4 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Clbamngfi in 'Un Culture 



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Contents for September 15, 1913 



EDITORIAL 62S Brood Surface in Hives 643 



Honev as a Food 629 Beekeeping: in Indiana 645 



Honey Crop for 1913 629 Isle-of-^Vnght Disease 647 



Visit from Mr. Rheese 629 Snowdrop for Honey in Idaho 648 



Careless Beekeepers 630 Fences for Windbreaks 649 



Bee Bulletins 630 Texas Foul-brood Law 649 



Italians Immune to Foul Brood 631 Smokers, Size of 651 



Basswood Yard 631 Bee Culture in Florida 652 



STRAY STRAWS 633 Wintering Nuclei in One Hive 652 



Alfalfa, Time to Cut 633 HEADS OP GRAIN 653 



Parcel Post 633 Live-bee Stunts 653 



SIPTINGS 634 Honey by Mail a Failure 653 



Stings, Effect of 634 Prevention of Swarming 654 



Shipping Honev 634 Preparing for Next Season in Fall 654 



BEEKEEPING' IN CALIFORNIA 635 Young Beekeeper, Success of 654 



Alfalfa Yields Honey near Ocean 635 Propolis, Uses of 655 



Skunks in California , 635 Wintering in Ice-cooled Room 655 



Cook, A. J., Vindicated 635 Queen-rearing 655 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. .636 Shipping Bees Far 656 



Locating Hives 636 Alfalfa, Tonnage of 656 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 637 Wintering Queens in Nuclei 656 



Honey, How Made 637 Connecticut Foul-brood Law 656 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 638 OUR HOMES 657 



Economy in Queen-rearing 638 Changing Homes 658 



English Sparrows 638 Churches Combining 659 



Dentist Produces Honey 639, 640 HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 660 



Beekeeping and Poultry 639 Barren Cornstalks 660 



Hamilton Co. Fair 641 HEALTH NOTES 661 



Frank Rauchf uss 642 Water- witches 661 



