GLEANIKGS IN BEE CULTURE 



CSbatttngs tn Tin Culture 



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



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Contents for October 15, 1913 



EDITORIAL 701 



Death of Jacob Huffman 701 



Bulletins on Bees 701 



Correction in Miller Introductoin Method. 702 



Special Numbers, Value of 702 



Combs Fastened in Sections 702 



Cell-building Colonies 703 



Ripening of Honey 703 



Texas Foul-brood Law 704 



STRAY STRAWS 705 



Smokers, Large 705 



Comb Honey by Parcel Post 705 



Truth in Advertisements 705 



Fresh Honey 3300 Years Old 706 



SIPTINGS ■ 707 



Southern Honey 707 



Compensation for Bees Destroyed 707 



Wiring Frames 707 



Honev in Stores 707 



Alfalfa, Time to Cut 708 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 708 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. . 709 



Movies and Beekeeping 709 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 710 



Difference in Bees 710 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 711 



Whitewashing Hives 711 



Old Honey, Flavor of 712 



Beginner's Experience 713 



Horse Killed by Bees 714 



Beekeeping as a Business 715 



Wintering Bees Outside 716 



Wintering Colonies Strong 718 



Bee-cellars Compared 720 



Swarm Taken in February 721 



Hives Protected bv Paper 724 



Paralvsis, Bee, to Cure 723 



Cluster, Position of 725 



Honey by Mail 726, 733 



Shaking Combs of Diseased Colony 726 



Beekeeping in Australia 728 



Sugar for' Bees 729 



Minnesota Notes 731 



Mice, to Screen out 731 



HEADS OF GRAIN 732 



Bees and Fruit 732 



Honey, Taste for 732 



Foundation, Position of 733 



Swarms and Foul Brood 734 



OUR HOMES 735 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 737 



Spravs 738 



Dash'een 738 



Amadumbe Dasheen 740 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 741 



Lime for Clover 741 



Permanganate for Poultry 742 



TEMPERANCE . . . ; 743 



