GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



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Contents for December 15, 1913 



editorial 873 



Food Value of Honey 873 



Alfalfa, when to Cut 873 



Rochester Convention 873 



Bees Shipped to Florida 874 



Dr. C. C. Miller 874 



Hand System for Comb Honey 875 



STRAY STRAWS 877 



Honey, Profits on 877 



Hives, Painting 878 



Dr. Miller's Report for 1913 878 



SIPTINGS 879 



Sac Brood 879 



Honey in Small Packages 879 



Record Books for Apiary 879 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 880 



Beekeeper Scattering Foul Brood 880 



Soil, Effect on Color 880 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. . 881 



Southwest Texas 881 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. .882 



Foundation in Sections 882 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 883 



Beekeeping in Ontario 883 



English Beekeeping 885 



Shaking for Foul Brood 887 



Blizzard of Nov. 9 888 



Bees and College Finances 892 



Beekeeping in Oregon 895 



European Foul Brood 897 



Quebec Convention 898 



Beekeeping in Minnesota University 899 



Alfalfa, Time to Cut 900, 901, 902 



Walls of Hives 902 



Food Value of Honey 904 



HEADS OP GRAIN 905 



Bees in Refrigerator Car 905 



Increase in September 905 



Honey Vinegar 906 



Queens Raised in Upper Stories 906 



Drones, Color of 906 



Bees Stealing Eggs 907 



German Parcel Post 907 



Smoke Method a Success 907, 908 



Honey bv Freight, C. O. D 908 



Melting Infected Combs 908 



OUR HOMES 909 



New Jersey Imbeciles 909 



Hookworms in Florida 910 



Roaches in Florida 910 



NOTES OP TRAVEL 911 



HEALTH NOTES 913 



Hot-water Injections 913 



Sex Hygiene 913 



Whisky for Invalids 914 



Indians and Liquor 914 



