Cleanings in Bee Culture 



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EDITORIAL 415 



f'arbolic Acid to Prevent Rol^bing 415, 41!) 



I'^xtractor, Iloltermann's lyarjrc 415 



Advertisements. Misleading 415 



Diacnosing at Entrance...- 416, 422 



STP.AY STRAWS 418 



Swarm, Artificial, to Make 418 



Ants, to Kill 418 



Bee Paralysis in France 418 



Bees, Angering 418 



Stock V. Colony 418 



SII-TIX(;S ...419 



Bulk Honey in the North 419 



Bets and Horticulture 419 



SUei)inc ( )utdoors 419 



BlOlvKKKPING IN CALI FORNIA 420 



Swarms in <}iieer Places •■ -420 



1 loney in California 420 



bi;e-i<:kkpix(! in the southeast 421 



Sliakine l-'.nergy into Bees 42, 



I'nc-appiug-knives 421 



St-asdii in Texas ■ • 421 



( I iXVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. . . .422 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 42:^ 



Women and Bees 42:^ 



Bee-keeping in Florida 426 



Shade in Apiary 429 



Tent in Apiary 429 



I?obhing, to Avoid 429, 431 



Entrance Ventilation in ^\'inter 433 



.Vi)iculturf at ( )ntario College 435 



Smoking Bees at Entrance 41^5 



Wintering Several Queens in One Colony.. 436 



Movine Bees 1011 Miles 437 



Dan7.enbal<tr Hive Discussed ...438 



Misunderstandings in Trade 4:39 



Swarm Returns to » >ld Hive 439 



Bees Moved a Short Distance 4:I9 



H E A DS OF GR A I N 44(1 



Hiving a Swarm on its Own Comb 4411 



Nuclei Formed with ^'irgins 440 



Alexander's Plan of Increase 440 



( "ontrol of Swarming 440 



Hemet \'alley Association 441 



Carrying i Jueens to Outyards 441 



Distance Bees Fly 441 



r.usy Bet — Poem 411 



OCR 1 lOM ES 442 



( irafters 444 



Cancer 445 



POULTRY 446 



Indian Runner Ducks 446 



Eggs. Color of 447 



Gardening in Florida 447 



HEALTH NOTES 448 



Cherries for Food 448 



