GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Contents for October 1, 1913 



EDITORIAL 665 Bees in City 678 



Embargo on Bees in California 665 Bees 1000 Miles by Express 678 



Texa-s Foul-brood Law 665 Byer's Frame-nailer 679 



Bees in Strained Honey 665 Bee-sheds for Winter and Summer 681 



Insurance on Bees 665 Winter-case for 12 Hives 682 



Honey, Moving Early 666 Bees, 12 Stands in a Chicken-house 685 



New Italian Bee-book 667 Farm Bought with Bees 686 



Introducing by Smoke 667, 684, 692 Bee-cellar, Miller's 686 



Laying Workers with Laying Queen 667 Color Sense of Bees 687 



Beekeeping in Norway 668 Introducing to Old Virgins 690 



STRAY STRAWS 669 HEADS OP GRAIN 691 



Queen Stings a Worker 669 Honey in Dry Weather 691 



Book-record of Hives 669 Moisture Bad for Wintering 691 



Nectar in Sweet Clover 669 Feeding Honey to Fill Sections 691 



NOTES FROM CAI^ADA 670 Water-bottle for Queen-cages 692 



Buckwheat Honey in Canada 670 Sac Brood , 692 



Colonies Strong out of Season 670 Queens Lost in Wind 692 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 671 OUR HOMES 692 



Swarming, to Prevent 671 Secrets, Selling 696 



Color of Alfalfa Honey 671 HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 697 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES . 672 Corn, Cost of 697 



Bees and Parcel Post 672 Dasheen in West Indies 697 



Psychology of Increase 672 Dasheen at Battle Creek 697 



Educational Apiarv in London 672 Dasheen in South Africa 698 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 673 Dasheen in Trinidad 698 



Grading and Crating Comb Honey 673 Dasheen in Ohio 698 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 674 Guada Bean 699 



New Plan for Comb Honey 674-677 TEMPERANCE 699 



Comb Honey, 214 lbs. from One Colony. . .677 Kansas, Prosperity of 699 



