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



H. H. Root, Assistant Editor E. E, 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 



DECEMBER 1, 1910 



NO. 23 



Editorial 



The winter has been coming on much 

 earlier in this locality than usual. The ex- 

 pected Indian summer did not materialize, 

 or at least has not yet (Nov. 21). 



DOUBLE-WALLED PACKED HIVES VS. SIN- 

 GLE-WALLED HIVES IN PAPER WINTER 



CASES. 



While we have had fairly good results in 

 wintering in paper winter cases it has been 

 our opinion that colonies so protected have 

 not fared quite so well as those in the doit- 

 ble-walled packed hives. Possibly if more 

 newspapers were folded around the hives 

 and then the coarse heavy paper placed 

 over the whole, and securely tacked on, or 

 tied, the results might be the same. In lo- 

 calities where the absorbing i)lan seems to 

 give better results the paper winter cases can 

 not be used to very good advantage. 



COLLIER S WEEKLY AND THE SO-CALLED 

 MANUFACTURED COMB HONEY. 



In Collier'' s Weekly for Nov. 5, page 22 of 

 that excellent illustrated magazine, appears 

 an article on the subject of Faking of Food. 

 Along with a list of other foods said to be 

 commonly adulterated or faked we note the 

 following little paragraph: 



"Synthetically flavored"' glucose makes a lair 

 imitation ol maple syrup, but is not anywhere 

 nearly the masterpiece that is turned out in honey- 

 less honey in a beeless comb, so perfect that one 

 Involuntarily exclaims, " How doth the busy little 

 manufacturer — ! 



We suppose that most of what the writer, 

 Louise Eberle, says, is possibly true; but 

 she is certainly wrong in what she says 

 about the "masterpiece" "of honeyless 

 honey in a beeless comb." 



That one little item, coming as it does 

 from one of the most reliable weeklies in 

 the world, will do a great deal of damage to 

 thousands of honest bee-keepers scattered 

 over all the country. Her statement shows 

 the unmistakable ear marks of the old ex- 

 ploded canard of twenty years ago, to the 

 effect that much of the comb honey on the 

 market was artificial, the combs being made 

 of paraffine and filled with glucose. This 

 hoax was repeated so often, in spite of the 

 protests of bee-keepers, that it even found 

 its way into the encyclopedias and some of 

 our standard text-books. Nearly all of 



them have since corrected the misstate- 

 ment. But an encyclopedia, if that is 

 where she got her information, is by no 

 means an authority. If she had asked 

 some up-to date bee-keeper she would not 

 have made the blunder. 



As is well-known, we have had a stand- 

 ing offer for over twenty years of $1000 

 to any one who would show that manufac- 

 tured comb honey could be made so perfect 

 that it would deceive the average consum- 

 er. During all this time not one has seen 

 fit to take up the challenge and claim the 

 offer. The National Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion, backed by several thousand dollars in 

 its treasury, pf which Mr, N. E. France, of 

 Platteville, Wis., is General Manager, made 

 a similar offer for a like amount some years 

 ago; and if any more proof is needed we will 

 increase our offer to $10,000; in fact, we 

 should be safe in making it $100,000. If 

 Collier'' s Weekly or Louise Eberle will take 

 the pains to look up our financial standing 

 they will discover whether we are able to 

 make good our offer in case her charges are 

 sustained. 



Collier's Weekly is one of the leading 

 magazines of the United States. The ed- 

 itor of Gleanings has been taking it for 

 years, and expects to continue to do so be- 

 cause of its bold and fearless stand on great 

 moral questions. Of course we shall write 

 a protest to Collier's, but it will have a 

 great deal more weight if something like 

 ;>0,000 of our readers will do the same thing 

 in a brief but courteous note; and we there- 

 fore request you, one and all, to fire in 

 postal cards and letters, showing that such 

 statement is not true. Unless this item is 

 corrected it will do a great deal of damage 

 to the bee industry at large. Be sure to 

 make your letters brief and to the point, 

 but, above all, courteous. Sit down and do 

 it now. Address Collier's Weekly, New 

 York City. 



NO-DRIP CLEATS VS. COBRUGATED-PAPER 



BOTTOMS FOR SHIPPING-CASES; DO WE 



NEED A "FOOL-KILLER"? 



During the last six months we have had 

 exceptional opportunities for seeing many 

 thousands of pounds of comb honey in vari- 

 ous kinds of shipping-cases. We find that 

 the honey coming in cases having corrugat- 

 ed paper goes through in very much better 

 condition than that with no-drip cleats. 

 The trouble with the cleats is, that they are 

 often misplaced, allowing one end of the 

 section to be up and the other down. In 



