GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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



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Contents for February 15, 1916 



EDITORIAL 133 Hives in an Orchard 145 



Goldens, Curse of 133, 146 Contract betvireen Beekeeper and Orchardist 143 



Follower-board a Nuisance 133 Increase from One to One Hundred 147 



Smelter Smoke in Ontario 134 Bees, Distance They Fly 149 



Bees in Orchards 134 Advertising Honey 151 



L. C. Root at 75 135 Swarming Suppressed 152 



Colorado Spraying Situation 135 Sugar, Heavy Feeding of 153 



Shipping Bees in Combless Packages. . . . 136 Honey in Packed Super 155 



Queen-cage Candv 137 New Experiences in Beekeeping 156 



STRAY STRAWS 139 Bees and the Camera 157 



Windbreaks 139 Wintering Over Empty Combs 158 



Queens, Age of 139 Beekeeping in Louisiana 159 



SIFTINGS 140 Beekeeping in Greece 160 



Hairy Vetch for Honey 140 Foul Brood, Hershiser on 161 



Honey for Army ". 140 Collapsible Winter Case 163 



Oklahoma Foul-brood Law 140 Capping and Comb Melters 164 



Sweet Clover in Vermont 141 HEADS OP GRAIN 167 



Hawkweed, To Destroy 141 Wiring Frames 167 



Henri Fabre 141 Honey of Wild Bees 168 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 142 OUR HOMES 169 



Snow in Redlands, Cal 142 POULTRY DEPARTMENT 170 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. 143 Christmas Chicks 170 



Taking oi¥ Honey in Midwinter 143 Electric Vehicles 171 



Foul-brood Inspection 143 Horses Replaced by Motor 172 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 144 TEMPERANCE 172 



Drouths, Do They Increase? 144 Whiskv as a Medicine 173 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 145 John Barleycorn 173 



Aphorisms by Miller 145 Kidney-cure Swindle 173 



