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 April 1, 1916 



EDITORIAL 255 



Sweet Clover, Area of 255 



Distance Bees Fly 256 



Soil, Testing for Clover 256 



Lament of Job 256 



Smelting Co., Suit against 257 



Exaggerations in Newspapers 257 



Chicago Convention 258 



Beekeepers and Railroads 260 



STRAY STRAWS 261 



Campanilla Honey 261 



Cellar Temperature 261 



DIXIE BEE 262 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 264 



A. J. Cook, Resignation of 264 



Bees and Citrus Fruit 264, 269 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. 265 



Advertising Honey 265 



Floods in California 265 



NOTES PROM CANADA 266 



Flight of Bees 267 



Cluster of Bees, Shape of 267 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 268 



Best Bees 268 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 269 



Pollination of Fruit 269 



Citrus Fruit of California 271 



European Foul Brood 272, 274 



Work of the Bee 272 



Hive. Hand's 276 



National Convention 277 



Bees Preventing Frost 279 



Honey in the Ozark Mountains 278 



Hives, Home-made 279 



Fasting vs. Smoke 280 



Bees, How to Start with 281 



Bees in the Hawaiian Islands 282 



Honey, Photographing 283 



Sweet Clover Sown with Oats 284 



Bee Paralysis in Jamaica 284 



Bee Disease, a New 285 



Nosema Apis 286 



Experience of a Beginner 287 



Making Frames Easy of Access 288 



HEADS OP GRAIN 289 



Climate of Florida 289 



Farming vs. Beekeeping 289 



Certificate of Inspector 290 



Feeding with Syrup 290 



Section-starter 291 



Feeding in S^pring 291 



Sugar Needed for 1 lb. of Bees 291 



Paste for Labels 292 



OUR HOMES 293 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 296 



Alighting-board of Cloth 296 



