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 May 1, 1913 



EDITORIAL 281 Alexander Plan Carried out too Late 298 



New Books on Bees 281 Nuclei to Prevent Swarming 298 



Glucose in Molasses 281 Hiving a Swarm on a Rail Fence 300 



New California Bee Journal 281 Swarming, to Control 301 



How Bees Gather Pollen 282 Comb Honey from Short Plow 303 



STRAY STRAWS 284 Three Swarms in one Hive 304 



Swarming, to Prevent 284 August Swarm 305 



Alexander Plan, Dr. Miller on 234 Swarm Control 305 



Syrup vs. Honey 284 Out-apiarv on an old Fort 307 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 285 Paul Mickwitz 307 



Shipping Bees to California Allowed 285 Junge-Peirce Ventilator 308 



Honev Prospects in California 285 Bees, Kind to Use 309 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. 286 Doolittle Plan for Swarm Control 310 



Bees in Colorado, Number of 286 Ellis Plan of Increase 312 



Alfalfa in Colorado 286 Packing and Grading 313 



Honev Prospects in Colorado 286 Spraving in Bloom Condemned 313 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 287 HEADS OF GRAIN 314 



Necessitv of Drones 287 Wheeler's Bottom-board 314 



NOTES FROM CANADA 288 Alexander Plan Modified 314 



Spraving in Ontario 288 Spring Uniting 315 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 289 Transferring without Drumming 315 



Swarming Problem in the North 289 Capriciousness of Swarms 316 



Swarming Problem in the South 290 Dropping a Swarm 316 



Swarming Problem in the East 292 OUR HOMES 317 



Location for Apiary 294 POULTRY DEPARTMENT 320 



Yield of 9000 lbs. from 55 Colonies 297 Indian Runner Ducks 322 



Chasing a Swarm 2 % Miles 297 Fireless Brooders 322 



