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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



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



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Contents for October 1, 1916 



EDITORIAL 901 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 913 



Italians as Swarmers 901, 908 Queens to Breed from 914 



Midwinter Breeding 901, 915 Two-colony Winter Case 916 



Selling Honey to Trainmen 902 Colors of Flowers, Cause of 918 



Disappearing Disease in Tennessee. . .902, 907 Queens Mistaking their Entrances 919 



Diagnosis of Colonies 902 Division-boards, when Necessary 920 



Wintering Hives Buried in Snow 903 Stings, Protection against 921 



European Foul Brood in Colorado 903 Marketing of Honey Made Easy 922 



Glassed Comb Honey Obsolete 903 Wintering in Montreal 922 



Extension Work in the South 904 Color Variation in Honey 923 



STRAY STRAWS 905 Bees Help in 3000-tree Orhcard 924 



Queen-cells, Small 905 Winter Losses Light 925 



Hatching, Time of 905 Bee Demonstration, Gray's 926 



Division-boards of Paper 905 Field Meet at Medina 927 



Foul Brood and Honey 905 Making Colonies by Feeding Syrup 930 



DIXIE BEE 906 Feeding over Brood-chamber 930 



NOTES FROM CANADA 908 .Aphoiisms by A. C. Miller 931 



Season in Canada 908 Moving Bees Short Distances 933 



Drawn Comb.s Necessary 908 HEADS OF GRAIN 935 



Buckwheat Honey for Wintering 908 Requeening a Whole Locality 935 



Examining Bees Weekly 909 Newspaper-wrapped Hives 935 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 910 Uniling and Feeding Screen 936 



Local Ordinances, Power of 910 Candy for Wintering 936 



BEEKEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES. 911 Flonr-board, Desmond's 937 



Alfalfa Weevil 911 GLEANINGS FROM QUESTIONINGS. . .940 



European Foul Brood in Colorado 911 OUR HOMES 941 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 912 HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 944 



Shipping Comb Honey 912 POULTRY DEPARTMENT 945 



Sacbrood, Effects of '. 913 TEMPERA^CE 946 



