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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 Postoffice, Medina. Ohio, as Second-class Matter 



VOL. XXXVIII 



OCTOIiEPv 15, 1910 



NO. 20 



Editorial 



All, about the "Everglades," from a bee- 

 keeper who lives there, in next issue, which 

 will be a "Florida special." 



Don't forget to read the special subscrip- 

 tion offer on first page of our advertising sec- 

 tion, by which the reader can get one-half 

 pound of yellow-sweet-clover seed free. 



SOME MORE EXTENSIVE ENLARGEMENTS. 



Some extensive enlargements have been 

 going on in the way of buildings and equip- 

 ments at The A. I. Root Company's pJant. 

 Any bee-keeper who would like to see how 

 we have grown during the last few years is 

 invited to make us a visit. But be sure to 

 come to the office, tell who you are, and ask 

 for a pass. 



MODEL FOUL-BROOD LAW. 



^YE shall be glad to furnish copies of a 

 model foul-brood law to any who may ap- 

 ply. The one to which we refer was draft- 

 ed by Dr. E. F. Phillips, of the Bureau of 

 Entomology, Washington, D. C. For most 

 States we believe it will prove to be the 

 most effective that has been proposed or en- 

 acted. We have it in Ohio, and it works as 

 well in practice as in theory. 



BEES AS FERTILIZERS OF CRANBERRY BLOS- 

 SO^NIS. 



More and more the value of bees as fer- 

 tilizers of blossoms is being understood. 

 We notice in The Boston Transcriiot that 

 Prof. H. J. Franklin, who has charge of the 

 cranberry experiment station at Wareham, 

 Mass., states that the bees have an essen- 

 tial duty to perform in cranberry work, and 

 that the fertility of the cranberry-bogs de- 

 pends on the presence of the bees. An ex- 

 periment was tried, consisting of screening 

 a portion of the bog to keep the bees away, 

 with the result that there were few berries 

 in the screened portion, while in the out- 

 side there was a fair crop. Further experi- 

 menting will be done next year. 



idays to warrant buyers laying in a very 

 large stock now. Of course the general 

 scarcit J- of comb honey may have a tendency 

 to keep prices up, but it will be very risky 

 for those who have honey for sale, especial- 

 ly comb, to hold any longer, expecting a 

 further advance. Extracted can be held 

 over, because it will keep for another year, 

 but comb honey should always be sold as 

 early in the fall as possible. 



There does not seem to be very much dif- 

 ficulty in getting good extracted, but good 

 comb honey has been rather scarce; and 

 this very scarcity, as we have already stated, 

 may have a tendency to hold prices up. 



HONEY-MARKET CONDITIONS. 



Prices probably have reached their 

 height. We are getting too close to the hol- 



TWO NEW BEE-BOOKS IN THE PRESS OF 

 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



The copy for a new and revised edition 

 of Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, is now in the hands of the publishers 

 of this journal. We hope to have the new 

 edition ready for delivery along about the 

 holidays. The new book will be consider- 

 ably enlarged, and brought clear up to date. 

 The fact that W. Z. Hutchinson is the au- 

 thor of it is enough to show any practical 

 bee-keeper that it is a work well worth read- 

 ing. While it is designed primarily for the 

 advanced bee-keeper, as its name indicates, 

 the beginner, if he has in connection some 

 other work, will find it exceedingly valuable. 

 AVe also have in hand the copy for a book 

 for beginners, by E. D. Townsend. Ad- 

 vanced Bee Culture and Townsend's book 

 would go well together. We hope to have 

 the former ready for delivery in about a 

 month. 



FEEDING LATE. 



Look well to your colonies to see if they 

 have sufficient stores to carry them through 

 the winter. Strong colonies especially need 

 an abundance of stores. For outdoor win- 

 tering we would have not less than 20 lbs., 

 and, better, 25 lbs. of sealed stores to a strong 

 colony in a ten-frame hive. Weaker colo- 

 nies will, of course, get along with propor- 

 tional ely less. For indoor wintering we usu- 

 ally figure on having about from one-half 

 to two-thirds the amount that we give to 

 outdoor bees. 



If you find colonies short of stores, the 

 best thing to do is to give them combs of 

 sealed honey. If these are not to be had, 

 feed sugar syrup made out of cane sugar, 

 two parts sugar to one part of water by bulk. 



