786 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



June 15 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER, 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 782 



STRAY STRAWS 791 



EDITORIAL 793 



The Pure-food Bill Hanging Fire in Congress 793 



Making a Newly Hived Swarm Contented 793 



Obstructed Entrances 794 



What Shall the Harvest be 794 



Dr. Edward F. Bigelow 794 



Big Field Day at Jenkintown 795 



Fatalities from Bee-stings 796 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 797 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 798 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 799 



Is Thin Sugar- fed Syrup same as Honey 799 



Alexander's Honey-tanks 801 



Cyrenius Hive-lift 802 



Comb Honey by the Two-queen System 803 



Comb Foundation 804 



Foul Brood 806, 807 



Lighter Grades of Brood Foundation Condemned. .808 



Wax- rendering 810 



Alsike 811 



Control of Swarming 811 



How We Know that Bees Hear 812 



Photograph of Live Bee Sipping Nectar 814 



Good Report from Northern Michigan Bee-keeper .814 



Transferring Excursion 815 



If I were to Start Anew 816 



How to Handle Hives without Killing Bees 819 



A YEAR'S WORK IN AN OUT-APIARY 821 



HEADS OF GRAIN 824 



J. E. Chambers' Non-swarming Plan 824 



Feeding by Setting Hive on Bottom-boards 824 



Double-bottom-board plan to Keep down Increase. 825 



Curious Bee-tree 825 



Yellow Spider 825 



Bee-keeping in State of Washingrton 826 



Honey in Brood- nest when Running for Honey 826 



Necessity of Queen-breeder having Imp'd Queens. 826 



How Some People Handle Bees 827 



Alexander Plan 827 



Vertical vs. Horizontal Wiring 827 



Plan for Getting Bees out of Wall of Building 827 



Question Concerning Reason and Instinct 827 



Honey in Brood-combs 827 



Bee-keeping in Western North Carolina 828 



Does Feeding Pay ? 828 



Southern Queens for Northern Apiaries 828 



Preparing Hives for Moving by Carload 829 



Bee-spaces between Supers 829 



Comb Attached to Separators 829 



Clipping Queens 830 



Alexander Methods 830 



Do Queen -bees Take a Cleansing Flight 830 



Crocus- blossoms _ 831 



Changing Hives while Swarm is in the Air 831 



How to Get Rid of Laying Workers 831 



Grape- basket on Pole for Swarm-catcher 831 



Outdoor Feeding 831 



Hiving on Starters of Foundation Unsuccessful. . .831 



OUR HOMES 932 



SPECIAL NOTICES 838 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mail. 

 Savings Dep. Bank Co 834 



Bee Smokers. 



Bingham, T. F 843 



Danzenbaker, F 783 



Bee Supplies. 



Cook, I. H. M 837 



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

 Hershiser, Orel L .... 782 



Hilton, Geo. E 843 



Hunt & Son, M. H 788 



Jepson, H. H 848 



Kretchmer Mfg. Co 842 



LewisCo, G. B 790 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 8i4 



Minnesota Bee Supply Co 837 



Muth Co., Fred W 782 



Page & Lyon 841 



Pierce .843 



Pouder, Walter S 840 



Prothero, Frank W 844 



Reeves, a.. H 783 



Root Co., The 844 



Root Co., I'he, Syracuse, N. Y.. 789 

 Root Co., The, St. Paul, Minn... 841 



Scott & Co., C. M 842 



Soper ,843 



Stringham, I. J 844 



Weber, C. H. W 781 



Woodman Co., 4. G 842 



York Honey & Bee Supply Co.. 843 



Bees and Queens. 



Alley, Henry 846 



Anderson, Grant.. 846 



Atchley Co., The Jennie '.'.'.'.849 



Blocher. D. J 849 



Case, J. B !.'..v..v.!;;;84s 



Colahan, K. J 846 



Cox, R. O... 847 



Crawford, W. T 846 



Darrow, CM 848 



Davis, John M 846 



Doolittle & Clark . . 847 



Jepson, H. H 847 



Koeppen, Chas. 847 



Krechlan, D. F 837 



Lawrence, E. E 848 



Laws, W. H 848 



Lewis, W. T 847 



Lockhart & Co., F. A 847 



Malan Brothers 847 



Mayberry, F. M .. 847 



McCain, Robert B 848 



Mennie & Fenton 849 



Miller, I. C 849 



Miller, Isaac F 849 



Moore, J. P.. 847 



Mott, E. E 848 



Parker, Jr.. H. M 849 



Quirin the Queen-breeder 846 



Rails, W. H. 847 



Rambo, J R 846 



Robey, L- H 848 



Roselawn Apiary 848 



Routzahn, G 846 



Shaffer, Henry 847 



Shaw& Co., J. W. K 847 



Simmons, E- A 846 



Simpson, H. C 783 



Strong, J. L 849 



Taylor, J. W 849 



Titoff, A. E 848 



Victor-Knolle Apiary Co 849 



Wurth, Daniel 849 



Bee-books. 

 York, George W 789 



Comb Foundation 



Dadant & Son Back Cover 



Dittmer, Gus 841 



Fences. 



Coiled Spring Fence Co 852 



Honey-buyers. 

 See page 782-783 



Household Specialties. 



Best Light Co 852 



Home Co., Joseph 834 



Machinery. 



Deming Co 837 



Electric Wheel Co 852 



Lyons Engine Co 835 



Medina Concrete Co 857 



Myers & Bros., F. E 837 



Miscellaneous. 



Best Gate Co 836 



Hardware Specialty Co 834 



Seaboard Air Line R. R 852 



Shepard Co., O. C 834 



T. T. Poultry Co 783 



Publishers, Agricultural-paper. 



Southern Fruit Grower 783 



Publishers, Bee-Journal 



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



Hutchinson, W. Z _ 785 



Root Co.. A. I. 784-785 



York &Co., Geo. W 789 



Publishers, Poultry-paper. 



Ohio Poultry Journal 862 



Poultry Gazette, The 852 



Poultry Item 852 



Poultry Success 783 



Wants and Exchanges. 

 See page 850 



