Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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



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EDITORIAL 351 



Winter I^oss in California 352 



Reciprocity with Canada 352 



Bee Bulletin No. 447 352 



Agassiz Association, Removal of 352 



Moving Bees a Short Distance 352 



Fact and Fiction about Bees 3-53 



Death of W. Z. Hutchinson 353 



STRAY STRAWS 354 



Foul-brood Law in Illinois 354 



White Clover in Illinois - . .354 



Dandelions at Dr. Miller's ...354,355 



Honey Butter 354 



Cucumbers and Honey 354 



Drones Hatched from Worker-cells 354 



Italians Clean up Foul Brood 354 



Width of Frames in Europe 354 



Ten-frame Hives 355 



Breakage of Honey, Cost of 355 



Qvieens, Age of 355 



Eggs, Number a Queen Lays 355 



Comb. Cell, and Size of Bees 355 



SITTINGS 355 



Apitrefle for Bees 356 



Strong Colony and Moldy Combs 356 



Syrup for Bees 356 



Time with Insects 356 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST... .357 



Bees Moved Short Distances 357 



White Clover in Texas .357 



Texas Orange-blossoms 357 



Bees and Honey as Mouse-bait 357 



Ants anil Bees 357 



BEF-KKKIMNG IN FLORIDA 3.58 



(_)range Bloom in California 358 



Price of Honey in California 358 



Bee Loss in California 358 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE :%9 



After-swarms for I ncrease 359 



GEN ERA L ( '( )RRESP( )NDENCE 360 



Honey-knives Compared 360 



Shipping-cases, Twentieth-century 361 



Bee-keeping in Florida 363 



Separating 1 loney from Cappings ;365 



Taking off Light fall Flow 367 



House's Fancy Comb Honey 368 



Bad Conditions in California 370 



Screening Entrances for Shipment 371 



Nucleus Hives 371 



Fastening Foundation in Frames 373 



Expansion and C'ontraction 374 



European Foul Brood 375 



Program for National 375 



HEADS OF GRAIN 376 



Spraying Kills Bees 376 



Veil as Swarm-catcher 376 



Bees Carry Eggs 377 



Stings for Rheumatism 377 



Sweet ( "lover Condemned in Idaho.. 377 



OUR IIOMKS 378 



POULTR \ DKPARTMENT 380 



Indian Runner Ducks 382 



