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



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II. H. KOOT, Managing; Editor E. R. ROOT, Editor A. L. Boyden, Advertising Manager 



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



VOL. XLIII, 



JUNE 1, 1915 



NO. 11 



EDITOMIAL 



The first car of bees from Virginia this 

 season arrived May 21. Notwithstanding a 

 large percentage of the colonies were strong, 

 they all arrived in most excellent condition. 

 It is the best shipment, in point of quality 

 and quantity, we ever received. There will 

 be one more car from Texas, and another 

 from Viririnia. 



Failure of the Tupelo Crop of Honey 



in Northern Florida 



We have received a letter from A. B. 

 Marchant at Sumatra, Florida, stating that 

 the lupelo that is usually regarded as a 

 dependable crop year in and year out was 

 a complete failure. A heavy storm lasting 

 six days entirely destroyed the bloom. 



Bumblebees Wanted 



Dr. Burton N. Gates, of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College, desires to get a 

 number of specimens of bumblebees that 

 have been caught in the act of entering a 

 hive or that are found about hives. The 

 purpose of this is to enable one of his 

 students to make a sM'dy of the behavior of 

 bumblebees in relation to hives. All who 

 have obsen-ed bumblebees, or what looks 

 like tliem, about hives, would be conferring 

 a favor on Dr. Gates if they would send 

 him a specimen carefully packed in cotton, 

 and shipped in a small box, together with 

 a letter giving some information as to where 

 the bumblebee was found — and name and 

 address of the sender. 



A Honey Journal 



The former secretary of the National, 

 Mr. Geo. W. Williams, of Redkey, Tnd., 

 recognizing that honey has not received its 

 fair share of attention on the part of the 

 consuming public, and with the view of 

 pushing its sale, is about to publish a new 



bee paper entitled The Booster. Mr. Wil- 

 liams will confine himself to the matter of 

 finding a market for honey; and, as the 

 name of his paper indicates, boosting prices. 

 There is a large and important field here, 

 and we wish our new paper success. 



Sixty lbs. Net of Honey in Square 

 Cans 

 Now that the season is close at hand for 

 putting up extracted honey, we believe the 

 following from one of our correspondents 

 will be very timely : 



There has always been a good deal of controversy 

 as to the tare on cans and cases ; and if dealers get 

 in the habit of packing 60 lbs. net, this question 

 will be eliminated, and will greatly simplify matters. 

 Another thing, the buying trade now are expecting to 

 have the goods packed in this way ; and if it is 

 packed overweight; they do not want to pay for the 

 extra weight. 



By mistake we credited the very fine 

 picture appearing on our cover for May 1st 

 to Dr. Bigelow, whereas it was sent us by 

 Alexander B. Stevenson, of Edmonds, B. C. 

 The following characteristic letter from Dr. 

 Bigelow, in which he generously explains 

 that the honor is not his, was our first inti- 

 mation that we had made a mistake. We 

 beg Mr. Stevenson's pardon for giving the 

 credit to some one else. 



Some people achieve honors, and others have them 

 thrust upon them. I am in the second class regard- 

 ing the photograph that appears upon the front cover 

 of your magazine for May 1st. I believe that is the 

 first front cover that has ever borne my name, al- 

 though your front cover has carried several of my 

 photographs. But here is the unfortunate situation: 

 That is not my photograph. 



Edward F. BiaKLow. 



Arcadia, Sound Beach, Ct., May 8. 



When Mr. Stevenson sent the photograph 

 he wrote that his bees are all hybrids, but 

 tliat he often works with them without 

 wearing a veil. Hvbrids certainly liave the 



