January, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



JANUARY, 1917 



Article Author Page 



Editorials 9 



Roadside Marketing The Editors 13 



Out Apiary Management Edgar Williams 20 



Hawaiian Algaroba Leslie Burr 23 



Fallacies ii> Breeding .' Geo. W. Phillips 27 



Bees Tried bv Fire E. R. Root 29 



Bees vs. Smelters E. R. Root 30 



Conversations with Beekeepers G. M. Doolittle 32 



Letters from a Beekeeper 's Wife " Mary ' ' 33 



Two Years of It Howard C. Pf altzgraff 34 



If Langstroth were Alive Prof. Jager 35 



Selling Honev in England A. W. Bowen 35 



Effective National Advertising H. Bartlett Miller 36 



Crop All Sold Anvway C. E. Crowfoot 37 



Easy Way to Make Syrup W. P. Clare 38 



Hatching Queens Electrically J. E. Wing 39 



Is Mating Possible in Mammoth Greenhouse? The Editors 40 



Beekeeping vs. a Side Line Grace Allen 43 



Stray Straws Dr. C. C. Miller 45 



The Dixie Bee Grace Allen 46 



Notes from Canada J. L. Bver 47 



Siftings J. E. Crane 48 



Among the Rockies Weslev Foster -"9 



Florida Sunshine E. G. Baldwin 50 



In California P. C. Chadwick 51 



Beginners ' Lessons H. H. Root 54 



Gleaned by Asking E. R. Root 55 



Just News Editors 56 



Nursery Rhymes ; M. G. P. 6 ) 



Heads of Grain from Different Fields 61 



Our Homes A. I. Root 65 



Health Notes A. I. Root 69 



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