958 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 October 15, 1916 



editorial 963 Autos in Apiary 971 



Stores Necessary for Winter 963 Co-operation in Texas 971 



Fall Feeding, Late 963 CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE . 972 



Experiment Station Rears Queens 963 Stores Necessary for Winter 972 



Bees Fertilize Cocoanut Blossoms 963 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 973 



Beekeeping on Indian River 963 Temperature and Bee Activity 973 



Distance Bees Fly 964 House-apiary, Hill's 976 



Colonies Wintered Indoors or Out 964 New York Field Meeting 974 



Honey-crop Conditions 964 Holland Bee Matters 977 



American Honey to Germany 965 Eucalyptus, Varieties of 979 



STRAY STRAWS 966 Victorian Bee Conference 981 



Iron in Food 966 Outyards Unprotitable in Florida 982 



Swarming Instinct, Eliminating 966 Early Feeding Advisable 983 



Super, Extra, when Needed 966 HEADS OP GRAIN 985 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 967 Fall Feeding to Stimulate 985 



Season in Imperial Valley 967 Introducing Queens by Sousing 985 



SIFTINGS 968 Smoker, to Manage 986 



Introducing by Honey Method 968 Connecticut for Honey 986 



Carrot Honey 969 Bees on Second Crop of Red Clover 987 



Swarming, Cause of 969 Carbolic Acid for Robbers 987 



Selecting Breeders 969 Pollen above the Excluder 987 



FLORIDA SUNSHINE 970 GLEANINGS FROM QUESTIONINGS. . .988 



Sweet Clover in Florida 970 OUR HOMES 989 



Alfalfa in Florida 970 TEMPERANCE 990 



Nectar from Cow Peas 970 HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 994 



Palmettos of Florida 970 Motorists buy Fruit Direct 994 



Mexican Pinkvine 970 Sweet Clover and Hard Soil 994 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST. .971 HEALTH NOTES 995 



