558 



GLEAXIXGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



MayI 



i 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 554 



STRAY STRAWS 563 



EDITORIAL 564 



Our Pennsylvania Article 564 



Importance of Ample Alighting- boards 564 



E. W. Alexander Rapidly Improving f 64 



Knowing too Much 565 



Ventilation and Dryness for Bee cellars 565 



The Alexander Articles in Book Form f 65 



Uniting Weak Colonies with Strong Ones 565 



Two Queens to a Hive for Rearing Brood 565 



Death of J. M. Hambaugh 565 



Convention and Other Matter Crowded Out 565 



Ourdoor Feeding 565 



Save the Steps 566 



Denatured Alcohol; Effort to Remove Tax 567 



Our Junior Editor y 567 



Colonies Running Short of Stores this Spring 567 



Where Should Entrances be for Outdoor Colonies . . 568 



Closed-end Frame Colonies; How They've Built 568 



Swarm Control in Production of Comb Honey 568 



Plan of Shook Swarming without "Shocking "... 568 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 569 



FANCIES AND FALLACIES 570 



GLEANINGS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST 572 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 573 



Rearing Queens for Early Increase 573 



Swarming Time 574 



Cultivate the Home Market 575 



Plain Sections v. Beeway Sections 577 



Strong Colonies for Production of Extracted 579 



Alexander Method of Curing Foul Brood 580 



Light on Spring Management of Weak Colonies. . .581 



Making Increase 582 



Non-swarming Plans: Their Faults and Failures .. 582 



Prof. Griffin's Class in Apiculture 585 



The Hive Adapted to the Two- queen System 586 



Marketing Honey 587 



Bee-keeping in Idaho 587 



Do Bees Store Water? 589 



An Educational Bee-hive 591 



HEADS OF GRAIN 593 



Two Queens in a Hive 593 



Producing Comb Honey without Increase 593 



Danger of a Mongrel American Bee 594 



Cells in Twin Mating-box Combs Slant Wrong 594 



Woodward Self- spacing Frame 594 



Bent Wires for Holding Transferred Combs 594 



A YEAR'S WORK IN AN OUT- API ARY 595 



NOTES OF TRAVEL 598 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 601 



SPECIAL NOTICES 615 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mail. 

 Savings Dep. Bank Co 603 



Bee Smokers. 

 T F. Bingham 614 



F. Danzenbaker -555 



Bee Supplies. 



J. B Mason 561 



E. W. Alexander 615 



W. W. Carv & don 561 



D. Coolev .'. 613 



J. H. M.'cook .561 



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



Geo. E. Hilton 614 



M. H. Hunt Se: Son 560 



Kretchmer Mf g Co 613 



Leahy Mfg. Co 616 



G. B Lewis Co 562 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 614 



Minnesota Bee Supply Co 616 



FredW. MuthCo 554 



Walter S. Pouder 611 



The Root Co ..615 



Page & Lyon 612 



A. H. Reeves 616 



The Root Co., Syracuse, N. Y.. 560 

 The Root Co., St. Paul, Minn .. .612 



C. M. Scott & Co 613 



I. J. Stringham .561 



C. H. W. Weber 553 



A. G. Woodman Co 613 



York Honev & Bee Supply Co.. 614 

 Lathrop Mfg. Co 615 



Bees and Queens. 



T. S. Hall 621 



G. Routzahn 619 



M. D. Whicher 620 



Bee & Honey Co 613 



The Jennie Atchley Co 621 



D. J. Blocher.. 6l9 



H. H. Jepson 621 



Grant Anderson . . 621 



R. O. Cox.. . ■ 618 



Doolittle & Claik .619 



Henrv Alley 618 



John M. Davis. 618 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co. . . .' ■ ■ 619 



F. A. Lockhart & Co 619 



The Bee and Honev Co 613 



Best-the-bee man ' 616 



G. W. Gates '.'.'. MC> 



C. H. W. Weber 617 



Jas. W. Bain 619 



H. .v. Ross 621 



Sam'l Click 618 



E. A. Simmons 619 



J. L Strong 620 



A. W. Yates. 619 



George W. Barnes 621 



J. G. Baumgaertner 621 



J. B. Case 620 



W. T. Crawford 621 



F. J Colahan 61.S 



Chas. Koeppen 620 



J. J. Jepson 619 



E. E. Lawrence 620 



W. H. Laws 620 



Robert B. McCain 620 



Malan Brothers 616 



E. E. Mott 621 



H. M. Parker, Tr 621 



A.E.TitofF 620 



W. H. Rails 621 



J. R. Rambo 6l8 



Roselawn Apiary 620 



H. C. Simpson 621 



J. W. Taylor 618 



Henry Shaffer 621 



Victor-Knolle Apiary Co 621 



Daniel Wurth 62.5 



Mennie & Fenton 621 



H G. Quirin 618 



Bee-books. 



A. J. Cook 615 



George W. York 561 



Buggies. 



Anderton Mfg. Co 604 



Elkhart Carriage Co 604 



Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co 604 



Progressive Vehicle Mfg. Co 604 



Union Buggy Co 604 



Comb Foundation. 



Dadant & Son Back Corer 



Gus Dittmer 612 



Eggs. 



M. H. Winebrener 624 



Fences. 



Coiled Spring Fence Co 607-624 



Page Woven-wire Fence Co 607 



Honey-buyers. 



See page 555 



Household Specialties. 



Best Light Co 607 



Cleveland Desk Co 603 



Joseph Home Co 603 



Stromberg-Carlson Tel Mfg. Co.bO? 



Incubators 



Banta-Bender Mfg. Co 607 



Buckeye Incubator Co 607 



H. M. Sheer Co 607 



Machinery 



Electric Wheel Co 624 



Lyons Engine Co 608 



Medina Concrete Co 606 



F. E. Myers & Bros 607 



Miscellaneous. 



Alabama Times .624 



Best Gate Co 605 



Hardware Specialtv Co 624 



Seaboard Air Line' R. R 624 



Home Correspondence School... 603 



Lathrop Mfg. Co 607 



W. R. Hartigen Son 607 



Hammond's Slug- shot 602 



Standard Incubator Co 603 



The Deming Co 604 



Willett's Egg-preserver Co 607 



Loftis 609 



Publishers, Agricultural-paper. 



Farmers Call 615 



Southern Fruit Grower .555 



Publishers. Bee-Journal 



W. Z. Hutchinson .557 



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

 Geo. W. York & Co. 561 



A. I. Root Co ...556-007 



Publishers, Poultry-paper. 



R. R. Fisher 624 



Ohio Poultry Journal 624 



The Poultry Gazette 624 



Poultry Item 624 



B. H. Greider 624 



Seeds and Trees. 



Hart Pioneer Nurseries 606 



Wants and Exchanges. 

 See page 622 



