GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Contents for October 15, 1912 



editorial 645 



Parcels Post 645, 648 



Work of a Queen 645 



Shipping Bees Without Comb 646, 649 



Colorado Bee Inspection 647 



STRAY STRAWS 648 



Sweet Clover Proscribed 648 



Temperature of Cellar 648 



Bees Killed in Transit 649 



Swiss Plan of Introduction 649 



SIFTINGS 650 



Coloring Bees to Identify 650 



Blueweed for Honey 650 



Bee-supplies, Useless 650 



Colorado Association 650 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 651 



Bee Ranges, Good 651 



Southern California 651 



Beekeeping in the Southwest 652 



Cotton Honey 652 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 653 



Bee-cellars 653 



Review of Lovell's Article 654 



Bee Thoughts — Poem 656 



Comb, How Built 657 



Beetles Annoying Bees 658 



Pour Entrances in Winter 658 



Sweet-clover Seed in Oats 660 



Bees Losing Stings 660 



Sumac, Big Yield from 661 



Apiary in a Flood 662 



Craze for Color 662 



Nursery and Introducing-frame 663 



European Foul Brood 663 



Iron Hive-stand 664 



Miller Record System 665 



Excessive Swarming in August 6G8 



Bees Stinging Drones 668 



HEADS OF GRAIN 669 



Bees Desert a Layer-worker Queen 669 



Brood under Water, yet Hatched 669 



Laying Workers, Removing 670 



Burlap A^v^lings on Hives 670 



Beekeeper 80 Years Old 670 



Feeding in Cold Weather 671 



Escape-board to Unite Colonies 670 



OUR HOMES 671 



Beekeeper's Family Troubles 671 



Earlv Marriages 672 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 675 



Forecasting Laying Hens 675 



Surplus Roosters 675 



Mustard for Hens 676 



TEMPERANCE 676 



Cigarettes in China 677 



Growing Tobacco by Boys 677 



Infantile Paralysis 677 



Our Governors, Wet or Dry 677 



Cars and Beer-wagons 678 



Accidents on Sunday 678 



