GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



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Contents for November 1, 1912 



EDITORIAL 679 



Winter Supply of Stoves 679 



Death of J. S. Harbison 679 



Questions on Wintering 680 



STRAY STRAWS 682 



Alcohol, Meat, and Sugar 682 



Bee Inspectors, Value of 682 



Value of Bees in England 682 



Shipping-cases Discussed 683 



Hybrid, Meaning of 683 



NOTES FROM CANADA 684 



Queens, Modes of Rearing 684 



Queens, Rules for Mailing 684 



Candy Without Honey 684 



Italians Ahead 684 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 685 



Economy in Beekeeping 685 



Bulk Honey iu Colorado 685 



Colorado for Young Men 685 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 686 



Extracted Honey vs. Comb 686 



California Beekeepers 686 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 687 



Honey, Selling 687 



GENERAL CORESPOND.ENCE 688 



Moving 30 Colonies 40 Miles 688 



White Clover from May to October 690 



Creating a Local Market 691 



Austria, 180 lbs. per Colony in 693 



Teaching Apicnltiirc (o Boys 693 



Honev-house and Work-shoiJ 693 



Back-lot Apiary in St. Paul 694 



Production of Bulk Comb Honey 694 



Double-walled Hive 696 



Queen-cells, to Secure 697 



Trading Honey by Color 698 



Locality and Choice of Hive 699 



Bee Paralysis in Australia 700 



Hives Numbered by Position 702 



Wintering with Strong Colonies 702 



Finding Queens bv Sifting 703 



HEADS OF GRAIN 704 



Drone Comb, Getting Rid of 704 



Shaken-swarm Plan 704 



Eucalyptus Burned 704 



Pollen a Sign of a Queen 705 



Fermentation of Honey 705 



'Vutomatic Hiving 705 



Second-hand Cans in Australia 705 



Tribute to R. L. Taylor 705 



Coffee A Sugar Not Sold 705 



Carbon Bisulphide vs. Sulphur 700 



Wintering in a ('ellar 706 



Hives in Paris 706 



Stings Cure Rheumatism 706 



Bees Eaten bv Chickens 706 



OUR HOMES 707 



Yellow Sweet Clover 708 



TEMPERANCE 709 



(^tlvert's Lettei- from Paris 713 



