GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Apr. 15 



(Skantngfi tn Mtt fllulto^ 



E. R. ROOT 



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Contents for April 15, 1911 



EDITORIAL 233 



Sour Odor of Honey 233 



Kansas Foul-brood Law 233 



Bees in A ustralia 233 



Florida Notes 234 



Swarming, to Control 234 



Appropriation by Government 23^ 



STRAY STRAWS 237 



Spraying at Wrong Time 237 



Honey by Parcels Post 237 



BEE-KEKPING IN THE SOUTHWEST.. . 2:^8 



Handy Wire-reel -. 238 



Texas Honey Prospects 238 



Divisible Hives 238 



SIFTINGS 239 



Corrugated Paper 239 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. . . .240 



Comb Honey and Separators 240 



Bee-ranges in Idaho 240 



Home-bred Queens 241 



No Swarms in Five Years 241 



Toads a Pest 242 



Bee-keeping in Florida 243 



Bee-keeping for Beginners 245 



Roof Apiary in Washington 247 



Cow in Sweet Clover 247 



Paint for Hives 248 



Marble-top Hives 249 



Manzanita Bushes 249 



Combs Torn by Robbers 250 



Carbolized Cloths 



Swarm Control 



Shallow Supers vs. Peep 



Ohio State Convention 



Bulk Comb Honey 



European Foul Brood 



Several Queens in One Hive 



Foul Brood in Caliiornia 



HEADS O F GRAIN 



Ten-frame Hives 



Thick Clover Honey 



Borrowing Bees for Cell-building. . . 



Size of Bees in Old Combs 



Lumber Cut Heart Side Out 



Increase, to Make 



Swarming and Increase 



Alfalfa in New Mexico 



Swarms Entering Empty Hives — 



Sour Odor from Aster 



Foundation under Brood-chamber. 



Feeding in the Spring 



Bees Visit Roses 



OUR HOMES 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING. 



Drouth in Florida 



Chufas 



Earth-almonds 



Sweet Clover in Kentucky 



Northey Berries 



Egg-plants 



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