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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 15 



I imagine one would get about the same 

 result with only 10 colonies in a 10X10 cellar ; 

 or in the cellar you speak of, under the store, 

 you could probably put as many as you re- 

 quired, as the cubic feet of air would be suffi- 

 cient to keep the bees in the inner compart- 

 ment in good condition, provided the windows 

 were opened and closed occasionally to keep 

 the cellar as cold as possible, and above the 

 freezing-point for the protection of vegetables. 

 I do not think that the presence of vegetables, 

 provided there are no bad smells, would do 

 any harm. — Ed.] 



KATIONAL BEE-KEEPEKS' ASSOCIATION. 



Object:— To promote and protect the interests of its mem 

 bers; to prevent the adulteration of honey. 



Officers:— E R. Root, President, Medina O.; R. 0. Aikin 

 Vice-president, Xjoveland, Col.; Dr. A. B. Mason, Secre- 

 tary, 3512 Monroe St.. Sta. B, Toledo, O.; Eugene Secor, 

 General Manager, Forest City, Iowa. tit t» 



Board of Directors:— E. Whitcomb, Friend, Neb.; W. Z 

 Hutchinson. Flint, Mich.; A. I. Root, Medina, O.; E. T. 

 Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo.; P. H. Elwood, Starkville, N. Y.; 

 E. R. Root, Medina, O.; T. G.Newman, San Francisco, 

 CaL; G. M. Doolittle, Borodino, N. Y.; W. F. Marks, Cha^ 

 pinville, N. Y.; J. M. Hambaugh, Escondido, Cal.; C. P. 

 Dadant, Hamilton, 111.; C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. 



Fees:— Annual membership fee, Jl.OO. Remittances may be 

 sent here or to General Manager as above. 



Queen-rearing this year at the Home of 

 the Honey-bees has been progressing very 

 smoothly. The honey -flow was good; then 

 after the main crop was secured, red and 

 sweet clover came in, giving the bees some- 

 thing to do every day, and they are still work- 

 ing so that robbing is not annoying to the ex- 

 tent that it interferes with our queen-rearing 

 operations. 



"We are beginning to get good reports of the 

 German wax-press. Already it would appear 

 that in most cases the machine will pay for 

 itself in one or two days' time because it 

 makes use of and turns into cash the material 

 that hitherto has been thrown out in the gar- 

 den, and considered as so much waste. A 

 machine that can coin gold dollars out of 

 nothing is worth its price and keep. 



The Root Co. especially invite visititors on 

 the way to or from the Pan-American to stop 

 at Medina and see their apiaries as well as in- 

 spect their methods. We have one yard of 

 over 500 colonies, and another one of about 

 50. Both are in txceptionally fine condition, 

 and are almost as orderly and neat as a city 

 park. Our Mr. Wardell has charge of the 

 bees, and is beating all our previous records. 



On my spare evenings I am developing the 

 pictures that I took on my western trip. I 

 have gotten about half way over the series, 

 and I am glad to say they are fine. Most of 

 the pictures were taken with the time-shutter 

 and smallest stop, with the result that there 

 will be a sharp focus and good strong con- 



trasts. Many of them will be reproduced in 

 Gleanings. 



We have not yet put up our queen-mating 

 cage, for three reasons. First, the great ex- 

 pense involved; second, the doubt as to wheth- 

 er it will work after the money is paid out; 

 third, lack of time. To make a thing of that 

 kind work, one must have infinite faith in it. 

 I still believe that it will work; and if I can 

 get time to give it my personal attention I 

 will try it on a small scale and then on a larg- 

 er one. 



The Home of the Honey-bees is being en- 

 larged again this year. We expect to have 

 masons at work in a few days putting up a 

 wax-working building, one that will be fire- 

 proof, and devoted exclusively to the manu- 

 facture of fine grades of foundation. There 

 will be other additions to some other depart- 

 ments. Another new printing-press has been 

 ordered. A new automatic machine is just be- 

 ing completed, and some special machines will 

 be purchased in the near future. 



Do not forget the big convention at the 

 Pan-American, Sept. 10, 11, 12, Tuesday, Wed- 

 nesday, Thursday, commencing on the first 

 day in the evening. The place of meeting is 

 the Buffalo Library Building, corner Washing- 

 ton and Clinton Streets, near the business cen- 

 ter of the city. This promises to be one of 

 the best-attended conventions we have ever 

 had. The meeting at Chicago was nearly 500 

 strong. Let's break the record at Buffalo. 



In our last issue I referred to the fact that 

 the editor of the Rural New - Yorker would 

 speak at the joint session of bee-keepers and 

 fruit-growers, on Thursday evening, Sept. 12. 

 In doing so I referred to his name as Colling- 

 ton instead of Collingwood. Our readers will 

 please take note of the correction, and re- 

 member that Mr. Collingwood's address will 

 be something exceptionally interesting. At 

 this session there will be other speakers who 

 will be well worth hearing. 



Mr. W. a. Selser, the honey-man of Phil- 

 adelphia, writes that, so far as his locality is 

 concerned, there is more honey than last year; 

 and he fears that, if bee-keepers in the East 

 go on the assumption that the crop is as scarce 

 as last year, they will be waiting in vain for 

 high prices. He says he has had many more 

 offerings up to date than a year ago. 



But this would apply only to the extreme 

 East. The central and western markets, as 

 nearly as we can judge, will be about on a 

 level with last year. 



A PARAGRAPH of the honey reports as giv- 

 en in our last issue was inadvertently omitted. 

 In substance it stated that the information 

 was based on a 6000-mile trip in the West, 

 and on something like 400 or 500 reports that 

 had been received from all sections of the 

 country. Our honey-man, Mr. Boyden, sent 

 out blanks to many of the largest honey-pro- 

 ducers and buyers of the country, represent- 



