Gleanings in Bee Culture 



(SI^amngB in Mn (Unltmt 



E. R. ROOT A. 1. ROOT H. H. ROOT .1. T. ("Ar.VERT 



Kdltor Kditor Home Dept. Ass't Kditor Business Mgr. 



Department Kditors:— Dr. C. C. Miller. .1. K. Crane. I.ouis H. Scholl, (!. M. Dooliltle Weslev 



Foster, .1. L. Byer, Mrs. H. «. AckUn. 



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P'oreign subscribers can save time and annoyance by ]ilacing their orders for 

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 Per year, jyostj^aicL Sfr. 



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EDITORIAL 319 



Sending Stamps M-hen Writing 319 



Bee-keejjer Injured 319 



Locating Bee-yards 319 



Honey ( ^rop for 1911 319 



Type Tsed in ( Jleanings 320 



Foiil-lirood lUilletins 320 



Legislation Against Foul Brood 321 



STRAY STRAWS 322 



Formic Acid in Honey ". 322 



Bottom Starters, how to Use 322 



Cucumbers and Honey 322 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. .323 



Writing up Locations 323 



Balling of Queens 323 



Pollen in Honey 323 



Colorado Foul-brood Bill 323 



Shipping-cases 323 



BEE-KEEPIXG IN SOU'N CALIFORNIA.. 324 



Fraud ( (Hers for Honey 324 



Apiary of Albert Dodge 324 



Bottom Ventilation Prevents Swarming ... 324 



NOTES FROM CANADA 325 



Migratory Bce-keejjlng 325 



Canadian Con\ eiitioii. 325 



AVinter. Last, in Canada 325 



CONVEUSATK )XS WITH D( )( )LI'1TLE. . . .320 



Diagnosing Bees 326 



GENERAL ( 'ORRESPONDENCE '.'. !327 



Powell Gravity Strainer 327 



Trouble in Introducing 328 



Chapman Swarming-basket 329 



Origin of Foul Brood 329 



European Foul Brood in New York 330 



Sour Smell Caused by Mushroom 3:i3 



Bee-keeinng in Florida 334 



Returning Empty Combs to Hive 335 



Bee-keeping for Beginners 336 



Oklahoma Bee-keepers Organize 338 



Bees and Roses 339 



Stimulative Feeding in Spring 341 



Colors of Pollen 34i 



HEADS OF GRAIN 342 



Hives, Enlarging 342 



Reform in ( Jrading .342 



Bees Prefer Cherries to Clover 342 



Queen-rearing 342 



Queen-larva' and Foul Brood 343 



Yew-tree as a 1 1 oney-plant 343 



Foundation, How Drawn out 343 



Comb Honey Without Separators 343 



OUR HOMES 344 



Feeding Chickens 344 



Outdoors lor Health •. 344 



Artificial Heat. ( )bjections to 345 



11 IGl 1-PRESSURE ( '.A RDENINC i 346 



Abandoned ( )rcliards. 346 



Autoni()))iks and the l<"armer 347 



Parched Sweet ( orn 348 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 348 



