Skptkmbkr, 1917 



G li E A N I N G S IN BEE C U I- T U R E 



661 



SEPTEMBER 1917 



Editorial 669-67:2 



Lessons of Fifty Years 67.'! 



The Hives I Use and Why 676 



Conversations with Doolittle G. M. Doolittle 679 



Letters from a Beekeeper 's Wife " Mary ' ' 680 



Paralysis or Isle of Wight Disease lona Fowls 681 



Do Bees Eob'F P. C. Chadwick 682 



San Domingo Beekeeping Geo Pou 682 



The Evil That Men Do John Preston True 684 



Just Jerk 'Em OfP Louis Biediger 685 



Tapping a Bee-tree in Australia B. Blackbourn 686 



Is Honey a Luxury? James A. Brown 686 



An Ideal Location M. L. Skougard 688 



Hives and Methods for the South L. E. Webb 689 



Siftings J. E. Crane 691 



Stray Straws Dr. C. C. Miller 692 



Our Food Page Stancy Puerden 694 



Beekeeping as a Side Line Grace Allen 696 



To Mr. John M. Davis Grace Allen 697 



Beginners ' Lessons H. H. Eoot 698 



Gleanings from North, South, East, and West Dept. Editors 700 



Gleaned by Asking E. E. Eoot 708 



Mother Bee Nursery Ehynies M. G. P. 712 



Heads of Grain from Different Fields 71.'? 



Just News The Editors 717 



Our Homes, Health Notes A. I. Eoot 720-727 



Man Around the Office M. A. O. adv. pages 



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