GLEAJs^INGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Contents for August 15, 1913 



EDITORIAL 557 Impressions of a Beginner 568 



Honey a Concentrated Food 558 Bees in Bavaria 569 



Bees and Queens in Great Demand 558 Bees to Pollenize Apricots 569 



Introducing with Smoke 558 Slumgum from Solar Extractor 570 



Tariff on Honey 558 Florida Apiary 571 



Frame-tongs 559 Hive-pliers 572 



Inspection, Advantages of 559 Beekeeping a Sport 574 



Wire Fences 559 O. C. Skinner 574 



Retrospect of Beekeeping 560 Straining Honey when Extracted 576 



Negligent Beekeepers 560 Two Swarms in a Buggy 577 



Ventilated Escape-board 561 Wire Cloth for Escape-boards 577 



Conventions, Dates of 561 Dasheens in Medina 578 



Bees as Fertilizers 561 Combs Outside of the Hive 579 



STRAY STRAWS 563 Stray Swarms Hived on Starters 579 



Grading Section Honey 563 Choosing a Breeder 580 



Winter Nests 563 When to Introduce Virgins 580 



SIFTINGS 564 HEADS OF GRAIN 581 



One-piece Sections 564 Nuclei Swarming Out 581 



Alfalfa Not Pollinated by Bees 564 Queens Dying in Cages 581 



Feeding back Honey 564 Alfalfa, Time" to Cut 581 



Pussv Willow and Honev 564 Bees in a City Apiary 581 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 565 Ants, to Kill 582 



Sac Brood Gaining 565 Hive-scraper, Handy 582 



Trouble in Introducing 565 Cocoons, Appearance of 583 



Soapbox Beekeeper 565 Honev, where to Keep 583 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. .566 Queens Laying in Sections 583 



Net- weight Packages 566 Bees and Cliickens 584 



Beekeepers, Union of 566 Comb Built to Fences , 584 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE .567 OUR HOMES 585 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 568 NOTES OP TRAVEL 586 



