194 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 15 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 190 



STRAY STRAWS 199 



EDITORIAL 201 



Live Bee Demonstration Work 201 



Death of Two Prominent Bee-keepers 201 



Mrs. H. G. Acklin 202 



Semi-hibernation on the Part of Bees 202 



Bees as Pollinators 204 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 205 



GLEANINGS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST 206 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 208 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 209 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 210 



How to Increase the Sale of our Honey 210 



Outdoor Wintering 212 



Are Sections Detrimental to the Honey Market?... 213 



Bee-keeping in the Philippines. 214 



Protection for Comb-honey Supers 215 



Poultry vs. Bees 215 



The Value of Bee Books and Journals 216 



Some Comments on Mr. Alexander's Methods 217 



Banat Bees 218 



Handling Bees at County Fairs 218 



Brood-frames and Sections in the Same Body 216 



The Oil-stove Method of Warming Storage-tanks.. 219 



Storing and Preparing Honey for Market 220 



Notes on Various Topics 220 



Advertising and Selling Honey atlCounty Fairs.... 221 



A Stone Bee-Cellar 225 



Bees Living on Combs Built in the Open Air 228 



A Blind Bee-keeper 228 



HEADS OF GRAIN 229 



Why Alexander Does not Shade his Colonies 229 



Double-walled Hives 229 



Bees Passing Through a Long Passage 230 



Long-tongued Bees and Short-tubed Clover 230 



An Adjustable Storm-door 230 



Stingless Bees 230 



Feeding for Stimulating 231 



Feeding Back Unfinished Sections 231 



Selling Honey 231 



Yellow Spider an Enemy of Bees 232 



Feeding Bees by Spraying Leaves 232 



Btes Noticing Color 232 



To What Extent do Bees Hear? 233 



Great Superiority of Italians over Blacks 234 



Dead Bees in November 234 



NOTES OF TRAVEL 235 



OUR HOMES 236 



SPECIAL NOTICES 259 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mail. 



Savings Dep. Bank Co 246 



Bee Books. 



A.J.Cook 254 



Bee Smokers. 

 T F. Bingham 256 



F. Danzenbaker 191 



Bee Supplies. 



J. H. M. Cook 25.5 



W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co.. Back Cover 



Geo. E. Hilton 2.56 



M. H. Hunt & Son 254 



Kretchmer Mfg. Co 2.56 



Leahy Mfg. Co 257 



G. B. Lewis Co 198 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 256 



Fred W. Muth Co IgO 



Walter S. Pouder 252 



Page & Lyon 253 



W. H. Putnam 255 



A. H. Reeves 257 



St. Croix Valley Hon. P. Ass'n.. .255 

 The Root Co., Syracuse, N. Y.. .196 

 The Root Co., St. Paul, Minn .. .191 



The Root Co 193 



C. M. Scott & Co 25.5 



H.C.Simpson 257 



St. Croix Valley H. P. Ass'n 179 



W. D. Soper 254 



I. J. Stringham 256 



White Mfg. Co 255 



C. H. W. Weber 189 



A. G. Woodman Co 254 



York Honey & Bee Supply Co.. 253 



Bees and Queens. 



F. J. Colahan 260 



A. Gomes Casseres 260 



H. M. Parker, Jr 257 



Robert B. McCain 260 



W. H. Laws 260 



W. T. Crawford 260 



The Jennie Atchley Co 260 



A. E. Titoff 260 



C.W.Dayton 260 



W. S. McKnight 250 



W. H. Rails 257 



Roselawn Apiary 260 



J. W Taylor 260 



Comb Foundation. 



Dadant & Son Back Cover 



Gus Dittmer 253 



Fences. 



Brown Fence & Wire Co 213 



Coiled Spring Fence Co 218-245 



Kitselman Bros 243 



Honey-buyers. 



See page 190-191 



Incubators. 



American Brooder Co 240 



American I ncubator Co 251 



Banta-Bender Mfg. Co 240 



Buckeye Incubator Co 241 



Cycle Hatcher Co 240 



Chas. A. Cyphers 240 



Gem Incubator Co 241 



M. M. Johnson Co 241 



Manson Campbell Co., Ltd 240 



J. W. Miller Co. ... .241 



Prairie State Inc. Co 241 



Racine Hatcher Co 241 



Reliable Incubator Co 241 



World Stock & Poultry Sup. Co. .240 

 Geo. H. Stahl 241 



Machinery. 



American Harrow Co 242 



W. F. & J. Barnes Co 246 



Callander Cactus Co 250 



The Deming Co. 2.50 



Elkhart Carriage Mfg. Co 243 



Bateman Mfg. Co 165 



Electric Wheel Co 246 



Lyons Engine Co 244 



Medina Concrete Co 245 



F. E. Myers & Son 248 



Ohio Carriage Co 243 



Progressive Vehicle Mfg. Co 243 



Seneca Falls Mfg. Co 248 



Stromberg-Carlson Tel. Mfg. Co . .246 



Miscellaneous. 



F. W. Bird & Son 246 



O. L. Chase 245 



George M. Clark 243 



The D. Co 197 



Home Instructor 197 



Chas H. Manley 250 



T. Mower 197 



Seaboard Air Line R. R 197 



Poultry Supplies. 

 Berry Golden Rule Poultry Farm.257 



G. E. Conkey & Co 251 



B. H. Greider 251 



F. W. Mann Co 241 



Publishers, Agricultural-paper.! 



Farm and Stock 240 



Farmers' Call 197 



Fruit Grower Co 245, 255 



Kimball's Dairy Farmer 257 



The Rural Home 242 



Southern Fruit Grower 197 



Successful Farming 246 



Publishers, Bee-Journal. 



W. Z. Hutchinson 195 



The A. I. Root Co .".192 



Geo. W. York & Co 197 



Publishers Magazines. 



Frank Munsey 238-239 



Publishers, Poultry-paper. 



American Poultry Advocate 251 



R. R. Fisher 250 



The Howard Pub. Co 251 



Inland Poultry Journal 251 



Ohio Poultry Journal 257 



The Poultry Gazette 251 



Poultry Item 251 



Seeds and Trees. 



W. F. Allen. 249 



Francis Brill 248 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co 247 



Charlestown Nursery 248 



Chattanooga Nurseries 250 



Darling & Beahan 248 



L. J. Farmer 249 



Flansburgh & Potter Co 250 



Gage County Nurseries 248 



Gardner Nursery Co ....250 



German Nurseries 248 



EC. Green & Son 248 



Green's Nursery Co 249 



Hart Pioneer Nurseries 249 



D. Hill 250 



R. M. Kellogg Co 249 



Jewel Nurseries 247 



W. A. Mason 250 



Northrup, King & Co 247 



Louis Roesch 257 



W. N. Scarff 249 



R. H. Shumway 247 



Storrs & Harrison Co 248 



C. E. Whitten 250 



Wood Co 248 



Wants and Exchanges. 

 See page 258 



