634 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 630 



STRAY STRAWS 639 



EDITORIAL 641 



New Caucasian Bees 641 



What to Do in Bad Days in the Spring 641 



Queer Weather at Medina 641 



Right and Wrong Way of Shaking Bees 641 



Three Methods of Swarln Control 641 



Foul-brood Law of Ontario Amended 641 



Dr. C. C. Miller 642 



New System of Comb-honey Production 642 



Division-boards for " Springing " Bees 643 



National Convention to be held at San Antonio 643 



Spraying while in Bloom 644 



Raw Nectar Wanted 644 



GLEANINGS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST 645 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 646 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 647 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 649 



Producing Comb Honey 648 



Foul Brood 650 



Intensive Bee- keeping 651 



Over- weight Sections as an Advertising Scheme. .654 



Appliances to Adopt if I were to Start Anew 655 



Proper Color for Hives 655 



Swarming not a Calamity but a Blessing 657 



Uniting Weak Colonies by Alexander Method 658 



Brief Notes on Current Topics 659 



Hoffman Frames 660 



Visit to Sam Ling's Bee-ranch 661 



Bee-keeping in Idano 663 



The Pearl Agnes Bee-hive 665 



Mailing and Introducing Cages for Queens 667 



A YEAR'S WORK IN AN OUT- APIARY 652 



HEADS OF GRAIN 970 



The Three-compartment Mating-box 670 



Good Combs Containing Sour Honey 670 



Bees without a Hive for Years 670 



Marbach Metal spaced Frame 670 



Report on Hiving Swarms with a Mirror 671 



Introducing Queens by the Simmons Plan 671 



Hive-tool Made from a Saw blade 671 



Bottom-board Having Adjustable Entrance 671 



OUR HOMES 672 



NOTES OF TRAVEL 676 



TEMPERANCE 678 



SPECIAL NOTICES 699 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mail. 



Savings Dep. Bank Co 679 



Bee Smokers. 



T F. Bingham 690 



F. Dauzenbaker 681 



Bee Supplies. 



A. H. Reeves 691 



A. G. Woodman Co 689 



C. H. W. Webe r 629 



C. M. Scott & Co 689 



D. Cooley 689 



F. C. Morrow 691 



Fred W. Muth Co 680 



Frank W. Prothero 692 



Geo. E. Hilton 690 



G. B. Lewis Co 698 



I. J. Stringham 697 



J. H. M. Cook 637 



Kretchmer Mfg Co 689 



Lathrop Mfg. Co 690 



Leahy Mfg. Co 69:^ 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 637 



Minnesota Bee Supply Co 69:^ 



M. H. Hunt & Son 63(> 



Page & Lyon 68S 



The Root Co.* ..691 



The Root Co., Syracuse, N. Y.. .636 

 The Root Co., St. Paul, Minn .. .688 

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



Walter S. Pouder 687 



W. D. Soper 637 



York Honey & Bee Supply Co.. 690 



Bees and Queens. 



A. E. Titoff .696 



Bee & Honey Co 6>>9 



Best-the-bee man 691 



B. C. Terry Co 697 



Chas. Koeppen 696 



D. J. Blocher 69.5 



Daniel Wurth 697 



Doolittle &Cla k 695 



E. A. Simmons 694 



B. C. Terry Co 697 



E. L. Pratt 697 



E. E. Lawrence ..696 



F. j'. Colahan ....691 



F. A. Lockhart & Co 695 



George W. Barnes 697 



G. Routzahn 693 



Grant Anderson 691 



Henry Alley ■.'.'. 691 



Henry Shaffer 697 



H G. Quiriu 694 



H. C. Simpson 6' 1 



H M. Parker, Jr 697 



H. A. Ross 621 



H. H. Jepson 695-697 



J. W. Griffin 695 



J. L Strong t..696 



J. W Taylor 694 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co 695 



Jas. W. Bain 695 



J. B. Case 696 



J. E. Chambers 691 



J. R. Rambo 691 



John M. Davis. 691 



Mennie & Fenton 691 



Malan Brothers 693 



M. D. Whicher ,....696 



Robert B. McCain 696 



R. O. Cox 618 



Roselawn Apiary 696 



S. V. Reeves 693 



S. Valentine 695 



The Jennie Atchley Co 597 



Victor- Knolle Apiary Co 697 



W. H. Laws 669 



W. T. Lewis 693 



W. T. Crawford 695 



Bee-books. 



A.J. Cook 690 



George W. York 637 



Buggies. 



Anderton Mfg. Co 6'-2 



Elkhart Carnage Co 682 



Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co 682 



Progressive Vehicle Mfg. Co 682 



Union Buggy Co 682 



Comb Foundation 



Dadant & Son Back Cover 



Gus Dittmer 688 



Fences. 



Brown Fence and Wire Co 700 



Coiled Spring Fence Co 697-700 



Page Woveu-wire Fence Co 6S2 



Honey-buyers. 



See page 680 



Household Specialties. 



Best Light Co 679 



Cleveland Desk Co 679 



O. L. Chase 685 



Joseph Home Co 686 



Stromberg-Carlson Tel Mfg Co.b86 



Incubators 



Banta-Bender Mfg. Co • . .685 



H. M. Sheer Co 700 



Machinery 



J. H. Barnes 686 



Electric Wheel Co 700 



Lyons Engine Co 684 



Medina Concrete Co 683 



F. E Myers & Bros 686 



Smith Premier Typewriter Co. ...685 



Miscellaneous. 



Alabama Times 700 



Best Gate Co.. 681 



Compendium Subscription Ag'y.585 



David B. Clarkson 679 



Hammond's Slug- shot 683 



Hardware Specialty Co 700 



Home Correspondence School. . .679 



Lathrop Mfg. Co 685 



Loftis 6F0 



Seaboard Air Line R. R 700 



Standard Incubator Co 603 



The Deming Co 682 



W. R. Hartigen Son 686 



Publishers. Agricultural-paper. 



Farmer's Call 6-37 



Southern Fruit Grower 681 



Publishers, Bee-journal 



A. I. Root Co ..632-633 



Geo. W. York & Co. 637 



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

 W. Z. Hutchinson 633 



Publishers, Poultry-paper. 

 R. R. Fisher 700 



B. H. Greider 700 



The Poultry Gazette 700 



Poultry Item "00 



Ohio Poultry Journal 700 



Poultry Success 700 



Seeds and Trees. 

 Hart Pioneer Nurseries OS ". 



Wants and Exchanges. 

 Seepage 698-699 



