CleaniiEigg m Bee (Celltere 



Published by Tlie A. T. Root Co., Medina, Ohio 



A. I. Root, Editor lIoinL' Departiiuni .1, T. Calvkkt, Business Manager 



H. H. Root, Managing Editor E. R. Root, Editor A. L. Boydun, Advertising Manager. 



Entered at the Postoffice, Medina, Ohio, as second-class matter 



VOL. XLIII. 



MARCH 15, 1915 



NO. 6 



EDITOEEAL 



Edition of Iowa Report Exhausted 



Mr. Pki.lktt has just advised us that the 

 lliird annual report of the Iowa bee-inspec- 

 tor has met with such a large demand that 

 the supply is now practically exhausted, 

 although it has been out only about six 

 weeks. A few copies only are left for use 

 in libraries. The demand continues large 

 for all of the publications. Some of the 

 bulletins are already nearly gone, so that 

 revised editions will be necessarv. 



One More Ghost Laid 



AxTOxio R. Malaquina, of Salto, Uru- 

 guay, reports that he has won his suit with 

 proprietors of vineyards at Salto, who were 

 seeking damages on the ground that his bees 

 puucture and destroy the grapes. A y^ar 

 ago several vineyard owners located near 

 his apiary notified him to move his bees, on 

 the charge that they were a nuisance. When 

 he failed to do so they sued him, but he 

 reports that he was able to win the suit 

 entirely without counsel. 



Sefior Majaquina wrote to Gleanings for 

 a statement of evidence and precedents 

 which he might use in his case. Through 

 some error in translation the editor of 

 Gleanings was made to say that the bees 

 do ten times as mucli harm as good. This 

 naturally surprised the beekeeper, but he 

 was able to win his suit notwithstanding. 



More about the Swamp Bees 



George H. Rea just returned from the 

 Dismal Swamp apiaries and reports that 

 the bees are gathering a little honey and 

 pollen, and brood-rearing is progressing in 

 a very satisfactory' manner. While a bliz- 

 zard was raging in the North the sun was 

 shining there every day (first week in 

 March), and the bees worked right along. 

 The temperature during the daytime was 

 around 60 to 70 degrees. While there was 

 frost one or two nights, it was not cold 

 enough to give brood-rearing a setback. 

 The residents of that section do not expect 



many more frosts. The fact that thousands 

 of bushels of early i)otatoes and acres and 

 aci'es of garden are in process of planting 

 is evidence of their faith in the advent of 

 continued warm weatlier. 



Passes 

 se and Seeate 



N, Fred Gardiner^ of Geary, Okla., has 

 just informed us that the new foul-brood 

 bill has passed both branches of the legisla- 

 ture by the following vote : House, 70 to 10 ; 

 Senate, 29 to 5. The bill is now in the 

 hands of the Governor, and his signature is 

 expected. 



Oklahoma has long needed a good foul- 

 brood law. Two years ago a similar bill 

 was introduced into the legfislature but 

 failed to pass. It is to be hoped that the 

 beekeepers who have worked so hard to 

 secure such a law raav now be rewarded. 



the Bees are Wintering 



It is still too early to say definitely how 

 bees in northern localities have wintered. 

 Reports so far are conflicting, although it 

 is probable that there is considerable loss in 

 localities where the bees last fall gathered 

 considerable aster honey, especially where 

 there was a long period of three montlis or 

 more when the bees could not fly. There are 

 many reports of excessive spotting of the 

 hives. 



On account of the fact that in most local- 

 ities snow covered the ground during the 

 coldest part of the winter, clover looks very 

 ]iromising. 



Our Cover Picture 



The cover design gives a view of the 

 Jupiter dock and the Government buildings 

 in the background where the wireless mes- 

 sages are received, as referred to by E. R. 

 R. in his article in this issue, page 225. Our 

 cruiser is shown in the foregi'ound, moored 



