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VOL. XLIII. 



NOVEMBER 1, 1915 



EDITORIAL 



NO. 21 



Who Invented the Quadruple Winter 

 Case ? 



Mr.-. Jacob Alpaugh, of Stratford, On- 

 tario. Canada, seeing what we had to say 

 on pajre 697, Sept. 1st issue, about the 

 origin of the new or old method of winter- 

 ing bees, four in a case, and that we did not 

 know who invented it, writes : " I invented 

 it, and have wintered all ray bees in that 

 way for the last 25 years." 



Mr. Alpaugh is an all-around genius. He 

 has invented a good many things, and it 

 would not be at all surprising if he were 

 the tirst to devise this winter-case system of 

 wintering, although the principle of a 

 tenement hive, four colonies to the hive, 

 was used by us 35 years ago. 



A Celebrated Bee-rock near Pasadena. 

 California 



While in California last winter we were 

 taken on a number of automobile tours 

 among the beekeepers. On one occasion Mr. 

 and Mrs. F. K. Buchanan, of Glendale. 

 Cal.. picked us up, together with ^Mr. and 

 ^Nfrs. Frank McXay. of Pasadena, Cal., and 

 motored over to Griffith's Park, located 

 about sis miles from Los Angeles, and 

 about two miles from Lindale. This park 

 contains .SOOO acres of land, of mountain 

 scenery, of beautiful drives, and zoological 

 gardens: but what is of more interest fo 

 beekeepers is that it has the largest bee- 

 rnck, possibly, in the world, and several 

 beetroes. But reference to those will be 

 made at another time. 



Mr. Buchanan was very anxious that we 

 should see this rock that is located on an 

 elevation of land that makes it stand out 

 where it commands a view of all the coun- 

 try round about. 



No matter at what angle the obsen;er 

 may be located, he will be able to see in the 

 rock all kinds of fantastic shapes — faces of 

 men and animals. The rock has a great 

 many cavities in it, and the arrangement of 

 these cavities in some cases has a sinister 

 look. In these cavities are located colonies 



of bees, some of which are probably enor- 

 mous in size. Apparently no one has ever 

 explored this lock or made any attempt to 

 take the honey, as it is verj- difficult of 

 access; but bees can be seen flying in at 

 tlie various apertures in the rock. 



We approached it as close as we could, 

 and with our large kodak took a view of 

 it. The result is shown on the front cover 

 page of tliis issue. 



Mr. Buchanan is an old traveling sales- 

 man. He made enough money so he has 

 comfortably retired, and he and Mr. !McNay 

 are tsvo beekeepers who keep bees for pleas- 

 ure as well as for profit. At one time ]\[r. 

 McNay was one of the most extensive bee- 

 keepers in Wisconsin. He w.as once also 

 one of the largest honey-producers in Cali- 

 fornia; but of late years he has taken Life 

 ea.?y, as he says, and now plays with his 

 carpenter tools and a single colony of bees. 

 Mr. Buchanan has some thirty or forty 

 colonies: and if there ever was a bee en- 

 thusiast in the Golden State. ^Ir. Buchanan 

 is the man. 



In our nest issiie we shall give a picture 

 of the t«-o men dantierously near the en- 

 trance of a beetree. 



A List of Government Publications on 

 Bees 



The following letter from Dr. E. F. 

 Phillips will explain itself: 



Mr. E. R. R'lui — You will find enclosed a list of 

 the publications of interest to beekeepers that are 

 for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Gov- 

 ernment Printing-office, Washinirton, D. C. This list 

 will be nf interest to beekeepers who do not know 

 just what is available. Copies may be obtained on 

 request to the Superintendent of Documents. 

 E. F. Phillips, 

 In Charge Bee Culture Investigations. 



Washington, D. C, Oct. 18. 



The list of bulletins referred to is as 

 follows : 



^Snatomy of the honeybee. 1910. 162 pases, illus. 

 (Entomologj- Bureau. Technical Series 18.) Pa- 

 per, 20c. 



.\riCUITVRE. 



Iveport of meeting of inspectors of apiaries, San 

 .\ntonio. Te.x., Nov. 12. 1906. 79 pages, 1 

 plate. Entomology Bulletin 70.) Paper, l.Sc. 



