GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



O^bamttgs In TSn Culture 



E. R. ROOT 



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Contents for July 1, 1913 



editorial 477 



McEvoy, Death of 477 



Muffins and New Honey 477 



Honey Production in Aledina 478 



Uncapping-knives 178 



Peterson Capping-melter 478 



Hone> -pump . . . 47S 



Gravity Settling-tank .478 



Automatic Trucks 478 



Cranberries on Cape Cod 478 



Bees and Cranberries 478 



Honev Crop for 1913 479 



STRAY STRAWS . . . , 481 



Pollen in Sections 181 



Cigarettes and Whisky -iSl 



Winter Brood-nests. . '. 48',? 



SIFTINGS MZ 



Nectar, Variation in 483 



Inserts and Flowers . . 483 



Spring in Vermont 4.^3 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA.. . .184 



Golden Italians Ahead 484 



Paralysis Cured bv Transferrin-.;. . . .4184 



California Foul-brood Bill Killed 484 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWE.ST. -185 



Hives, Cost of Home-made 'IS.') 



Bulk Comb Honev in Texas 4S5 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE .486 



Keeping Combs through the Sun^mer. . .3 86 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 487 



Bees and Color 4S7 



Bees Dislike Black Furs -asg 



Bees Sting Black Hat. . . .■ 490 



Requeening 490 



Laying Workers 490 



Mating of Queens . .490 



Laving Workers from Overfed Lavv*.' -390 



W." P. Collins, of Colorado r.)l 



Comb Built in a Tree . J93 



Fertilizing Queens at a Station 493 



Mating-stations 497 



Hatch^ Press for Wax 408 



Toads 498 



Granulated Honev for Market ."iOO 



Sweet Clover for Stock .'iOO 



Sifting to Find Queens .501 



Honev, to Get from Sweet Clover 502 



HEADS OF GRAIN 503 



Hive-stand, Cheap 503 



Queens, to Find 503 



Control of After-swarms :'>or' 



Bees in Car Lots f'O I 



Introducing Virgins . .504 



OUR HOMES 505 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 510 



TEMPERANCE 511 



