GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Apr. 1 



OSkamnp m Mn (Slultnrt 



E. R. ROOT 



Editor 



A. I. ROOT 



Editor Home Dept. 



H. H. ROOT J. T. CALVERT 



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Contents for April 1, 1911 



EDITORIAL 193 



Drouth in Florida 193 



Bad Weather in California 193 



Sweet Clover Increases Flow of Milk 193 



Apiarian Instruction 193 



Stock in Fake Companies 194 



Parcels Post 194, 196 



Florida Notes 195 



STRAY STRAWS 19fi 



Moving Bees to Catch Honey-flow 19fi 



Price of Comb and Extracted Honey 196 



Comb, Why Bees Tear it 196 



NOTES FROM CANADA 197 



Shipping Carniolans 197 



Corrugated Paper for Shipping-cases. . .197, 199 



Canadian Tariff 197 



BEE>KEEPING IN SOU'N CALIFORNIA. .198 



Los Angeles Bee-keepers' Club 198 



Moving Bees by Flying-machines 198 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. .198 



Advertising Honey 199, 225 



Bee Inspection in Winter 199 



Time in the Insect World 199 



Oatmeal Cookies 199 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. . . .200 



Using Old Foundation 200 



Poem— Bee-veil 200 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 201 



Comb Honey in the South 201 



Book-keeping 202 



Breakage of Sections in Folding 202 



Italians vs. Carniolans .203 



Cooperation in Selling Honey 204 



Trouble between Bee-men 205 



Migratory Bee-keeping 206 



Hand's System of Swarm Control 207 



Foul-brood Act for British Columbia 208 



Advantage of Non-swarmers 208 



House's Bee-cellar 209 



Bottom N'entilation to Prevent Swarming. 211 



Bee-keeping in Florida 213 



Blueberries 215, 223 



Bee-keeping for Beginners 216 



Non-swarmers 218 



Outdoor Sleeping-porches 219 



Keeping Down Increase 219 



California Convention 220 



Wintering Several Queens in One Colony. .221 



Carbolic Acid In Spraying 221 



Bee-keeping as a Hobby 222 



Sweet Clover for Honey 223 



Bee-keeping in New Mexico 224 



Colorado Foul-brood Law 226 



Cellar Ventilation 227 



European Foul Brood 227 



Beet Sugar vs. Cane 227 



Bees Drunk on Cider 228 



Introducing with Flour 228 



Wasps with Bees 228 



Sour Smell from Aster Honey 228 



Carbolized Cloths 228 



OUR HOMES 229 



Rice, to Cook 229, 230 



Ducks and Alligators 230 



