Gleanings in Bee Culture 



05kam«p in S^^ Culture 



E. R. ROOT 

 Editor 

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EDITORIAL 



Stings, Effect of 



Outdoor Feeding 



STRAY STRAWS 



Honey Consumed by Colony , 



Glass for Shipping-cases 



Moths Laying in Sections 



Price of Sugar and Honey 



NOTES FROM CANADA 



Honey crop in Canada 



Disposal of Superseded Queens 



Buckwheat in Canada 



Honey-knives, Shape of 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 



Sparrows a Pest in Colorado 



Price of Colorado Honey 



Honey Crop of Colorado 



Bee-keeping and Homesteading 



American Foul Brood 



Eight-frame Supers on Ten-frame Hives.. 

 CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOUTTLE.. 



Bee-stings 



Filed Pin for Grafting-tool 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 



Hives, Eight and Ten Frame 



Do Bees Reason? 



Record Weight of 14 Colonies 



Boise \'alley. Idaho 



Honey-flow in California ■ 



Getting Bees from Trees. 



Breeding to Prevent Swarming 



Pasting Labels on Tin 



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Stings and Rheumatism 591 



Educating the Grocer 592 



Field Day in Massachusetts 593 



A. I. Root and Wife 594, 595 



Tupelo (ium as a Honey-plant. 596 



Smoking Bees by Rule 597 



Drones with Red p:;yes 599 



Every One his own Inspector 600 



Italians v. Blacks for Honey 600 



HEADS OF GRAIN 601 



Cyprians Discussed 601 



Baby Nuclei 601 



Pollen Candy 601 



Nuclei by Somerford Plan 602 



Buckwheat to Sow 602 



Speed of Bees 602 



Glass-section Trade 602 



Extractor-cover, New 603 



Feeding Back for Comb Honey 603 



Honey Candying in Hive 603 



Smoking at Entrance 603, 604 



Hand bottom-board 603 



Dead Brood at Entrance 603 



Queen-cells to Induce Swarming 604 



Bees Stealing Eggs 604 



Honey-pumps for Extractors 604 



OUR HOMES 605 



HIGH-PRESSCRE GARDENING 608 



Chufas 609 



Gardening in Florida 609 



(iround-nuts 609 



Temperance 610 



