GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



E. R. ROOT A. I. ROOT H. H. ROOT J. T. CALVERT 



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Contents for October 1, 1912 



editorial 609 



Press Reports on Crops 609 



Canadian Bee Bulletin 609 



Muth Co. Burned Out 609 



Crop Conditions 609 



Comb V. Extracted Honej' 610 



Special Numbers 610 



Ripening Honey Artificially 611 



STRAY STRAWS 612 



Rural Mail Delivery ...612 



Iron in Blood 612 



Young Bees as Stingers 612 



NOTES FROM CANADxx 613 



Clover Prospect in Canada 613 



Cellar Wintering 613 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKiEs'614 



Sunflower Honey 614 



Time to Cut Alfalfa 614 



Sweet Clover in Canada 614 



Stealing Honey 614 



Robber Tents 614 



Loafing Bees, to Manage 614 



Unoccupied Bee Territory 614 



Feeding Extracted Honey 614 



Bulk Comb Honey 615 



Colorado Honev Crop 615 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA.' .'i!. .'616 



Bees and Large Entrances 616 



Honey Crop in Georgia 616 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE ' 617 



Underground Cellars 617 



Leaves for Packing 617 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 618 



Bee-lines 6i8 



Windbreaks in Winter 619 



Salesmanship • • • • 620 



Massachusetts Field Meet .621 



Idaho Summer Meeting 625 



Field Day in New Zealand 628 



Sheds for Protection 628 



Honey-house and Hive-shed 629 



Home-made Hives 630 



Wintering Problem 630 



Organization of Producers 632 



Ripening Honev — Hopkins Reviewed. ... 633 



Fondant Honey 635 



HEADS OF GRAIN 636 



Honey-liouse Bee-escape 63b 



Honey from Second Clover Crop 636 



Eggs Hatched Artificially 636 



Price of Honey 636 



Chickens Eating Bees 637 



One-hole Feeder 637 



Blending Honey 638 



Full Sheets of Foundation Discarded. ... 638 



Skunks, to Catch 638 



OUR HOMES 639 



TEMPERANCE 643 



Wliisky as a Medicine 643 



Women and Cigarettes 644 



