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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



APRIL, 1917 



Editorials 249 



Loved and Hated E. R. Eoot 252 



Comb Honey — Few Swarms Mrs. S. Wilbur Frey 253 



Sjiriug Management of Bees Dr. C. C. Miller '255 



Making the Work Count H. H. Root 257 



Conversations with Doolittle G. M. Doolittle 261 



Letters from a Beekeeper 's Wife " Mary ' ' 262 



San Joaquin Valley Again P. H. Bales 263 



That Change from Comb to Extracted A. W. Smith 265 



Safe Methods of Shipping Comb Honey Geo. Dodds 265 



Store Box Winter Cases Dr. A. P. Betts 267 



Great Strides in Tennessee Grace Allen 267 



Tra D. Bartlett Capping Melter R. F. Holtermann 268 



Machine for Dampening Sections Arthur Rattray 270 



Coercion vs. Education A. C. Ames 270 



Stray Straws Dr. C. C. Miller 272 



Siftings J. E. Crane 273 



Our Food Page Stancy Puerden 274 



Our Neighbors ' Fields E. G. Baldwin 275 



Around the Office M. A. O. 276 



Gleaned by Asking E. R. Root 277 



Mother Bee Nursery Rhymes . . .M. G. P. 279 



Can This be Done? The Editors 280 



Just News The Editors 282 



Beginners ' Lessons H. H. Root 285 



Gleanings from North, South, East, and West Dept. Editors 287 



Heads of Grain from Different Fields 293 



Our Homes A. I. Root 297 



Health Notes A. I. Eoot 301 



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