Supplement to Gleanings for January 1, 1912 



Index to Gleanings in Bee Culture 



Volume XXXIX 



In using this index the reader should not fail to note that it is divided into five departments, name- 

 ly, Tieneral Correspondence, PMitorials, A. I. Root's Writings, Contributors, and Illustrations. The in- 

 dex of General Correspondence includes every thing except editorials and A. I. Root's writings. 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE. 



Absconding swarm, how far will it fly 558; 

 Absconding swarms, to catch 265; Absconding, 

 to prevent, in California 471; Absorbents must 

 be above sealed covers 32; Absorbing cushions 

 preferred in England 9; Adulteration, state 

 laws against 4; Advertising, Brockmire on 490; 

 Advertising, Dan White on 684; Advertising, 

 Greiner on 170; Advertising in local papers 

 199, 278; Advertising, National 146, 160; Adver- 

 tising, Pouder on 225; After-swarms for in- 

 crease, Doolittle on 359; After-swarms, to pre- 

 vent 5, 237, 354; After-swarm when there had 

 been no prime swarm 666; Air, purity of, 

 necessary for cellar 4; Alexander plan not for 

 all localities 150; Alfalfa, number of colonies 

 given territory will support 733, 746: Alfalfa, 

 do bees injure 636; Alfalfa for grazing instead 

 of hay 126; Alfalfa in New Mexico 257, 407; Al- 

 falfa in Texas 52; Alfalfa in unirrigated re- 

 gions 713; Alfalfa yielding in Missouri 552; 

 Alfalfa yields no honey in Illinois 418; Alley 

 queens non-swarmers 228; Alsike not a 

 drougth resister 713; Amateur's first year 305; 

 American foul brood, see "Foul brood"; Anat- 

 omy, modern students of 758; Anatomy of the 

 bee 166; Ants a nuisance to bee-keeper 634; 

 Ants, to keep away from bees 322. 357, 418, 

 484, 646, 667, 733; Apiarj-. arrangement of, 

 Town'^end on 181; Apiary, hexagonal plan for 

 4; Apiary, next to wheat field 149; Apiculture 

 short course at Ontario Agri. College 356, 435; 

 Apiculture taught in colleges 356; Apples, why 

 shipped in barrels 680; i^ple tree, bees from 

 trunk of 747; Arizona, bee-keeping in Salt 

 River Valley 698; Artflicial selection, effect on 

 bees 269; Astors, wild 50; Australasian bee 

 manual 716; Automobile accident serious 667; 

 Automobile. Reo runalDout for an apiary 151; 

 Automobile trailer 501. 



Bait-sections, Dr. Millei- on 60; Bait-sec- 

 tions, proper arrangement of 38: Bait-sections, 

 to get rid of dark honey in 185; Balling, breed- 

 ing to eliminate 460; Balling of riueens serious 

 in the tropics 654; Banats resemble blacks, 32: 

 Barrels of honey in Florida 751; Basswood 

 honey, — is it ever dark in color 614; Beautify- 

 ing the apiary, Prayal on 139; Bee behavior, 

 A. C. Miller on 663; Bee-demonstrations at 

 street fair 80; Bee-escapes not practical when 

 no excluders are used 300: Bee inspection, see 

 inspection: Bee-keepers' Gazette, first number 

 of 88: Bee-keepers. 900 in Los Angeles Co., 681; 

 Bee-keepers cannot be united 237; Bee-keeping 

 as a hobbv 21, 109, 177, 222; Bee-keeping for 

 beginners, illustrated 43, 72, 102, 181. 216, 245, 

 POO, 336, 395; Bee-keeping for women, Com- 

 .'^tock on 423; Bee-keeping in Colorado, ques- 

 tions about 536; Bee-keeping in Florida, in- 

 troduction 129; Bee-keeping in highlands of 

 Mexico 50. 75. 103. 142, 172; Bee-keeping on 

 an island naval station 105; Bee-louse 468; 

 Pee-martins 377; Bee paralvsis destructive in 

 France 418; Bees and poultry, Scholl on 294; 

 Bees as fertilizers of fruit blossoms 163; Bees, 

 better quality vs. larger quantity 550; Bees 

 carried out because crippled by moth-w^orms 

 686: Bees desert hi\e full of honev 164: Bees, 

 different work for different ages 678; Bees, do 

 thev rest between trips to field 720; Bees 

 drunk on cider 228: Bees dying for lack of air 

 113; Bees dying with plenty of honey in combs 

 282: Bees essential in an orchard 139; Bees 

 excited bv bee-sting poison 557: Bees, how 

 changed bv artificial selection 269; Bees, how 

 long do they live 519; Befs, how many can 

 fprmer care f'^r 553; Bees, h-^w much do they 



carry at a load 32: Bee<; in California away 

 from railroads 61; Bees killing brood 571; Bees, 



length of time required to make a trip 734; 

