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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



931 



in our issue for Oct. 1. the doctor's criticism 

 is about right, althougli I do not think 

 " pessimism " is necessarily an evil. The 

 Irish Bee Journal gave about three pages 

 of quotation from the book, and praised it 

 highlj', and here comes /,<• Rncher Belize 

 giving a translation from it in French. 

 The writer of it himself saj's no one will 

 learn how to open a hive b\- reading his 

 book. Bees are his text but not his subject, 

 as I understand it. 



On page 862 Mr. R. A. Hollev- says : 

 On page 779 you quote the Pacific Bee Journal to the 

 effect that I have found (i2o cases of foul brood in Ven- 

 tura Co. This is as wide of the truth as some of the es- 

 timates of the California honey crop. I have found, up 

 to date, just lOS cases of foul brood in this county this 

 year. 



The fault was not on the part of the jour- 

 nal quoted. The mistake arose from my 

 concluding thiit the total number of colonies 

 examined was the number affected with foul 

 brood. I beg Mr. Bennett's pardon for caus- 

 ing him to appear so inaccurate. But the 

 revised report by Mr. Holley is certainly 

 bad enough, and should arouse vigorous 

 action among bee-keepers there. 



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 THE IRISH BEE JOURNAL. 

 This new paper was started last spring, 

 and has all the outward marks of an old 

 journal. It is devoted to the development 

 of apiculture in Ireland, and presents a ta- 

 ble of contents that is ver}^ creditable. It 

 has 16 pages the size of this. It is the or- 

 gan of the Irish Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 and is edited bj' J. G. Diggs, M. A., Lough 

 Rynn, Dromod, Ireland. In regard to over- 

 stocking the market the editor well says : 



lyow prices are entirely due to bee-keepers them- 

 selves. One correspondent lays the blame on the 

 " women bee keepers, who think that they can never 

 sell their honey quick enough " We do not know 

 whether the complaint lies properly in that quarter. 

 But certain it is that the prices are made by the sell- 

 ers, and that the drop last month from 7 s 6 d. to 4s. 

 was caused by the sudden rushing of honey on to the 

 market in very large quantities. In the first week in 

 August one large firm in Dublin was looking every- 

 where for sections at 7s Kd. per dozen W'ithin five 

 days glazed sections were going a-begging at 5 s.. and 

 there is no knowing how far the prices may fall if 

 sellers throw discretion to the winds in this fashion. 

 Honey will keep, and it should be kept until the price 

 is raised again to a fair level. yTH.O'iO worth of for- 

 eign honey was imported into England in July, and 

 sections were selling in Scotland last month at Is. tid. 

 each The bee-men who poured their honey into 

 Dublin at -Sd per 11). got all tliat they deserved, and 

 should not complain. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mr. York has given us a ti^eat in his issue 

 for Nov. 21. Chicago is a suburb of Ma- 

 rengo, where Dr. C. C. Miller lives, and 

 Bro. York has been out there on the trollej' 

 to see the doctor and to get some permanent 

 impressions of things around the doctor's 

 home. And he succeeded. First we have 

 a view of the genial doctor himself with an 

 immense baton, looking very "summery." 

 Then follows a picture of his residence ; a 

 surreyful of John Wilson's children ; a pic- 

 ture of Miss Emma Wilson, just ready to 



smoke the bees ; a picture showing the doc- 

 tor at his tj'pewriter, thrashing out Straws, 

 perhaps ; and a number of other half-tones 

 equally interesting. Few pictures have ev- 

 er interested me more than these ; and they 

 come in very opportunely with Prof. Cook's 

 words in the same issue, where he says : 

 " Our American homes could not exist out- 

 side of America. Britain is the onlv' other 

 country thiit comes within telephone call of 

 us in the matter of homey homes ; and Brit- 

 annia pales as poverty crowds comfort, 

 health, and even life, from so many of Brit- 

 ain's households. Think I any boj', the 

 poorest, can safelj" aspire to his own beauti- 

 ful home in this grand American country.'" 

 These inspiriting articles of Prof. Cook 

 on the domestic life of the nation deserve 

 universal attention. Some might disagree 

 with him in his rigid rule of never contract- 

 ing debt, as it is often a great benefit to 

 both parties to lend and borrow ; but by ii 

 general application of his rule the world 

 would be far better ofl. He says our na- 

 tional debt is S14 a head ; Russia, S24 : 

 England, $72; France, $150. These foreign 

 countries are sinking deeper and deeper in 

 the mire, while our debt is so small as not 

 to be felt, is rapidlj' disappearing, and can 

 be paid by 1920. 



WINTERING INDOORS AND OUT. 



Why a Combination of the Two Methods is Advisa- 

 ble ; Feeding and Feeders ; Heddon Hives 

 and their Advantages for Feeding 

 Back ; Feeding Back 

 on Foundation. 



BY J. K. HAND. 



*' Good morning, friend Hand. I see j'^ou 

 are busy among the bees as usual." 



"Yes, I am taking advantage of these 

 fine dav^s to prepare \i\y bees for their win- 

 ter quarters." 



" Do you practice cellar wintering, or 

 packing on the summer stands? " 



" Outdoor wintering in packed hives has 

 my preference; but there are some advan- 

 tages in cellar wintering, so I combine the 

 two methods. I examine each colony care- 

 fully as to bees and stores. Those that are 

 heavy in stores and strong in bees are pack- 

 ed in chaff or other material on the summer 

 .stand. Those that are a little light in 

 stores, or are not so well supplied with 

 bees, are carried into the cellar about Nov. 

 20, usually. These are good average colo- 

 nies, but are not quite up to the standard 

 for outdoor wintering, and will do better in 

 a good cellar. Since adopting this plan 

 my losses in wintering have been very much 

 lessened." 



