May, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



321 



MAY, 1917 



Editorial 329 



Bees and Fruit Together E. K. Boot 332 



Destructive Spraying Lewis P. Tanton 335 



Comb Honey— Few Swarms Mrs. S. Wilbur Frey 336 



400 Colonies Cared for in Two Days a Week E. S. Miller 339 



Conversations with Doolittle G. M. Doolittle 343 



Letters from a Beekeeper 's Wife " Mary ' ' 344 



The Purpose of Laying-worker Drones W. J. Purvis 345 



Painting Hive-bottoms J. A. Simmons 346 



Moving by Auto F. J. Severin 347 



Superseding During a Honey-flow A. C. Gilbert 347 



A Profitable City Apiary C. B. Isaac 349 



The Cause of Swarming P. C. Chadwick 350 



My Folder and Foundation-fastener Floyd Markham 351 



The Shaken-swarm Plan Perfected E. F. Atwater 352 



Comb and Extracted Plans, Similar J. H. Fisbeck 353 



How Young Queens Help Ray D. Tait 354 



Can Bees be Kept in an Attic John Preston True 355 



Clipped Queens that Lived to a Good Old Age J. W. Nichols 356 



Stray Straws Dr. C. C. Miller 357 



Siftings J. E. Crane 359 



Beekeeping as a Side Line Grace Allen 360 



Our Food Page Stancy Puerden 362 



Beginners ' Lessons. No. 4 H. H. Root 364 



Around the Office M. A. O. 366 



Mother Bee Nursery Rhymes M. G. P. 367 



Can This be Done? The Editors 369 



Just News The Editors 370 



Gleaned by Asking E. R. Root 374 



Gleanings from the North, South, East and West Dept. Editors 376 



Heads of Grain from Different Fields 384 



Our Homes, Gardening, Poultry News, Temperance A. I. Root 389-398 



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