Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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



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EDITORIAL 611 



Capping-melters Improved 611 



Feeding, Advantages of 611 



Newman's Bee-book Revised 611 



Handling Bees under a Cage .612 



Black Bees and Foul Brood 612 



Black Queens, to Find 612 



Automobiles for Bee-keepers 613 



STRAY STRAWS 614 



Hive Odor 614 



Basswood Honey, Color of 614 



Divorce Evil 614 



York and Liquor Business 614 



SIFTINGS 615 



Carbolic Acid for Robbing 615 



Honey as a Medicine 615 



Swarming. Cause of 615 



BEE-KEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 616 



Skunks in Apiary 616 



Queen-excluders Desirable 616 



Eggs, Unfertile 616 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST... 617 



Bulk Comb Honey 617, 633 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. .. .618 



Fall Work with Bees 618 



Cat Eats Bees. ... 618 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 619 



Foul Brood at Dr. Miller's 619 



Requeening, Wholesale 619 



Swarm Prevention v. Control 621 



Bees Fly through Netting 622 



Migratory Bee-keeping in California 623 



Foot-power Saws 627 



Origin of Propolis 627 



liigelow's Hen-house 628 



Death of E. C. Porter 630 



Robbing, to Prevent 630 



Winter Stores, Making Svxre of 631 



Ripening Honey out of Hive 632 



Ventilation of Hives 632 



Honey Ripened Artificially 632 



Bee-keeping in .Jamaica 633 



HEADS OF GRAIN 634 



Bees, Season to Ship 634 



Transferring by Heddon Plan 634 



Ants 634 



Foundation from Foul-brood Combs 635 



Kerosene in Sugar 635 



Brown Sugar for Bees 635 



Carbolic Cloths ' 6:^5 



Wasps in Montana 636 



Wax in Old Combs 636 



Sieve to Find Queens 626 



Bees Injuring Alfalfa 636 



Queen Reared in a Super 636 



Souring of I' n.sealed Honey 636 



O U R H O M ES 637 



Parcels Post 640 



Apples for Supper 640 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 641 



Drugs for Chickens 641 



Indian Runner Ducks 641 



Temperance 642 



Conversion of Saloon-keeper 642 



