Glesimiimigg iii Bee Cualttere 



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



A. I. Root, Editor Home Department J. T. Calvert, Business Manager. 



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



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



VOL. XLIIT. 



JULY 15, 1915 



NO. 14 



EDITOMIAL 



A New-old Method of Swarm Control 

 that Promises Much 



In this issue, on page 573, the reader's 

 attention is directed to an article by Chalon 

 Fowls. If the reader can wade through our 

 long introductory he will see there are cer- 

 tain references in connection that will be 

 worth his wliile to go over carefully, espe- 

 cially if swarming in season and out of 

 season is one of liis troubles. 



Our columns are open to a full discussion 

 of the subject, and we hope many questions 

 will be asked. 



Chocolate Honey Candies 



Mr. Edward Hassinger, on page 531 of 

 our last issue, speaks hopefully of making 

 honey confections by coating granulated 

 comb honey, and ordinary comb honey not 

 granulated, with chocolate. Apparently he 

 has not made a success of the idea. We 

 may say for his information that quite a 

 number of beekeepers have done it, includ- 

 ing the A. I. Koot Co. We have sold gran- 

 ulated extracted honey and little chunks of 

 comb honey covered with chocolate. There 

 is no trouble about doing this if one under- 

 stands the art of making candy or handling 

 chocolate. These honey chocolates ai-e very 

 fine. The only objection is, they are too 

 good. They are so concentrated a sweet that 

 one can eat but a very small amount. 



Politics and Wire Pulling in Pennsyl- 

 vania 



It will be remembered that there was 

 some prospect that the State of Pennsyl- 

 vania might appropriate .$50,000 for bee- 

 inspection work and to carry on apicultural 

 investigations. This was finally whittled 

 down to one-tenth the amount, or $5000, 

 and at the last moment this has been cut in 

 two, or $2500. This, however, will be a 

 good deal better than last year, and we 

 suppose the beekeepers of the state will 

 have to be thankful for what they got ; but 

 at the same time it is not enough to cover 



the state. If the governor wishes to 

 promote agriculture he must commence 

 with the most neglected branches, and he 

 must see that enough money is given them 

 to insure their proper development. 



The Apicultural School at St. Paul, 

 Minnesota 



The apicultural school that has been do- 

 ing such good work under Prof. Francis 

 Jager, at St. Paul, Minn, (see page 541, last 

 issue), is to have another man to help in the 

 person of Mr. L. D. France, of the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin, in the capacity of assis- 

 tant professor of bee culture. The Frances 

 are all expert beekeepers; and the young 

 Mr. France, son of N. E. France, many 

 yeai-s General Manager of the National Bee- 

 keepers' Association, and foul brood inspec- 

 tor of Wisconsin, will be well equipped for 

 taking up the practical as well as the scien- 

 tific end of the business. 



Newspaper Men Eat Honey 



An " All-Oklahoma Dinner " in which 

 Oklahoma honey figured prominently was 

 that given the State Press Association by 

 the A. and M. College at Stillwater last 

 month. Rev. R. S. Satterfield, Pauls Valley, 

 owns the apiary which produced the honey. 

 Mr. Satterfield is vice-president of the State 

 Beekeepers' Association. 



The banquet meats, flour, salt, grape 

 juice, ice cream, peanuts, and even the wait- 

 resses, were all Oklahoma products gathered 

 within the state boundaries by the commit- 

 tee from the college faculty in charge of the 

 dinner arrangement. 



It was, of course, impossible to ignore the 

 position of the honey as a prominent Okla- 

 homa product. 



Here is more Sweet-clover Publicity 



"Sweet Clovkrs, Some Facts of In- 

 terest about this Ail-around Forage Crop 

 and Soil Renewer," is the title of a 30- 

 page illustrated booklet just ot^ the press. 



