GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



May 1 



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



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Contents for May i, 1911 



editorial 259 



Bee-keeper 50 Years Old 259 



Foul Brood In British Columbia 259 



Buckwheat Comb Honey Not Wanted 259 



Foundation, How to Hang.. 259, 282 



Wilder's Swarm Control .- 259 



Sections that Ship Best 260 



Extracted Honey, Name for 260 



Mailing Foul Brood to Medina 260 



Chaff Hive, The Root 260, 271 



Eight-frame Hive. Passing of 261 



Beginning on Small Scale 262 



STRAY STRAWS 263 



Syrups, to Make 263 



Bees, Enlarging 263 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES . .264 



First Sweet Clover in Colorado 264 



Snowfall in Colorado 264 



Nature and Bees 264 



Cooperation 264 



BEE-KEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 265 



Clayton's Uncapper 265 



Bee-yards, Improving in California 265 



Cupid Stung 265 



NOTES FROM CANADA 266 



Winter-killing of Clover 266 



Inspecting Bees, Time for 266 



Carniolans Defended 266 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. . . .267 



Early Drones 267 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 268 



Honey on a Large Scale 268 



Tobacco Honey In Connecticut 268 



Artificial Selection 269 



Swarm Prevention 270 



Bee-keeping in Irrigated Lands 272 



Uncapping for Power Outfit 272 



Bee Locations in California ' 274 



Hives on Benches 275 



Smoker, Use of 277 



Shed Apiary In New Mexico 278 



Advertising Honey in Local Papers 278 



Bee-keeping in Florida 279 



Hand System of Swarm Control 280 



Outfit for Beginner 281 



Garden Bee-keeping in England 281 



HEADS OF GRAIN 282 



Gable Covers 282 



Bees Dying with Plenty of Honey 282 



Spring Dwindling, Cause of 283 



Shaking Swarms, Time for 283 



Transferring. New Way 283 



OUR HOMES 284 



Automobile, Trouble with 284 



Indian Runner Ducks 287 



Duck Book. Vallentine's 287 



Ducks, To Distinguish Sex 288 



Ducks, Price of 288 



