GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



J. T. CALVERT 



Business Mgr. 



E. R. ROOT A. T. ROOT H. H. ROOT 



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Contents for September 15, 1916 



editorial 837 



Honey versus Sugar for Wintering 837 



Gasoline in Place of Horse 837 



Rabbet Spacers versus Frame 837, 844 



Variation in Colonies 837, 846 



Hives Packed in Newspapers 838, 854 



Sugar-fed Comb Honey 838 



Temperature of Honey to Bottle 838 



Honey in Trenches 838 



Svifarming and the Honey-flow 839 



Selling Honey at the Yard 839, 849 



Bocock, C. H., Visit from 839 



Queens, Daubing to Introduce 840 



Sweetened Spraying Solution 840 



STRAY STRAWS 841 



Pollen, Color of 841 



Honev versus Sugar 841 



SIPTINGS 842 



Italians and Foul Brood 842 



beekeeping in CALIFORNIA 843 



Co-operation in Selling 843 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. . 844 



Frenzied Selling 844 



Disorderly Yards 844 



FLORIDA SUNSHINE 845 



Honey, Daubing Queen with 845 



Florida, Climate of 845 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 846 



Beekeeping, Possibilities of 847 



Evolution of the Bee 848 



Myth of Daniel McFadyen 850 



Danger-points in Heating Honey 853 



Bee-notes from Holland 855 



Protection Without Loose Packing 856 



M'^intering for 2 cts. a Colony .857 



Queen-rearing in California 857 



Camera, Glimpses thru 860 



Bee-excludng Frames 8 62 



Winter Losses, Cause of None 863 



Bee Trouble, Peculiar 864 



Laving-worker Colonv, Value of ,865 



Tidbits bv Miller. . '. 865 



Colorado, Bee Map of 868 



Notes from Germany 869 



HEADS OF GRAIN" 871 



Pine Needles for Packing Hives 871 



Yellow-jackets 871 



Frame-spacing Tool 87'2 



Bottle Feeder, Garre's 873 



Paper Division-boards 873 



Snap-dragon,Pollen from 874 



Match-holder on Smoker 874 



OUR HOMES 875 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 877 



TEMPERANCE 881 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 883 



