270 



STRAY STh.^ , S 248 Robber-cloths 270 



Parcel Post, Cost of 248 Dead-air Spaces 270 



Bees, Breeding Larger 248 Cayuga Co. Convention 271 



Granulation of Honey 248 Kansas Convention 271 



SIFTINGS 249 Why Larvaa are Not Sealed 271 



Pickled Brood 249 Cube Sugar for Winter 272 



Windbreaks 249 Spring Honey for Winter Stores 27^ 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 250 Alfalfa at High Altitudes 272 



Beekeepers and Bee-journals 250 Cottonseed Meal for Pollen 272 



Shipping Bees without Combs 250 OUR HOMES 273 



Honey-bound Brood-chambers 250 History of A. I. Root 273 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. .251 Race Suicide 274 



Bees on Motor-boat 251 HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 275 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 252 Dasheens 275 



Producers of Wealth 252 Potatoes in Florida 275 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 253 Colorado Apples by Mail 276 



Sugar Syrup v. Honey 253 POULTRY DEPARTMENT 279 



Bees and Pollination 254 Nest Eggs 27^ 



Putting in Bottom Starters 256 Roofless Poultry -houses in Florida 280 



Shipping Bees virithout Combs 257 Convergent Poultry-runs 280 



Beekeeping in Russia 261 Hens l>eserting Nests 280 



Laying Workers 266 Porcelain Eggs 280 



Alfalfa, Pollination of 267 Convergent Nest-box 280 



