GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Contents for November 1, 1913 



editorial 745 Fair at Hartford 755 



Honey-cured Hams 745 Foul-brood Inspection in Idaho 760 



Automobile Trucks 745 Wintering with Screen in Bottom-board. . .763 



Sweet Clover in Oklahoma 745 Hawks, Trapping 763 



Swarming, Control of 746 Robbing, to Prevent 764 



Carniolans as Swarmers 746 Moving Bee E.xhibit 50 Miles 765 



Miller Smoke Method 746 Paralysis or Poisoning 765 



Moving Bees South in Winter 767 Locality and Hives 767 



Biology, Elementary 748 Danzenbaker Hive 767 



STRAY STRAWS." 749 Outdoor Colony 768 



Teeth, Care of 749 Cautions about Direct Introduction 768 



Alfalfa, Time to Cut 749 Bumble-bees, Routing 769 



Foundation, to Wire 749 Carniolans and their Crosses 769 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 750 Comb Honey vs. Extracted 770 



Lumber, Price of 750 Queens Injured in Mails 771 



Swarm-catcher, Novel 750 Hive with Open Back 772 



Hives Soaked in Oil 750 Inventory of Beevard 774 



NOTES FROM CANADA 751 Auto Trucks for Out-apiaries 775 



Warm October in Canada 751 Greasy Waste for Smokers 775 



Bees Working Four Miles 751 HEADS OP GRAIN 776 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. 752 Combs Melting on Hot Days 776 



Colorado vs. Georgia 752 A^entilated Escape-boards ^ . .776 



Swarming in Colorado 752 Colony-odor Theory Doubted 777 



Season in Colorado 752 Sulphur and Salt for Diseased Bees 778 



Increase in August and September 753 OUR HOMES 779 



Plateau Vallev, Col 753 HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 782 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 754 High-pressure Corn Culture 783 



Moving Bees 754 Logan Berry 784 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 755 POULTRY DEPARTMENT 787 



