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



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



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



VOL. XLin. 



SEPTEMBER 15, 1915 



EDITORIAL 



NO. 18 



For several years we worked eight-fraine 

 sapors ou len-frame hive-bodies the same 

 as .shown on page 7G1 of this issue. The 

 scheme is all right ; but it is not so easy to 

 use a te)i-franie super ou an eight-frame 

 hive, altliough it can be done. 



It is not liis purpose, he explains, to 

 cover the general field of bee culture, but 

 to devote his attention almost entirely to 

 providing a " better market and insure 

 better prices." The price of the paper is 

 25 cents a year. 



PitGiXNEKS, in locating their hives, should 

 be careful where they place them. Some- 

 times a colony may be set in position on a 

 city lot wliere it might cause a great deal of 

 annoyance lo tlie owner and to neighbors on 

 either side. See page 762. The entrances 

 of the hives should be so placed that the 

 lliglit nf the bees will not cross the walk or 

 pathway of people going to and from the 

 house and other buildings. 



Bees and Squashes 



The attention of the reader is particu- 

 larly directed to the picture on page 758 

 of the eight tons of squashes from five- 

 sixtlis of an acre. While it cannot be prov- 

 en jiositixely that the bees helped to bring 

 about that big result, the fact that they 

 visited the blossoms in such numbers is 

 rather signilicant. 



The Booster 



TiiROLGH an oversight the advent of the 

 new paper entitled The Booster was not 

 noticed by us when it made its modest bow 

 to the public in June. It is edited by 

 George W. Williams, Kedkey, Ind., former- 

 ly secretary of the National Beekeepers' 

 Association. 



Mr. Williams has long believed that the 

 consumption of honey might be very mate- 

 rially increased provided it were properly 

 advertised by the beekeepers themselves. 

 In a paper read before the National con- 

 vention in Denver he outlined several things 

 that the producers could do to boost the 

 sale of honey. So thoroughly convinced was 

 he that his ideas were correct he began the 

 publication of a paper entitled The Booster. 



Phillips' New Book 



We have just received a copy of a book 

 entitled ''Beekeeping," by Dr. E." F. Phillips. 

 We have known for some time that tliis 

 work was in course of preparation; and a 

 glance at a few pages makes us feel that it 

 is going to fill an important part in our bee 

 literature, especially along scientific lines. 

 We have not had time to review it careful- 

 ly, but will give it an extended review in a 

 later issue. The price of the book is $2.00 

 postpaid. It contains 450 pages. 



Our Cover Picture 



The very tine picture of buckwheat 

 shown on our cover was intended for the 

 Sept, 1st issue, as it shows the field de- 

 scribed by Mrs. HoAvard, whose article ap- 

 pears on page 715. Owing to an unavoid- 

 able delay at the engraver's, however, the 

 plate did not reach us until too late, and 

 we held it, therefore, for this number. 



A field of buckwheat in its prime is 

 beautiful. In a locality where it is grown 

 extensively, the land on every side has the 

 appearance of being covered with snow. 



The engi-aving on page 716 gives a good 

 idea of the detail of the blossom and leaves. 



The Ohio Field Meet, Again 



On page 760 we show a photograph of 

 the Ohio field-day meet held in Delphos 

 August 4. For particulars see page 653 of 

 our issue for Aug. loth. This was one of 

 the most successful field days that the State 

 Beekeepers' A.ssociation has ever held ; and 

 the fact that so large a number came out on 

 such short notice, without any preliminary 

 notices in the bee- journals, shows that in- 



