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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 857 



STRAY STRAWS 867 



EDITORIAL 869 



What Shall the Harvest be? 869 



A Sequel to my Chicken Story 869 



Our Basswood Plantation 869 



Doolittle Method of Controlling Swarms 869 



J. C. Acklin 870 



Is Black Brood Spreading in the United States ?• . .871 



POEM.-Langstroth 872 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 873 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 874 



CON VERS ATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 876 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 877 



Wax-rendering 877 



Mating Queens 879 



The Ferris System of Producing Comb Honey 880 



A Non-reversible Extractor 882 



Feeding Artificial Pollen 884 



Increasing the Pasturage with Sweet Clover 884 



Bee-keeping in Idaho 884 



Foul Brood 885 



Mr. Henry Shaffer 886 



Hoffman J<"rames 887 



Papa's Swarm that wouldn't Stay Hived 887 



HEADS OF GRAIN 888 



Orange-blossom Honey 888 



Simmins on Foul BrOod 888 



Getting Brood from Two Queens 888 



Is Bee-hunting Profitable? 888 



Hybrid Bees 889 



Caucasian Bees as Swarmers 889 



Cloth over the Sections 889 



Distance Bees Travel 889 



A YEAR'S WORK IN AN OUT-APIARY 8£0 



OUR HOMES 892 



HEALTH NOTES 895 



SPECIAL NOTICES 897 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mail. 

 Savings Dep. Bank Co 899 



Bee Smokers. 



Bingham, T. F 903 



Danzenbaker, P 859 



Bee Supplies. 



Cook, f . H. M 906 



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



Hershiser, Orel L 859 



Hilton, Geo. E 903 



Hunt & Son, &I. H 858 



Jepson, H. H , 909 



•iretchmer Mfg. Co 902 



Lewis Co , G. B 866 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 904 



Minnesota Bee Supply Co 899 



Muth Co., Fred W. 857 



Page & Lyon 901 



Pouder, Walter S 900 



Prothero, Frank W 904 



Reeves, 4. H 859 



Root Co., The 914 



Root Co., ihe, Syracuse, N Y...865 

 Root Co., The, St. Paul, Minn... 900 



Scott & Co., CM 902 



Stringham, I. J 909 



Weber, C. H. W 857 



Woodman Co., 4. G 902 



York Honey & Bee Supply Co.. 903 



Bees and Queens. 



Anderson, Grant 904 



Atchley Co., ine Jennie 909 



Case, J. B 908 



Colahan, K. J 907 



Cox, R. O 908 



Crawford, W r 907 



Darrow, CM 907 



Davis, John M 907 



Doolittle & Clark 908 



Jepson, H. H 907 



Koeppen, Chas 908 



Krechlan, D. F 906 



Lawrence, E. E 908 



Laws, W. H 903 



Lewis, W. T 898 



Lockhart & Co., F. A 906 



Malan Brothers 908 



Mayberry, F M 908 



McCain, Robert B 908 



Mennie & Fenton 909 



Miller, Isaac F 909 



Moore, J. P 909 



Mott, E. E 908 



Parker, Jr., H. M 909 



Quirin the Queen-breeder 907 



Rambo, J. R 907 



Robey, L. H 908 



Roselawn Apiary 90S 



Routzahn, G 910 



Shaffer, Henry 908 



Shaw & Co., J. W. K 908 



Shuff, W. A 899 



Simmons, E. A 907 



Simpson, H. C 906 



Strong, J. L 909 



Taylor, J. W 909 



Titoff, A. E 5>07 



Victor-Knolle Apiary Co 909 



Wurth, Daniel 5:09 



Bee-books. 



York, George W 865 



Root Co., The A.I 905 



Comb Foundation 



Dadant & Son Back Cover 



Dittmer, Gus 901 



Fences. 

 Coiled Spring Fence Co 912 



Honey-buyers. 

 See page 858-859 



Household Specialties. 



Best Light Co 912 



Home Co., Joseph 899 



Ulery Co., U. J. 899 



Machinery. 



Deming Co 906 



Electric Wheel Co 912 



Empire Mfg. Co 912 



Lyons Engine Co 861 



Medina Concrete Co 906 



Myers & Bros., F. E 906 



Root Co., The A. 1 911 



Miscellaneous. 



Chicago House Wrecking Co 861 



Hardware Specialty Co 912 



Seaboard Air Line R. R 912 



T. T. Poultry Co 859 



Publishers, Agricultural-paper. 



Southern Fruit Grower 859 



Publishers, Bee-Journal 



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



Hutchinson, W. Z 861 



Root Co.. A. 1 860 



York & Co., Geo. W 865 



Publishers, Poultry-paper. 



Ohio Poultry Journal 912 



Poultry Gazette, The 912 



Poultry Item 912 



Poultry Success 859 



Wants and Exchanges. 

 See page 910 



