GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Contents for November 15, 1913 



editorial 789 Bee Inspection in Colorado 811 



Death of I. R. Good 789 Honest Advertisements 811 



Bees Shipped to Florida 789 Bees Handled by a Cripple 812 



Waterworks Apiary 790 Home-made Bee Fixtures 813 



Carniolans in Medina 790 Bees in Australia 813 



Aspinwall Hive 790 Bumble-bee Photographed 814 



Sections Filled with Drawn Comb 791 Concrete Bee-cellar a Success 815 



STRAY STRAWS 793 Entrance Contracted by Bees 816 



Special Numbers 793 Sweet Clover Boosted 816 



Unsealed Honey may bo Ripe 793 Winter Feeding 817 



SIFTINGS 794 Laying Workers Caught in the Act 818 



Sweet Clover and the Farmers 794 Smaller Entrances Demanded 819 



Entrance of the Hive, Position of 794 Hives on Cement Slabs 819 



Swarm Carries Foul Brood 795 Sowing Sweet Clover 819 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 796 Robbing Stopped with Horse Hair 820 



Bees as an Investment 796 HEADS OF GRAIN 821 



Forest Fires 796 Solution for Destroying Grass 821 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. .797 Smoke Method Criticised 821 



Heating Extracted Honey 797 Shade for Bees 821 



CONVERSATIONS Vv'ITH DOOLITTLE . 798 Bees Wintered in Cold Cellar 822 



Locality, Influence of 798 Shrinkage in Comb Honey 822 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 799 OUR HOMES 823 



Comb Honey, Packing for Market 799 Terry on Care of the Body 823 



Putting Foundation in Brood-frames 799 Bankers as Christians 826 



Smoke Method for Introducing 804 Alpargatas 826 



J. E. Hand on Comb Honey 805 Weather Prophets 827 



Handling Bees before a Class 808 Farming on Paper 827 



Beekeeping in New Zealand 809 High-pressure Gardening 828 



Honey Display by L. Werner 810 Poultry Department 830 



