GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Feb. 15 



Iramttgs tn S^j? Culture 



E. R. ROOT 



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A. I. ROOT 



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Contents for February 15, 1911 



EDITORIAL 85 



Tennessee Foul-brood Legislation 85 



Shipping-cases, Need of Better 85 



Extracted Honey Defined 85 



Comb Honey in Crane Cases 86 



Clover. Winter-killing of 86 



Honey Markets 86 



Collier's Weekly Ketracts 8t) 



Indianapolis Convention 87 



STRAY STRAWS 88 



Melting up Old Combs 88 



SIFTINGS 89 



Packing Honey, Careless 89 



Carbolic Acid in Spraying 89 



Honey Package. Size of 89 



BEE-KEKPIXG IN THE SOUTHWEST.... 90 



SchoU's Frame-nailing Block 90 



Size of Winter Entrances 91 



Fixing Price of Honey 91 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE.... 92 



Spring Dwindling, Cause of 92 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 93 



Death of D. A. Jones 93 



Wiring Combs in Hives to be Shipped 95 



Box Hives Prohibited in New Zealand 96 



Bee Territory in Idaho 96 



Moving Bees Short Distances 96 



Empty Cells v. Solid Stores 97 



Nectarless Flowers 98 



Large Hives v. Small 99 



Italians or Blacks 100 



Willow-herb of Michigan 102 



Bee-keeping in Mexico 104 



Long-idea Hive 104 



Bee-keeping on Mare Island 105 



Narrow-leaf Cottonwood 106 



European Foul Brood 107 



Bee-keeping as a Hobby 109 



Lime in a Cellar 110 



Prices of Honey in Texas Ill 



Bees Transferring Larvae Ill 



Bee-keeping in Louisana 112 



Climate of Great Britain 112 



HEADS OF GRAIN 113 



Chaff Hives with Tight Bottoms 113 



Ventilation of Cellar 113 



Moving Bees in Cold Weather 113 



Rapid Death of Bees 113 



Wages of Apiarists 113 



Mclntyre's Weighing Device 114 



Bees Crossing a Mountain 114 



Laying Workers, Bad Case 114 



Two Queens in a Hive 115 



Frames Smaller than 1 115 



Dysentery in Cellar 116 



Sugar Tainted with Kerosene 116 



Odor from Hives 116 



OUR HOMES 117 



Sunday Papers 119 



Ants, to Destroy 120 



