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VOL. XLIII. 



MARCH 1, 1915 



NO. 5 



EDITORIAL 



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Granulated Sugar Going up Again 



Shortly after the opening of the Great 

 War. sugar rose to nearly 9 cents. Since 

 that time it sagged until it finally got down 

 to $5.25 per 100 lbs. Tlie latest report, 

 however, shows that it is again taking a 

 sharp advance. This was rather to be ex- 

 pected. This will increase the outlet for 

 cheap honey. 



Our Cover Picture 



Ol'R cover for this issue shows the apiary 

 of Wm. Beucus, Cadott, "Wis. As described 

 in his article on another page the hives are 

 arranged along a steel track and by means 

 of a small car or truck the supers may be 

 pushed along to the honey-house without 

 much effort. 



Doubtless the average man will feel that 

 a wheelbarrow or two-wheeled cart that can 

 carry eight or ten supers at a load would 

 be a simpler proposition, taking every thing 

 into consideration. Nevertheless, the plan 

 is an ingenious one, and we are sure the 

 readers of Gleanings would like to have a 

 further report of it after it has been tried 

 another season. 



Steam-knife BoUer Burst 



.V BEEKEEPER using a ten-pound pail as a 

 boiler for his .'^team uncapping-knife was 

 severely burned on the arm by the bursting 

 of the i)ail. due to the small hole, in tlie end 

 of the knife for the escape of the steam, 

 being stopped up. So far as we know, this 

 is the only accident of the kind, yet possibly 

 a word of caution might not be out of place. 



Tn ordinary use the opening in the point 

 of the knife will not become clogged up. 

 Sometimes, however, if the knife is used to 

 poke away the accumulation of cappings in 

 the uncapping-can, or melter, there is some 

 tendency for the hole to become filled up — 

 especially so in case of the melter, as melt- 

 ed propolis or wa.\ may be forced into the 

 opening. It is better to luse a stick or 

 wooden paddle for this kind of work. 



Before using the knife, blow through the 

 tube to make sure that the opening in the 

 end of the knife is clear. If you have for- 

 gotten to do this, and the tube is already 

 attached to the boiler, you can easily ascer- 

 tain whether the opening is clear by placing 

 the point of the knife in your mouth and 

 sucking the air out of the knife. The safest 

 way, however, is to blow through the tube 

 before attaching it to the boiler. 



Beekeeping vs. Spraying in Bloom 



The Massachusetts Board of Agriculture 

 will shortly issue a poster indicating the 

 proper time for spraying fruit-trees and 

 showing that, while trees are in bloom, it is 

 not only ineft'ective as a prevention against 

 fruit-pests, but directly dangerous in some 

 cases, being liable to spoil the blossoms and 

 to cause the death of bees, thereby greatly 

 reducing the amount of fruit set. It is 

 hoped to have ready shortly thereafter, for 

 general distribution, a more extended cir- 

 cular or bulletin on this subject. The poster 

 is intended for use in public places. Both 

 poster and circular can be obtained as soon 

 as issued, by addressing the Honorable Sec- 

 retary of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 136 State House, Boston, Mass. 



Snow, Plenty of it, this 

 sages Weil for tlie 

 the Clover Districts 



This winter so far is proving to be one 

 of the old-fashioned kind, with a large 

 amount of snow. In a recent trip tlirough 

 the East, we found that snow had fallen all 

 over Virginia and the northern and east- 

 ern states, and is and has been very plenti- 

 ful in Ohio. Much snow during the winter 

 is a better guarantee for a good crop of 

 clover honey than any other one thing. 

 Experience shows that clover is more apt to 

 fail after an open winter with alternate 

 heaving and freezing of the soil, with little 

 or no snow, than under the opposite condi- 

 tions. One reason why northern New Voi-k. 



