GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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



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Contents for March 15, 1916 



EDITORIAL 215 CONVERSATION WITH DOOLITTLE. .226 



Smelting Co. Case 215 Foul Broods 226 



German Poster Stamps 215 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 227 



Death of Henry Wallace 215 Cellar v. Winter Cases 227 



Death of H. F. Moore 215 Foul Brood, Concealing 228 



Spencer Apiaries Co 216 Case, Four-colony 228 



Snows in the West 216 Hawaiian Islands 230 



Bait Sections in Market 216 Tennessee Convention 232 



Gleanings and Goldens 217 Comb Honey by Mail 234 



Chicago Convention 217 Bees Drifting 235 



Bees in Indiana 218 Bee Culture in Louisiana 239 



Bee Inspection in Arizona 219 Bees Paying for Home 238 



Comb-honev Situation 220 Beekeeping in Alabama 240 



STRAY STRAWS 221 Watering Bees Automatically 240 



Bees Shipped on Combs 221 Mouse in Trap 244 



Drying-up of the Earth 221 Bees in Wall of a House 245 



Dasheens, Taste of 221 European Foul Brood 246 



Dutch Cheese, to Make 221 HEADS OP GRAIN 247 



SIPTINGS 222 Beekeeping in Florida 247 



Bees in Apple Orchard 222 Section, the Leading 249 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. .223 OUR HOMES 249 



Bee Matters in Texas 223 Death of T. B. Terrv 249 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 224 HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 251 



Goldens, Prejudice against 224 Florida Garden 251 



Introducing, Safe Way 224 TEMPERANCE 253 



Distance Bees Fly 224 TJncoln and Booze 253 



Sumac in California 224 Liquor Advertisements 253 



Sage Honey Defined 224 Russia and Liquor 253 



