OCTOBKB, 1917 



G L E A N I N a S IN B E E C T L T H K E 



741 



OCTOBER 1917 



Editorial 749-752 



To Pack or Not to Pack Grace Allen 753 



Cellar or Out of Doors J. L. Byer 755 



Wintering Bees in Texas . . .F. B. Paddock 757 



Wintering Bees in Iowa E. E. Eoot 759 



Wintering in North Carolina J. E. Johnson 761 



Bee Business in Manitoba 761 



Hives Wrapped in Paper and Burlap Kev. J. M. Lewis 762 



Entrance Protection for Winter Cases Dr. C. E. BJanchard 763 



Conversations with Doolittle G. M. Doolittle 764 



Letters from a Beekeeper 's Wife " Mary ' ' 765 



Disappearing Bee Disease R. F. Holtermann 766 



Honey-dew of Fair Quality .E. Fleming 767 



Wintering in Florida, and Summering in the North J. J. Wilder 768 



Wintering in South-Central States J. M. Buchanan 769 



Outwitting the Mice Ruth C. GifPord 770 



Sif tings J. E. Crane 771 



Stray Straws Dr. C. C. Miller 772 



Our Food Page Stancy Puerden 774 



Beekeeping as a Side Line Grace Allen 776 



Beginners ' Lessons H. H. Root 778 



Gleanings from the North, South, East, and West Dept. Editors 780-785 



Our Neighbors ' Fields E. G. Baldwin 786 



Gleaned bv Asking E. R. Root 787-789 



Heads of Grain 791-795 



Just News The Editors 796 



Our Homes, Gardening, Temperance, Health Notes A. L Root 798 



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