Gleanings In Bee Culture 



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EDITORIAL 149 



Bees Needed for Orchards 149 



Season Prospects 149 



Oranges and Bees 150,168 



Hard Candy, to Make 150 



Bees as Pollinators 150 



Bees and Grapes 152, 181 



Spi-aying. Time for 151 



Bees, Value of in Orchards 151 



STRAY STRAWS 152 



Bumblebees Replaced Artificially 152 



Larvffi, Pronunciation of 152 



Beekeeping Going Back in United States. . .152 



Hybrids, Dr. Miller's 152 



Bees Near Orchards 152, 153, 181 



SIFTINGS 153 



Foundation. Value of to Bees 153 



Buckwheat, Time of Yield 153 



Moths Laying Eggs in Sections 153 



Flowers, Value of 153 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 154 



Bee Culture and Agriculture 154 



Sex in Plants 154 



Bees and Fruit 154 



Poison-sprays and Bees 154 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 155 



Education and Honey 155 



Drastic County Ordinances 155 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. ... 156 



Overstocking 156 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 157 



Bees and Fruit Culture 157, 171 



Bees and Sound Fruit 158 



Cook, A. J., Fruit Commissioner 159 



Tobacco lor Honey ,162 



Pollination, Imperfect 165 



Spring Dwindling, to Avoid 166 



Bees and Melon-blossoms 166 



Bees and Oranges 150,168 



Land Sharks of Texas 168 



Living Close to Nature 169 



Ripening of Nectar 169 



Orchard in New Mexico 170 



Bees as Fertilizers of Fruit 171 



Pollen, How Collected : 172 



Plants and Insects 172 



Ohio Spraying Law 174 



Bees in Orchards 175 



Spraying Solution, Repellent 176 



New York Convention 177 



Honey-crop Reports 178 



Langstroth Frame Defended 179 



HEADS OF GRAIN 180 



Beehunting Pays 180 



Paper as a Winter Protection 180 



Honey Vinegar, Recipe for 181 



