Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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E. R. ROOT 



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editorial 708 



Misbranding Honey 710 



Shade for Hives in Summer 710 



McEvoy Plan Modified 710 



Amount of Wax in Comb 711 



STRAY STRAWS 712 



Early Joe Apple 712 



Roasting Fowls in a Bag 712 



Increasing Size of Bees 712 



Marking < iueens 712 



Corrugated Paper on Top of Sections 712 



NOTES FROM CANADA 713 



Sawdust for Packing 713 



Alsike and Drouth 713 



Alfalfa in Dry Regions 713 



Buckwheat Yields in the Morning 713 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES .714 



Colorado Honey in the East 714 



National Gradlng-rules 714 



Reinspecting Apiaries 714 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE .. .715 



Queen-excluders 715 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 71(5 



Australasian Bee Manual 716 



Carbolic Acid in the Apiary 716,717 



Open-air Feeding is Wasteful 717 



Bee-keeping Extension 717 



Cuban Bee-keeping 718 



Moving Bees at Night 718 



Removing Brood to Prevent Swarms 718 



Foul Brood Not Epidemic 718 



Clothing In the Tropics 719 



Creoline for Robbers 719 



Byer's Plan to Requeen 719 



Miller on Queen Introduction 719 



Finding Queens with Carbolic Acid 720 



Bees Resting between Trips 720 



Decapitating Brood 721 



Wheelbarrow in Apiary. 722 



Appearance of Honey 722 



Photography for Bee-keepers 722 



Severin Caisping-melter 722 



Shade-boards, Cheap. 724 



Sweet Clover on Waste Grounds. . .726, 727, 730 



Italians Fly 15 Miles ■ 727 



Disease Legislation in Indiana 728 



Glass for Shipping-cases 728 



Winter Temperature of Hive 729 



Circular Observatory Hive 729 



Blacks vs. Italians 730 



Hunting Bee-trees 731 



Poisonous Honey is not Sealed 731 



HEADS OF GRAIN 732 



Foundation and Disease 732 



Gnats in a Hive 732 



Cappings, Disposal of 732 



Wasps in a Hive 733 



Carbolineum for Ants 733 



Wintering Two Queens in a Hive 733 



Colonies per Square Mile 733 



Bee Flying Backward 734 



Time P.ees are on a Trip 734 



No Moths in Frozen Combs 734 



OUR HOMES 735 



