GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



E. R. KOOT A. I. R('OT H. H. ROOT J. T. CALVERT 



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EDITORIAL 359 



Section Honey before May 21 359 



Death of J. S. Hawkins 359 



Spraying. Effect on Bees 359 



Robber Cages 360 



Honey Prospects 360 



European Foul Brood, Cause of 360 



Nature of Cuban and Haitien Honey 361 



Shipping Bees from Florida to Medina 361 



STRAY STRAWS 362 



Rietsche Presses 362 



Hybrid, Objections to the Word 362 



Feeding Sugar in Brood-chamber 362 



SIFTINGS 363 



Saloon Question 363 



Loss of Bees In Vermont 363 



Specialties in Business 363 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 364 



Bulk Comb Honey 364 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE... 365 



Worker Comb Without Foundation 365 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 366 



Swarming, Prevention of 366 



Dr. E. F. Phillips In Colorado 367 



Red Flowers of North America 369 



Shipping Bees North 371 



Migratory Beekeeping 371 



Beekeeping in Quebec 375 



Book-keeping for Beekeepers 376 



Orton's Home-made Saw 377 



Steps Backward in Beekeeping 378 



Swarm Prevention 379 



Shallow Dummies in Ten-frame Hives 381 



Fellowship among Beekeepers 381 



Stings Relieve Rheumatism 382 



HEADS OF GRAIN 383 



Bee-tent on Wheels 383 



Shipping Bees by Water 383 



Robbing, Device to Stop 384 



Pollen of Wild Carrots 384 



Bees and Playing-cards 384 



Spacing-staples, to Locate 384 



OUR HOMES 385 



Wright Brothers 386 



Titanic Disaster 387 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 388 



Chufas. or Earth Almonds 388 



Sweet Clover to Inoculate Soil 388 



Pokeweed for Greens 389, 390 



Golden Bantam Corn 389 



Hellebore 390 



Tobacco-growing in Ohio 390 



Cigarettes, Judge Burke on 390 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 391 



Incubators, Fraudulent 391 



Hopper for Wet Mash 391 



Indian Runner Ducks 392 



Blood-streaked Eggs 392 



