GLEANINGS IN BEE gULTURE 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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



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Contents for February 1, 1916 



EDITORIAL 89 Honey-plants of Hawaii 104 



Holtermann on Foul Brood 89, 116 Bees and the Camera 105 



Care of Comb Honey in Winter 89 Introducing by Smoke Method 107. 109 



European Foul Brood 90 Beeswa.x, Todd's Plan to Melt Ill 



Net-weight Law in 24 States 90 Hive, Water's Patent 112 



Clipping of Queens 90 Stores Needed to Winter Outdoors 114 



Bees at Expositions 91 Black Bee, Strength of 117 



Winter Cases 91 Winter Case, Single-colony 118 



Colonies Needed for Pollination 92 Queen-excluders 119 



Pollination in Orange-groves 92 Bee-sheds, Iron, in Arizona 119 



STRAY STRAWS 93 Starvation Method for Introducing 120 



Labels, to Fasten to Tin 93 Winter Case for Utah 121 



DIXIE BEE 94 Missouri Bee Society 121 



NOTES FROM CANADA 95 Cabinet for Hoffman Frames 122 



Syrup vs. Honey 95 Gleanings, to bind 123 



Spacing of Rabbets 95 Piping vs. Quahkin^ 124 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. 96 HEADS OF GRAIN 125 



National Convention 96 Michigan Convention 125 



Idaho Wintering Experiments 96 Death of Delos Wood 126 



Spraying and Beekeeping 96 Death of W. E. Forbes 126 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 97 OUR HOMES 127 



California Beekeepers' Association 97 Baltimore, Conditions in 127 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 98 Chiggers and Redbugs 128 



Liquefying Candied Honey 98 HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 129 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 99 Florida Home of A. I. Root 129 



Panama-Pacific Bee Exhibit 99 Sweet Clover in California 130 



European Foul Brood, New Cure for 102 TEMPERANCE 131 



