GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



E. 



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



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Contents for Jnne 1, 1916 



editorial 423 



High Price of Sugar 423 



California Situation 423 



Wax, Large Piece 423 



Weather Predictions, Long-range 424 



Sugar for Soldiers 424 



Nelson's Book 424 



Bees, Chilled 424 



Legislation, Drastic 425 



Wax Production 425 



STRAY STRAWS 427 



Queens, Time in Hatching 427 



DIXIE BEE 428 



beekeeping IN CALIFORNIA 429 



Dry S])ell in California 429 



NOTES FROM CANADA 430 



Sugar $9.00 per 100 430 



Queens, Two in a Hive 430 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. 431 



Bee Disease, Restricting 431 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. .432 



Stings, Avoiding 432 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 433 



Wax Production in Hawaii 433 



Wax Production in Cuba 435 



Wax Production a Specialty . . . .' 436 



Soft Water to Render Wax 437 



Cappings, to Render 438 



Foul-brood Combs, Rendering 439 



Extracting Honey from Cappings 440 



Honey and Wax 441 



Camera and Adulteration 442 



Beeswax Produced Profitably 444 



Wild Bees of Africa 445 



Solar Extractor Not Liked 445 



Severin Separator 446 



Cheney's Solar Extractor 447 



Changes in the Egg 447 



[assaohusetts Bee Association 450 



Isle of Wight disease 451 



Portable Extracting-outfit 452 



Swarm Control for Comb-honey Colonies. .453 



Brood-nest, Ideal 454 



Comb Honey in California Apiary 456 



HEADS OP GRAIN 457 



""I'arm Control 



Hydrogen Peroxide for Paralysis 458 



OUR HOMES 459 



Getting Even with Enemies 459 



War on Christian Principles 4 60 



Letter from C. G. Trumbull 461 



Billy Sunday in Baltimore 462 



I. earning to Swim 462 



TEMPERANCE 463 



Booze Advertisements 463 



Whisky and Revolvers 463 



Drunken Chauffeurs 464 



Prohibition and Confiscation 464 



