GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



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Contents for December 1, 1912 



EDITORIAL ; 751 • 



Shipping Combless Bees 752 



STRAY STRAWS 754 



Honey in German Army 754 , 



Glass for Shipping Cases 754 J 



Acid in Syrup 754> 



Cotton Rags for Smokers 754'j 



Temperature for Bee-cellars 755 6 



Color of Honey 7555 



Carriers for Comb Honey 755 1 



Comb Honey vs. Extracted 755 1 



NOTES PROM CANADA 7565 



Nomenclature in Bee Terms '^^'^I 



Honev-boards vs. Cloths 756 I 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. 7571 



Patents, Useless 7571 



Weather and Comb Honey 757 a 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 758| 



Chadwick's Bicvcle Trip 758? 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 759 j 



Finding Black Queens '^^^J 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 760| 



American Foul Brood 7608 



Introducing-cage, Small's 762 | 



Apiarist 80 Years Old . .7631 



Experiences of Bee Inspector '^^^j 



White Clover, 160 Acres 766 1 



Winter Case for Six Colonies 766' 



Beekeeper, Young Kight 767 



Sweet Clover, White and Yellow 768 



Foundation, Fastening with Wax 769 



Soft Sugar for Feeding 770 



Flower Pollination 771 



Fences for Winter Protection 775 



Shipping Bees, Water for 776 



Stings for Blindness * 777 



HEADS OF GRAIN 778 



Bees Losing Stings 778 



Clipped Queen Killed by Bees 778 



Poison in Fruit-blossoms 778 



Hive-numbers 779 



Foam on Bottled Honey 779 



Wintering Upstairs 779 



Swarming in • October 779 



Fermentation of Honey 780 



Laying Workers, to Destroy 780 



Soured Honev of New Zealand 780 



OUR HOMES 781 



Weight of Body, to Reduce 781 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 784 



Forecasting Laving Hens 784 



Unfertile Eggs 785 



Doctoring Chickens 785 



TEMPERANCE 786 



Prohibition Prohibits 786 



Whisky and Brandy in Candy 786 



