Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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EDITORIAL 33 



Bulletins on Bee Diseases 38 



Wintering Bees in Clamps 33 



I'rices of Honey, when Highest 34 



National Legislative Committee 34 



Constitution of National 34 



Honey, Time to Sell 35 



STRAY STRAWS 36 



Color of Honey 36 



Bees Discharging in Flight 36 



^^'ings. Wearing of Clipped Ones . . .36 



i^ueens, Time to Replace 36 



SIFTINOS 37 



Smoke from Cotton 37 



Sugar, Kind to Feed 37 



Average Yields of Honey 37 



BEE-KKKPIN(i IN THE SOUTHWEST 38 



Texas Honey 38 



Field Meetings in Texas 38 



bi<;e-ivkkpin(4 in California 39 



Bees Fying 15 Miles 39 



Marketing Honey 39 



Decapitating Brood 39 



CoNN'lORSATKtNS WITH DOOLITTLE 40 



Bees Amid Blossoms. 40 



(iKNERAL CORRESPONDENCE 40 



Isle-of-Wight Bee Disease 41 



Supporting Fovmdation 42 



Wintering in West Virginia 43 



James Heddon, Death of 44 



Bees on the Appalachicola 46 



Capping-raelters, when Needed 49 



Chains to Support Hives 49 



Bees Pay for 160 Acres 50 



Hive-lifting Device 50 



Sections, to Dampen 51 



Bees in Virginia 52 



Requeening, Wholesale 52 



Moving Bees 15 Miles 53 



Flowers, Colors of 53 



Foul-brood I>aw in ( 'alifornla. 55 



Bee Notes from PXirope 56 



Stings and Dark Clothes 57 



Dark 1 1 oney as a Food 57 



Price of Sugar 57 



Feeder, one-hole 57 



HEADS ( )F ( iRAIN 58 



Increase — How to Make it 58 



Bees Wintering with No Protection 58 



Queen, How to Find 59 



Lady, Success of 59 



Brood-rearing in Winter 59 



Rheumatism Healed by Stings 59 



Peanut Candy for Bees 59 



Pollen, Too Much in Hives 59 



Upward ^'etilation 59 



Corrugated Paper, Use of 59 



OUR HOMKS 60 



Florida Fruits 62 



Ewing Blackberry 62 



Dynamite to Set Trees 62 



Large Families 62 



Indian Runner Ducks 62 



Sweet ( 'lover in South Dakota 63 



TEMPERANCE 64 



Liquor in Prohibition States 6^ 



