CSbamngfi m TMt Culture 



Published by The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 



H. H. ROOT, Assistant Editor E. R> Root, Editor A. L. Boyden, Advertising Manager 



A. I. Root, Editor Home Department J. T. Calvert, Business Manager 



Entered at the Postoflttco, Medina, Ohio, as Second-class Matter 



VOL. XXXVIII 



•JULY 1, 1910 



NO. 13 



Editorial 



Kditor Ilntfhinson sjiraVs vpi\ liigliiy 

 of Dr. Lyon's now book, tiiliiled "How to 

 Keeio Bees for Profit." 



AVe are now coming to tlie time to sow 

 buckwheat. It is a crop that always pays. 

 See page 7. 



The secret of preventing" robbing, in re- 

 moving honey from the hives and extract- 

 ing it, says E. D. Townsend in the Review, 

 is to prevent a single bee from going home 

 with a load of stolen honey. Quite right 

 you are, friend Townsend. 



Pkospects for a basswood flow, where bass- 

 woods have not leen cut, are good. From 

 reports that we have received from various 

 sections of the country, even if there should 

 be a drouth checking clover, it will not 

 greatly affect the yield from basswood. As 

 the roots of trees will reach much deeper 

 into the soil they will secure the necessary 

 moisture. 



POWER vs. HAND-DRIVEN EXTRACTORS. 



In discussing the question of power vs. 

 hand-driven extractors, the editor of the Be- 

 v-iew thinks it is safe to estimate that the 

 former will secure at least two ounces more 

 of honey per I^angstroth comb. To be on 

 the conservative side, he figures that there 

 will be a gain of one pound from a 10-frame 

 super. If we get 40 i)ounds of honey from 

 such super in a crop of 20,000 pounds of 

 honey he estimates that we would save in 

 power extraction over hand extraction 500 

 jiounds. On this basis an engine will about 

 pay for itself in one year. Cleaner extract- 

 ing-combs makes less of actual loss, less of 

 excitement, commotion and demoralization 

 of an apiary. He considers that the honey 

 left in the extracting-combs is practically a 

 loss, so that whatever of it w^e can save is a 

 clear gain. 



THE NEW EDITION OF THE A B C AND X Y Z 

 OF BEE CULTURE. 



This will be ready for delivery to the pub- 

 lic in about two weeks, or about the time 

 that our next issue goes to press. As usu- 

 al, it is larger than any previous edition, 

 containing a great deal of new matter. A 

 large number of new engravings have been 



made especially for it. Many of these are 

 in the nature of moving pictures; that is to 

 say, they show the successive steps of va- 

 rious manipulations described. 



The subjects that have received additions 

 are as follows: Absconding Swarms; Bees 

 and Fruit; Bees as a Nuisance; Comb Foun- 

 dation; Comb Honey; Diseases of Bees; 

 Entrances; Extracted Honey; Extractors; 

 Exhibits of Honey; Feeding and Feeders; 

 Frames, to Manipulate; Fruit-blossoms; In- 

 troducing; Laws Relating to Bees; Pollen; 

 <Jueen-rearing; Robbing; Swarming; Wax 

 and Wintering. The following subjects 

 have been entirely re-written; Glucose; Hon- 

 ey; Honey Adulteration; Sugar; Nectar; 

 Cane Sugar; Spring Management of Bees. 

 The general subject of Bees as Pollinators, 

 under the head of Fruit-blossoms and Pol- 

 len, has received especial attention. 



As far as possible we have sought to have 

 all technical articles written by specialists 

 in their particular line. For examble, ev- 

 ery thing relating to the chemistry of hon- 

 ey has been written by Prof. Hugh Bryan, 

 of the Bureau of Chemistry of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. Dr. E. 

 F. Phillips, of the same Department, has 

 prepared a number of articles on technical 

 subjects; and R. E. Snodgrass, who has 

 probably made the most extended study of 

 the anatomy of the bee of any scientist in 

 the world, living or dead, has prepared the 

 article in the appendix on the anatomy of 

 the bee. 



Taking it all in all, we have endeavored 

 to make this latest edition an accurate ex- 

 ponent of every thing relating to the sub- 

 ject. It is probably the largest work — that 

 is, containing the most actual matter — of 

 any of its l<ind in any language. We have 

 spared neither pains nor expense in bring- 

 ing it clear up to the times. The fact that 

 it has always been, and is yet, in standing 

 type, so that changes can be easily made, 

 makes this possible. 



honey-crop conditions. 



Conditions for a good flow from clover in 

 northern and eastern States have been very 

 favorable. At one time it was feared that 

 drouth might cut it short, but timely rains 

 have been reported from different sections, 

 and it would seem at this writing that there 

 will be at least a fair yield of first quality 

 clover honey, and probably some basswood, 

 during this season. 



Reports from some of the alfalfa districts 

 have been somewhat conflicting. In some 

 portions of the West there will be a good 



