GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



in California in a vear 295 ; Lyon, quotation from 

 756. 



McPhail, death of 744; Mailing cage, uniform, 

 wanted 816; Mailing samples of honey from foul- 

 broody apiaries 792; Marketing, lack of system in 

 39 ; Massachusetts Agriculture College field meet 

 621; Massachusetts, new organization in 743; Mat- 

 ing nuclei, trouble with 599 ; Mating stations a suc- 

 cess 362; Mating stations in Colorado 451; Melon 

 blossoms, bees as pollinators of 166; Middleman, 

 can honey producers do without? 600; Migratory 

 beekeeping and bulk comb honey 694; Migratory 

 beekeeping. Crane on 792; Milkweed as a honey- 

 plant 406, 469; Missouri State Convention 598; 

 Mistakes in beekeeping 283 ; Mitchell runs 50,000 

 miles 214; Mixing of bees among different hives 396; 

 Mouse-proof entrance 89 ; Moving bees with Buick 

 truck 213; Moving below zero in Hungary 69; Mov- 

 ing in hives about to fall apart 602 ; Moving honey, 

 brakes on wagon needed 456; Moving over 1000 

 miles, and securing crop 85 ; Moving thirteen miles 

 on flat car 5 ; Moving thirty colonies forty miles 

 688; Moving to orange districts 297; Moving two 

 carloads of bees one thousand miles 582 ; Moving 

 with entrances open 445, 507 ; Moths, Crane on 153 ; 

 Moths, Dr. Miller on 4, 69 ; Moths in Colorado 146 ; 

 Moths, why do they prefer old combs 295 ; Moths 

 in comb honey 816; Moths in comb honey after it 

 leaves the hive 491 ; Motorcycles for beekeepers 71 ; 

 Motorcycle for out-apiaries 208 ; Motorcycle trip in 

 California 578, 651, 758, 794; Motorcycle used by 

 English beekeeper 194. 



Nailing five hives 617; Nailing hives and frames 

 630; National Association plans for year 132; 

 National Association, would it benefit California bee- 

 keepers? 474; National plan for marketing 128; 

 Nectar flow, to tell when ceasing 816; Nectar from 

 orange blossoms 541 ; Nectar, jsroportion of sugar 

 and water in 492; Nectar, ripening of 169; New 

 Jersey, start with bees in 245 ; New Mexico apiary 

 in orchard 170; New York beekeepers' meeting 141; 

 New York convention, report of 177; New Zealand, 

 extracting uncapped honey not practiced in 265 ; 

 New Zealand field meet 628 ; Nuclei, how to build 

 up to strong colonies 145; Nuclei, number of bees 

 in 456; Nuclei over strong colonies for queen rear- 

 ing 336; Nucleus with virgin, result of brood in 

 489, 702; Numbering position, objection to 576; 

 Numbering stakes instead of hives 520 ; Numbers, 

 Crane on 792 ; Numbers made of rubberoid 601 ; 

 Numbers made of scraps of iron 718; Numbers, 

 manilla 432 ; Numbers, metal 490, 779 ; Numbers, 

 Miller on 328; Numbers, Scholl on 296, 507; Nur- 

 sery and introducing frame 663. 



Ohio convention report 286; Oklahoma annual 

 meeting 14 ; Oklahoma honey exhibit 18 ; Old books, 

 extracts from 595 ; Old combs, bees from, abnormal 

 size 262; Old-fashioned supplies 378, 650; Ontario 

 Association meeting 816; Ontario honey prospect 

 397; Orange blooming with snow three miles distant 

 297 ; Orange honey, eight tons from 240 colonies 

 435 ; Orange trees, nectar in 541 ; Orchards, great 

 demand for bees in 181; Oregon field meet 625; 

 Oregon, prospecting trip through 513; Organization 

 urged by Reddert 381; Organization \jrged for sell- 

 ing honey 632; Overland runs 25,000 miles 214; 

 Overstocking, Doolittle on 156. 



Packing colonies, inaccurate experiments in 631; 

 Packing whole row of hives 669 ; Painting hives, 

 when is good time for ? 286 ; Painting not recommend- 

 ed in Germany 294; Paint, value of 338, 506; 

 Paper cases better than wood 563 ; Paper for wrap- 

 ping hives in spring 144 ; Paper not sufficient pro- 

 tection in cold climates 180; Papers, writing articles 

 for 812; Paraffine for mending broken cappings 

 617, 743; Paralysis in southern Idaho 626; Paraly- 

 sis most serious in Australia 700 ; Parcels post, 

 Byer on 329 ; Parcels post charges confusing 648 ; 

 Parcels post. Dr. Miller on 612; Parcels post. Pos- 

 ter on 190; Parcels post in country of great dis- 

 tances 433 ; Parcels post saving over express 432 ; 

 Parrish, Walter M., death of 506, 602 ; Patents on 

 hives useless 757; Pawpaw of the South 254; Peach 

 tree, removing swarm from 274, 505 ; Peanut candy 

 for bees 59; Peninsula, bees on 670; Playing cards 

 to enable bees to find their hives 384, 540; Poisoned 

 bees, Bullamore on 803 ; Poisoned brood or disease 

 525 ; Poison from spray not found in honey 778 ; 

 Poison of sting, what is it? 468; Poisonous spray 

 kills bees 398; Pollen-basket, how loaded 740; Pol- 

 len from wild carrots 384; Pollen-gathering, is it a 

 sign of queen? 705, 718, 797; Pollen, how collect- 

 ed, Sladen on 172, 790 ; Pollen, how packed in cells, 



142 ; Pollen, too much in hives 59 ; Pollination im- 

 perfect, A. C. Miller on 165; Pollination of flowers 

 771; Portable extracting outfit 405; Potash soil 

 better for yellow bees 540; Potatoes in northern 

 Michigan frozen 118 ; Poultry and bees, comparative 

 values of 223, 505; Pound shipments, see Shipping 

 Bees without Combs; Premium list for Kansas State 

 Fair 471; Price of honey, is a high one desirable? 

