482 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 15 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 448 



STRAY STRAWS 487 



EDITORIAL 489 



Mr. Alexander and Mrs. Holtermann 111 489 



Comparative Results in Wintering at Medina 489 



Increasing the Honey-crop by Sowing Clovers 489 



Dr. E. F. Phillips 490 



Cost of Bee-keepers' Supplies 490 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 493 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 494 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 496 



GLEANINGS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST 498 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 499 



Bee-keeping in Alabama 492 



Spring Feeding 499 



To Start Anew, what Appliances would I Adopt? . . 500 

 Are Sections Detrimental to the Honey Market?. . ■ 502 



Bees for the Honey-flow 503 



Some Recent Statements Discussed 504 



Naming Bees 505 



Alexander's Cure for Black Brood a Success 507 



Alexander Method of Building Up Weak Colonies . . 507 



Early Spring Management 508 



Honey-bees and Cucumbers 509 



How to Produce More Honey 511 



Bees and Poultry Combined 513 



HEADS OF GRAIN 514 



A Comb- honey Shipping-case without Glass 514 



Ventilation under Hives 516 



A California Extracting-house 516 



Sweet-clover Seed; a Beeswax Relic 516 



Bees Transferring Larvae 517 



Can Colonies be Prepared for Early Honey- flow? . . .517 



Shall We Spray While the Trees are in Bloom? 517 



Weights of Sections Depend on Locality 518 



Vaseline to Prevent Propolis from Sticking 518 



Wintering Baby Nuclei 518 



Temperature of Bee-cellars ^ 518 



Wants Bees with Hot Stingers 518 



Shipping Comb Honey by Express 519 



Beginner's Questions 519 



A YEAR'S WORK IN AN OUT- API ARY 520 



NOTES OF TRAVEL 523 



OUR HOMES 525 



SPECIAL NOTICES 534 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mall. 

 Savings Dep. Bank Co 527 



Bee Smokers. 

 T F.Bingham 53S 



F. Danzenbaker 479 



Bee Supplies. 



W. D. Soper 512 



J. B Mason 538 



E.W.Alexander 539 



W. W. Gary & -on 539 



D. Cooley 540 



J. H. M. Cook 542 



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



Geo. E. Hilton 5.38 



M. H. Hunt & Son 484 



Kretchmer Mfg. Co 538 



Leahy Mfg. Co 540 



G. B Lewis Co 486 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 538 



Minnesota Bee Supply Co 540 



Fred W. Muth Co. 478 



Walter S. Pouder ^ 535 



The Root Co ..539 



fage & Lyon 536 



A. H. Reeves 542 



The Root Co., Syracii.se, N. Y.. .484 

 The Root Co., St. Paul, Minn .. .536 



C. M. Scott & Co 537 



I. J. Stringham 539 



White Mfg. Co 537 



C. H. W. Weber 477 



A. G. Woodman Co .537 



York Honey & Bee Supply Co... 537 



Bees and Queens. 



T. S. Hall 542 



G. Routzahn .545 



M. D. Whictcher 542 



S. Valentine ...542 



Aliso Apiary 545 



Anthonj' Biaggi cAi 



Bee & Honey Co 540 



The Jennie Atchley Co .545 



D J. Blocher.. 545 



H. H. Jepson .542-.545 



Grant Anderson 545 



R. O. Cox ; 543 



Doolittle & Clark '. . . .543 



Henry Alley ,541 



John M. Davis. 541 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co. 543 



F. A. Lockhart & Co 543 



E. L. Pratt 543 



J. L Strong 544 



A. W. Yates .543 



B. C. Terry .544 



George W. Barnes 543 



Rev. J. G. Baumgaertner 545 



J. B. Case 542 



W. T. Crawford .545 



F. J. Colahan 541 



J. W. Griffin 541 



Chas. Koeppen 544 



J. J. Jepson 545 



E. E. Lawrence 544 



W. H. Laws 544 



Robert B. McCain 544 



Malan Brothers 543 



E. E. Mott 545 



H. M. Parker, Jr 545 



A E. TitofF 544 



W. H. Rails 545 



J. R. Rambo .541 



Roselawn Apiary 543 



H. C. Simpson 545 



J. W Taylor 541 



Henry Shaffer 545 



Victor-Knolle Apiary Co 545 



Daniel Wurth 545 



Mennie & Kenton 542 



H. G. Quirin 541 



Bee-books. 



A. J. Cook 485 



Buggies. 



Anderton Mfg. Co 530 



Elkhart Carnage Co 530 



Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co 529 



Progressive Vehicle Mfg. Co 5.30 



Union Buggy Co 530 



Comb Foundation. 



Dadant & Son Back Cover 



Gus Dittmer 536 



Fences. 



Brown Fence & Wire Co 529 



Coiled Spring Fence Co 529-531 



Honey-buyers. 



See page 478 



Household Specialties. 



Best Light Co 529 



Cleveland Desk Co 527 



Joseph Home Co 447 



A L. Rice 529 



Stromberg-Carlson Tel. Mfg. Co. 529 



Incubators. 



Standard 542 



Banta-Bender Mfg. Co 531 



Buckeye Incubator Co 531 



Cycle Hatcher Co 531 



Chas. A. Cyphers 531 



Manson Campbell Co. , Ltd 530 



Geo. H. Stahl 531 



H. M. Sheer Co 531 



Machinery. 



W. F. & J. Barnes Co. 527 



Electric Wheel Co 548 



Lyons Engine Co 532 



Manson Campbell Co 531 



Medina Concrete Co 553 



F. E. Myers & Bros 529 



Miscellaneous. 



E. A. House 542 



Suburban Life 485 



Alabama Times 542 



Best Gate Co 528 



F. W. Bird & Son 529 



Hardware Specialty Co 530 



Chas. H. Manley 548 



Seaboard Air Line R. R 485 



Home Correspondence School... 527 

 Page-Davis 479 



Publishers, Agricultural-paper. 



Farmer's Call 527 



Southern Fruit Grower 542 



Publisliers, Bee-journal 



W. Z. Hutchinson 481 



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

 Geo. W. York & Co 485 



A. I. Root Co 481-482 



Publishers, Poultry-paper. 



R. R. Fisher 548 



Ohio Poultry Journal 548 



The Poultry Gazette 472 



Poultry Item 548 



B. H. Greider 548 



Seeds and Trees. 



Callander Cactus Co 563 



L. J. Farmer 533 



Hart Pioneer Nurseries 533 



Jewel Nurseries 457 



Louis Roesch 533 



L. H. Mahan 548 



Schilder Bros 548 



Wants and Exchanges. 

 See page 546 



