Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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editorial 64 



Packing Hives for Winter 66 



Bee Census for 1910 67 



STKAY STKAWS 69 



Drink and Crime 69 



Shipping T?ees in ^\'inte^ 69 



Feeding to Prevent Robbing 69 



Sweet Clover as a Soil-renovator 69 



NOTKS FROM CANADA 70 



Carbolic Acid to Quiet Bees 70 



Solar Wax-extractors Condemned 70 



Caves for Wintering Bees. 70 



Clipping (Hieens . 70 



BEF-ICEKPIXG AM( )XG THE ROCKIES. ..71 



Autos for Bee-keepers 71 



Honey Prices in Colorado 71 



Bee-keeping ICxtension 71 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 72 



Names on Sections of Honey 72 



( ;KNER AL CORRESPONDENCE 73 



Hive Protection 7;^ — 79 



Department Editors 79 



Bee-keeping in Florida 80 



A. B. Marchant 80 



Elevated Apiaries 81 



Stings for Itheumatisra 82 



< Jueen-flnding Sieve 83 



Bee-keeping in England, 83 



Bees in a Two-foot f^og 84 



California Bee Association 84 



Moving Bees 1000 IVIiles 85 



Fences v. Solid Separators 86 



(Meats, Wide v. Narrow 86 



Foundation Splints 87 



HEADS ( )F ( ;RA1N 88 



Frequency Necessary to Inspect Bees 88 



Time to Remove ( lid Combs 88 



Cappiug-melters Darken Honey .88 



Swarm when (Queens were Ready to Hatch 88 



Honey Transmitting P'oul Brood 88 



Bees Returning to old Location 88 



Italians Criticised 89 



Mouse-proof Entrance 89 



Low Temperature Makes Bees Uneasy 89 



Association of Inspectors 89 



Cellar Wintering Defended 89 



Clipping Does Not Injure (Queens 89 



Watering Bees in a Cellar 90 



Diagonal Line of Drone-cells 90 



(ireasy \\'aste Dangerous 90 



Camphor in Carbolic-cloth Solutions 90 



■ Bees Barred from Imperial Co 90 



(irass. How to Kill it 90 



OCR HOMES 91 



Pumpkin Pie, I>r. Wiley on 92 



Opium, Morphine, etc 93 



Forecasting Layers Among Hens 93 



KIND WORDS 93 



Success with 11 Children 94 



Bee-keeper 89 Years Old 94 



