GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE 



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



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Contents for December 1, 1913 



Bees in Moving Pictures 833 



Honey Day in Indiana 833 



Ohio Pure-food Law 834 



Muffins and Honey 835 



The Toronto Convention 835 



Snow for Outdoor Colonies 836 



STRAY STRAWS 837 



Queens bv Mail 837 



Bees Hauled in Open Hives 837, 840 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. 838 



Variations in Color of Honey 838 



Comb v. Extracted Honey 838 



Sac Brood in Minnesota 838 



Poulbrood Legislation 839, 855 



NOTES FROM CANADA 840 



Tobacco Smol<e for Bees 840 



Cleanness of Extracted Honev 841 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. .842 



Painting Hives 842 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 843 



Notes, Negotiable and Otherwise 843 



Smokers, Size of 843 



Holtermann, Visit with 844 



Steam Uncapper 847, 848 



Requeening Without Dequeening 850 



Requeening Without Killing the Queen... 851 



Two Queens in a Hive 851 



Sketch of Harry Crawford 852 



Birthplace of Langstroth Hive 853 



Inspection of Bees 856 



Swarms Carry Foul Brood 856 



American Foul Brood 857 



Feeding Sugar Syrup 858 



Honey by Parcel Post 859 



Immunity to Stings 860 



Bees Flying in Winter 860 



Paralysis, Avoiding 861 



Binding journals 862 



HEADS OP GRAIN 863 



Extracting in September 863 



Cutting Comb Honey 863 



Foundation v. Full Combs. .' 864 



Shaking for Foul Brood 864 



OUR HOMES 365 



Bungalow of A. I. Root 865 



Deaf, Instruments for 867 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 869 



Sweet Clover Criticised 869 



Sweet Clover for Poor Land 870 



Alfalfa, How to Use 870 



Mosquitoes, Source of 871 



Florida for Beekeepers 871 



Honev as a Medicine 871 



TEMPERANCE 872 



God's Kingdom Coming 872 



Saloons Near Workshops 872 



