GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



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Contents for December 15, 1912 



EDITORIAL 787 



American Bee Journal 787 



Cure for Spring Dwindling 787 



Ripening Honey Artificially 787 



Eggs Given to Virgin Queen 788 



Retrospect for 1912 788 



STRAY STRAWS 790 



Pollen, How Bees Gather 790 



Comb Honey vs. Extracted 790 



Honev vs. Sugar for Stores 790 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. 791 



Hives, Hints Concerning 791 



Arsenate of Lead for Spraying 791 



SIFTINGS 792 



Sliipping Packages of Bees 792 



Hive-numbers 792 



Bees and Colors 793 



Can Bees Count ? 793 



Colorado Grading Rules 793 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 794 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 79.5 



Light in a Bee-cellar 795 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 796 



Virgins' Eggs and Larvae 796 



Queenless Bees Gather Pollen 797 



Fermented Comb Honey 797 



Queen, Quality of 797 



Feeding Honey to Bees 797 



Success in Beekeeping 797 



Goklenrod, White-flowered 798 



Honey from a Diseased Apiary 800 



Feeding Syrup in Cellar 800 



Honey Ripened Outside of Hive 801 



Bees, ' Poisoned 803 



Extreme Reports do Harm 804 



Winter Feeding 804 



Beekeeping in Jamaica 806 



Bees in Wooden Leg 807 



Bee-veils 808 



Experiences of Bee Inspector 812 



Feeding Damp Loaf Sugar 815 



Duck Eggs in Incubator 815 



HEADS OF GRAIN ..816 



Sugar for Winter Feeding 816 



Tiering Up 816 



Sweet Clover for Hay 816 



Uniform Bee-cage Wanted 816 



Simmons' Bee Escape 817 



Goldens, origin of 817 



Sugar as a Peed 817 



Sifting to Find Queen 818 



Carriers on Shipping Cases 818 



Hiving Bees on Leafy Twigs 818 



Sugar, Denatured ..." 818 



OUR HOMES 819 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 821 



