Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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EDITORIAL 547 



Torch to Kill Moths 547 



Hee Papers in America 547 



Feeding Outdoors to Prevent Trouble 547 



Moving Bees Short Distances 548 



Buckwlieat a Paying Crop 548 



Feeding for Fall Brood-rearing 549 



Feeding Sweetened Water 549 



STRAY STRAWS 550 



Residue in Queen-cells 550 



SIFTINGS 551 



Glass in Shipping-cases 551 



Cartons, Advantage of 551 



Advantage of Sectional Hive 551 



White Clover in Texas 551 



Bvilk Honey in the North , . .551 



BEE-KEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 552 



Forest Fires 552 



California Bee Laws 552 



Alfalfa Yields Honey in Missouri 552 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. .. .553 



Keeping More Bees 553 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 554 



New Mailing-cage 554 



Blacks V. Italians for Honey-dew 556 



Odor of Sting Excites Bees 557 



Flight of Absconding Swarm 558 



To Prevent Fowls Eating Bees 558 



Wrapping Comb Honey 559 



Cause of Swarming 560 



Gilham's Show-case 561 



Concrete for Bee-cellars ... 562 



Outdoor Wintering in New York 563 



Two Queens in a Hive 563 



Selling Bottled Honey 565 



Mediterranean Flour-moth 566 



Pennsylvania Convention 566 



Pennsylvania Foul-brood Law 567 



Propolis, Origin of 568 



Short Crop in New York 570 



HEADS OF GRAIN 571 



Sweet Clover in Iowa 571 



Italians v. Blacks for Foul Brood 571 



Chickens and Bees 571 



Old Bees Killing Young Ones 571 



Bees at Cider-mills 572 



Pollen from Milkweed 572 



Bees in Observatory Hives 572 



Steam Knife Abandoned 572 



Carbolic Acid for Robbing 572 



Sulphur for Fumigating 572 



NOTES OF TRAVEL 573 



OUR HOMES 575 



Carrie Nation 575 



Poultry Department 577 



Housing Poultry 577 



Water for Ducks 578 



Indian Runner Ducks 578 



Metal Chicken-coops 578 



Moistening Eggs 578 



