Gleaeiegg im Bee CiialttMFe 



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A. I. Root, Editor Home I'epiirtnicnt ,1. T. Cai.vkrt, Business Manager 



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VOL. XLITI. 



JUNE 15, 1915 



NO. 12 



EDITOMIAL 



So FAR as we can learn, all (he best grades 

 of comb honey have been sold, and there is 

 a strong demand for the new crop. The 

 market is well supplied with extracted, and 

 producers will do well to run largely to 

 comb honev this season. 



We call attention to four notable articles 

 in this issue which we hope every one of 

 our readei's, especially those of the special- 

 ist class, will i-ead and read carefully. We 

 refer to the articles by J. E. Hand, R. F. 

 Holterraann, E. F. Atwatex', and J. A. 

 Green. We may not in all cases agree with 

 them, but we may be able to pick out some 

 ideas that we can incorporate in our own 

 beework. 



We understand that the Minnesota Leg- 

 islature has cut the appropriation for the 

 University of Minnesota by $600,000. All 

 departments of the University will be af- 

 fected, of course; but the division of bee 

 culture is expected to go on as originally 

 planned, thanks to President Vincent and 

 Dean Woods. This speaks well for the 

 comparatively new branch, and speaks vol- 

 umes for the good work done under the 

 direction of Prof. Francis Jager. 



Minnesota Beekeepers, Take Notice 



The State Inspector of Apiaries of 

 Minnesota, Chas. D. Blaker, of Minneapolis, 

 requests that all beekeepers communicate 

 with him, if they have or suspect they have 

 disease in their apiaries. Mr. Blaker fears 

 that many do not know who the inspector is. 



Honey in the Ice-box 



Oxr seldom hears of a dispenser of soft 

 driid<s keeping his ice cream where the hot 

 sun can get at it, yet the opposite and 

 equally foolish practice of refrigerating 

 honey seems to be fairly common. An 

 eastern provision dealer of good sense in 



other lines is reported to be showing his 

 honey in a glass ease kept cold by ammonia- 

 pipes. 



There is no need to tell beekeepers that 

 honey should be kept in a warm dry place 

 — never in the ice-box. Not only is it an 

 absorber of moisture, but continued cold is 

 likely to granulate both comb and extracted. 

 Where merchants through ignorance are 

 found to be handling their stock in this 

 manner a kindly and explanatory word 

 from beekeepers should open their eyes. 



A Bee"8=eye View of Canadian Api- 

 culture 



The value of Canada's work for beekeep- 

 ers is about to be increased by the erection 

 of an apicultural laboratory fitted with 

 every requisite for research. This new 

 building is to be located in connection with 

 the experimental apiary at the Central Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa, where the prob- 

 lems of beekeeping are being investigated, 

 Notice of the improvement is given in Ex- 

 hibition Circular No. 18 by F. W. L. Sla- 

 den, Dominion Apiarist. 



Another feature of the recent bulletin is 

 its almost complete directions for beginning 

 beekeeping, together with a sketch of the 

 craft and its bearing on fruitgrowing, all 

 within the compass of four pages. The 

 matter is handled so concisely and yet so 

 thoroughly that one could begin beekeeping 

 on a small scale with no other information 

 than that in the folder. 



Langstroth on the Hive and Honey- 

 bee in Spanish 



Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, Spain, has just 

 published a Spanish translation (La Abeja 

 y la Colraena) of Langstroth's classic, re- 

 vised by Dadant, in which the translator. 

 M. Pons Fabregues, has carefully followed 

 tlie Englisli original, with only occasional 

 slight changes and explanations necessary 