 Bees. — neighborhood alarmed without cause 

 629; Bees, number in quart 151; Bees, size of 

 m old combs 256; Bees, size of to increase 161, 

 237. 263, 354; Bees transfer larvae 111; Bees, 

 unhappy experience with 766; Bees, vaiiation 

 in, when introducing 524; Beeswax explosion, 

 cause of 504; Beeswax, purity tests for 488, 

 520; Beet sugar as good as cane 227: Beet 

 sugar, Dr. Miller on 33; Beet sugar, Foster 

 on 126; Bee-veil, poem 200; Beginner, good 

 outfit for 281; Belgium, bee-keeping in 717; 

 Bigelow's article in Technical World 748; Bit- 

 ter honey in Mexico 77; Black brood. See "Foul 

 brood"; Black chickens stung, white ones es- 

 cape 150; Black color irritates bees 70, 150, 

 239; Black sage yielded in California 387; 

 Blacks gather more honey-dew than Italians 

 556; Blossom-spraying, bad policy 139; Blue- 

 berry honey 223; Bookkeeping and bee-keeping 

 202; Books for beginners, Doolittle on 36, 162; 

 Borrowing bees 115: Bottling, does it pay a 

 bee-keeper 565. 746; Bottom-board similar to 

 .1. E. Hand's 116: Bottom starters. Dr. Miller's 

 instructions for using 322; Box hives prohib- 

 ited in New Zealand 96; Breakage in shipping 

 comb honey 355: Breaking of sections, to guard 

 against 202; Breathing of bees 186; Breeder 

 and buyer, trouble between 205, 439; Breeder 

 of queens, opening for in Canada 453; Breed- 

 ing, drones indirectly selected for 4; Breeding 

 in spring, what controls it 196: Breeding, to 

 develop certain characteristics 651; Breeding 

 to eliminate balling tendencies 460: Breeding 

 to prevent swarming 590; British apiary, 

 model 499; Brood-combs, difference in weight 

 of when empty 60; Brood thrown out at en- 

 trance 603: Brown sugar not profitable to feed 

 745; Brushing bees from comb, Metcalfe's plan 

 367; Buckwheat, Crane on 745; Buckwheat, — 

 does it yield only in the morning 602. 713; 

 Buckwheat honey, amount in Canada 518, 583; 

 Buckwheat, how late may it be sown for honey 

 151; Buckwheat sown more extensively 16; 

 Buckwheat sown with corn 667; Buckwheat, to 

 grow, profitably 503: Buckwheat, which kind 

 to sow 602; Buckwheat, will bees fly 2V3 miles 

 to 441 ; Bulk comb honey and swarm control 251; 

 Bulk comb honey, granulation of 163, 298, 419; 

 Bulk comb honey profitable in the North 551, 

 746; Bulk comb honey, real price of 35; Bulk 

 comb honey sold more easily than comb honey 

 253; Bulk comb honey supers, to keep pollen 

 out of 734: Bumblebees not subdued bv smoke 

 187; Burlap mats replace covers in cellar 700; 

 Bir^v Bee. poem 441. 



Cage, new ore for mailing queen 554; Cage, 

 Sladens' press-in -comb 761; Caging of oueen 

 in brood chamber, will cells be startpd 7.32; 

 California and Minnesota compared 69; Cali- 

 fornia bee-keeping, Chadwick on 23; Califor- 

 nia, bee locatior.s in 275; California, condi- 

 tion of bees in 265. 358, 387; California, con- 

 ditions in unfavorable for a crop 370: Califor- 

 nia, county ordinnnce for foul brood in 255; 

 California convention rep'^rt 220: California, 

 foul brood inspectors in 46^: California, good 

 locations in scarce 186; California honey crop. 

 50 lbs. per colony 552; California, honev-plants 

 of, bulletin 681; California law all right 700; 

 California needs new disease law 552: Cali- 

 fornia, prevention of spring dwindling 470: 

 C.ol'forria, prices of honey in 358: California 

 sage. 526; California, summary of last sea- 

 son in 589: California, will more bees lessen 

 colony average 274: Can, 60-lb.. how much 

 hni-'-." ip ?fi: C.-inada. bees wintered well in 

 325; Canada, season in, late 325; Candied 



