GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



E. R. HOOT A. I. R( OT H. H. ROOT J. T. CALVERT 



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EDITORIAL 429 



Cleaning Cans 429 



Foul-brood Inspectors 429 



Beekeeping in Colorado 429 



Moving Bees without Screening 429 



J. E. Hand on Sick List 429 



Honey Crop Reports 430 



Denatured Alcohol for Removing Propolis. 430 

 Rauchfuss on Colorado Grading Rules;.. 431 



STRAY STRAWS 432 



Hive-tags 432 



Distance Bees Plv 432 



SIFTINGS 433 



Hand Bottom-board 433 



Railroads, Benefits of 433 



Postal Laws 433 



Swarming, to Prevent 433 



Cold Wind, Eflfect of 433 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. .434 



Crop Reports '. . 434 



Bulk Comb Honev 434 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 435 



Grading Water- white Honey 435 



Orange Honey in California 435 



Foul-brood Laws 435 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE .436 



Management of Supers 436 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 437 



Flowers of North America 437 



Bluflf Legislation 439 



Screen Doors for Honey-houses 441 



Kenyon's Screen Door 441 



Dewey Foundation Fastener 445 



Moving Bees with Open Entrances 445 



Colony, Large Average from 449 



L. C. Root 449 



Colorado, by E. F. Phillips 450 



Wax-moths in Colorado 450 



Bees and Fruit 450 



Pure Matings 451 



Colorado Honey-producers' Association. . .451 



Cappings, to Drain ^ . 452 



Alcohol to Clean Sections 454 



Clover-seed Stripper 454 



HEADS OP GRAIN 455 



Kerosene-cans for Honey.,; 455 



Florida Honey Crop 455 



Queen-cage, Improved 455 



Warning to Beekeepers 455 



Space for Shipment of Bees 456 



Showcase for Honey 456 



Bees in a Nucleus . '. 456 



Hybrids Resist Cold Weather 456 



OUR HOMES 457 



Living to Old Age 457 



Sunday Excursions 459 



Capital Punisliment 459 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 460 



Natural-hen Incubators 460 



Eggs Stained with Blood 461 



Florida in Summer 461 



Everglades of Florida 461 



TEMPERANCE 462 



Taft Censured 462 



Prevention vs. Cure 462 



Law Enforcement 462 



Hobson's Speech 463 



Tobacco-growing in Ohio 463, 464 



