Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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EDITORIAL 185 



Cheap Honey for Manufacturing 185 



Wiley, Resignation of 185 



Pamphlet on Sweet Clover 185 



Reports on W intering 186 



Honey in Cooking 187 



Honey Bread 187 



Automobiles Discussed 187, 188 



STRAY STRAWS 189 



Census Figures on Bee 189 



Colonies, Strength of 189 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES.. 190 



Parcels Post an Issue 190 



NOTES FROM CANADA 191 



Sealed Coders 191 



Queens, to Find .191 



Fences for Windbreaks Condemned 191 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOO LITTLE.. . .192 

 Transferring Bees 192 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 193 



Automobile Symposium 193—211, 213, 214 



Wintering. Latham on 212 



Putting Bees on Summer Stands 212 



HEADS OF GRAIN 213 



Tires, Solid versus Pneumatic 213 



Carrying Honey on an Automobile 213 



Moving Bees on a Buick Truck 213 



Friction Transmission 213 



Ford Auto Recommended 213 



Cement Track for Automobile 214 



Mitchell Auto Runs 50,000 Miles 214 



Auto as a Time-saver -214 



Cartercar Recommended 214 



Brush Automobile 214 



OUR HOMES 215 



Springs and Ducks 215 



Ducks Taken by Owls 217 



Sweet Clover Discussed 218 



