GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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E. R. ROOT 



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Contents for July 1, 1913 



EDITORIAL 432 



Honey Crop in Medina 434 



Amherst Convention 434 



Bees as Pollinators 434 



Fondant for Bee-cages 435 



Bees in Combless Packages 436 



Soil for Clovers 436 



NOTES FROM CANADA 438 



Southern Honey 438 



Temperature for "Wintering 439 



Ventilation for Bees 439 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. 440 



Hive-records, Complicated 440 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 441 



Profits in Beekeeping 441 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 442 



Hives and Dummies for Comb Honey 442 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 443 



Better Honey-packages Needed 443 



Producing what is Called for 444 



Steam-boiler to Ripen Honey 444 



Honey in Stores 445 



Advertising Honey 446, 447 



Selling Honey in Arizona 447 



Storekeeper on Selling Honey 449 



Selling Honey to the Consumer 451 



Selling Dark Honey 452 



Honey in New Zealand 453 



Selling Honey to Retailers 455 



Selling from House to House 458 



Advertising Honey Pays 458 



Competing with Cheap Honey 460 



Selling Comb Honey by "Weight 461 



Net "Weight on Food Packages 462 



Beekeeping in New Zealand 462 



Longevity in Bees 463 



Open-air Feeding 464 



Rope Attracts Swarms 464 



HEADS OF GRAIN 465 



Grading Honey by Color 465 



Comb and Extracted at the Same Price. . .465 



Honey by Parcel Post 465 



Alfalfa Honey Granulates Quickly 465 



Photographs of Swarms 466 



Paste for Labels 466 



OUR HOMES 467 



Portv Years with the Bees 469 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 470 



Dasheens 470 



Flour from Dasheen 470 



Baked Dasheens 471 



Amadumbe of Africa 471 



Moth-balls for Vermin 472 



TEMPERANCE 472 



