GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



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Contents for September 1, 1913 



EDITORIAL 593 



Convention Dates 593 



Amherst College 593 



Swarmins:, to Prevent 593 



Two Virgins in a Hive 594 



Introducing by Smoke Plan 594 



Water for Bees in Cages 595 



Honev-crop Reports 596 



STRAY STRAWS 599 



Entrances at Top 599 



Drugs for Foul Brood 599 



Waste for Smokers 599 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 600 



Fires in Apiaries 600 



Greasewood ' 600 



Records for Apiaries 600 



NOTES PROM CANADA 601 



Drones Consregating 601 



Ontario Honev Crop 601 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. 602 



Western Comb Honey 602 



Remodeling Hives 602 



Cost of Beekeeping 602 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 603 



Drones, Number Necessarv 603 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 604 



Experimental Bee Work 604 



Removing Bees from Walls 606 



Honesty in Advertising Queens 607 



Starting Queen-cells 610 



Beekeeping, Profits of 611 



African Bees Sting Black 612 



Honey-dew on Pine 614 



Apiaries Near Nectar 614 



New Zealand Convention 615 



Steam Knife 616 



Honey -pump 616 



Caging Queen to Prevent Swarming 618 



HEADS OF GRAIN 619 



Honev from Diseased Colonies 619 



Phillips in Porto Rico 620 



Woman Likes Beekeeping 620 



Smashed Combs in a Tree 620 



OUR HOMES 621 



Water for Bees bv Mail 621 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 624 



Hvbrids 624 



New Celery Culture 625 



Squash-bugs 625 



Hoe-cakes 625 



Dasheen, Phillips on 626 



TEMPERANCE 627 



Drunkenness in School 627 



Women Vote against Saloon 627 



Taking Babv to Polls 627 



Verdict by Women 628 



Moiave Desert Votes Drv 628 



Boys' Corn Club 628 