 405 ; Producer's name on sections, Doolittle on 72 ; 

 Profit from 40 chickens 118; Profit in beekeeping, 

 Doolittle on 102; Profit per colony 682; Profitable 

 work, Doolittle on 265; Propolis, cleaning from 

 hives 816; Propolis, how colected 335; Public 

 schools, talks on bees at 6 ; Push-car and track for 

 beeyard 415 ; Pulsh-in-comlb introducing cage 762. 



Queen, abnormal 248 ; Queen advertising, exag- 

 gerations in 397; Queen, age when they begin to 

 fail 36; Queen and bees on comb 231; Queen, 

 Bedford's plan to find, Byer on 191; Queen, black, 

 to find when robbers are bad 759 ; Queen-cage 

 (andy without honey 504, 545, 635, 818; Queen- 

 cages, lining wire cloth of 744 ; Queen-cages, too 

 little room for candy in 455; Queen-cages too small 

 541; Queen-cell placed at entrance first 524; Queen- 

 cells, bees tearing down 544; Queen-cells built when 

 old queen is caged in hive 98; Queen-cells built in 

 horizontal frame 177, 224, 264, 480, 576, 612, 697; 

 Queen-cells, may they be found any time? 795; 

 Queen-cells, why did bees destroy ? 90 ; Queen, -clipped, 

 found sealed in cell 417; Queen dipped in water 

 before wings are clipped '744; Queen, does clipping 

 interfere with laying 70; Queen-excluders, doing 

 without 301 ; Queen-excluders with slots crosswise 

 418; Queen-finding sieve 83, 703, 818; Queen, hon- 

 ey vs. sugar for stimulating 754; Queen introduc- 

 tion, Yeomans on 367; Queen killed because unable 

 to accompany swarm 778; Queen laying nothing 

 but drone eggs 650 ; Queen lays in cells already 

 occupied 782 ; Queenless colonies and pollen 705, 718, 

 797; Queen not always injured by European foul 

 lirood 576; Queen orders should be filled promptly 

 581; Queen reared in hive with old one 37; Queen 

 rearing, horizontal-comb method 177, 224, 264, 480, 

 576, 612, 697; Queen rearing in Florida 180; 

 Queen-rearing, radical changes in predicted 684; 

 Queen rearing, Swiss method 294; Queens clipped 

 a nuisance 143 ; Queens clipped lay just as well 89, 

 145; Queens clipped not a nuisance 285; Queens, 

 difficultji. in introducing 490; Queens, fight be- 

 tween 69; Queens, how long can they be kept caged 

 in hive 490; Queens, must there be two to swarm? 

 669; Queens, old and young, in same hive 146; 

 Queens, postal ruling on mailing 684 ; Queens, qual- 

 ity of vital 797; Queens reared early 380, 468; 

 Queens, to get out of super 523 ; Queens, trans- 

 fering odor from 540 ; Queens superseded in spring 

 612; Queens, variation in 506; Queen that lived 

 eight years, though clipped 483 ; Queen, young, 

 progeny lighter colored 576; Quilts still used 756. 



Rain and moisture in California 651 ; Rain, lack 

 of in California 155 ; Rain-storm in Jamaica 806, 

 815; Ranges, desirability of in California 651; 

 Raspberries not yielding in Ontario 397; Record 

 system, A. C. Miller's 665, 762; Redwood hives, 

 are they immune to disease? 743; Rendering old 

 combs by the use of steam boiler 516; Reo driven 

 10,000 miles 193; Reo, six-year-old, cost of run- 

 ning 207 ; Reo used by J. A. Green 201 ; Reo used 

 for delivering honey 194; Reports, see crop reports; 

 Requeening, wholesale 52; Reversible frame 254; 

 Rheumatism, stings for 59, 82, 253, 267, 349, 382, 

 544 ; Right side of hive, how to tell 262 ; Ripening 

 honey artificially 265, 633, 721, 780, 801; Ripening 

 honey in unsealed cells 706; Robber-cage to fit top 

 of hive 521; Robbers attack nucleus 600; Robber 

 tent, Foster on 614; Robbing, Dr. Miller's sugges- 

 tion 69 ; Robbing prevented by feeding thin honey 

 69 ; Robbing, to stop bad case of 523 ; Robbing, wire- 

 cloth device to stop 384; Rock candy failure for 

 feeding 563; Root, L. C, as he is to-day 449; Rub- 

 beroid hive numbers 601. 



Sage flow doubtful 297 ; Sage injured by weevil 

 399; Sage-worm in California 578; Salesmanship, 

 essentials of 620; Sawdust v. planer-shavings for 

 cushion 99; Saw, Orton's home-made 377; Scale- 

 hive, records of 470; Scale-hives, more than one 

 needed 253; Scale-hive, value of 98; School-teach- 

 ing and beekeeping 584; Screen doors for honey- 

 house 431; Screening bees in winter 25i; Sealed 

 covers bad for single-walled hives 561 ; Sears a sat- 

 isfactory machine 208 ; Sears, trouble with 208 ; 

 Season peculiar at Marengo 432; Season reports 

 from different States 509 ; Sections, different sizes 



