Atril, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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HEN the 



honey f Kiw- 

 is sudden- 

 ly cut off, from 

 any one of sun- 

 dry causes, un- 

 1 6 s s the bee- 

 keeper is on the 

 watch, weak 

 colonies are lia- 

 ble to be robbed, 

 and when rob- 

 bers get started 

 and robbing is 

 " on the ram- 

 page," woe be- 

 tide the novice, 

 and sometimes 



the veteran also, if he does not succeed in 

 putting a stop to it. If the colony being- 

 robbed is closed up (or, better still, carried 

 away and placed in a dark cellar), the rob- 

 bers are almost sure to pounce on the next 

 liive; and I have known them to get so 

 fierce as to test " the metal " of almost 

 every stock in the yard. If it is only one 

 colony doing the robbing, and you can be 

 sure ifhieli one, these robbing " pirates " 

 should also be put in the dark cellar. I 

 need not go on directing what to do, for 

 our books and journals have again and 

 again gone over the matter in full detail. 

 In fact, the foregoing is only a preface of 

 what 1 want to talk about. 



For ages past Satan has been robbing 

 mankind of both " soul and body," and 

 when the churches, schools, and all good 

 people, especially the mothers of humanity, 

 have talked of putting him in a " dark 

 cellar," he has laughed us to scorn. But 

 the " mill of the Gods " keeps on " grind- 

 ing " and just now on this 28tli day of 

 January, 1919, the papers tell us that 35 

 States have ratified. You know all about 

 it, dear friends. Yes, when this reaches 

 you, far more than I do. 



John Barleycorn is killed, for the U. S. 

 and the prosjDect is fair for the whole wide 

 world. Will Satan give up and "be good?" 

 I fear not; see our last text. He may 

 finally give up on " booze," but the whole 

 world had better be on the watch for his 

 next move. I think I have an inkling of 

 what it is to be, from an article in Leslie's 

 Weekly for Jan. 11. Here is the heading: 



HOW TOBACCO HELPED TO WIN THE "WAR. 



The whole article seems planned with 

 wonderful (Satanic?) ingenuity to deceive 

 " even the very elect." I give below three 

 extracts from different parts of the article: 



According to the men at arms of the forces which 

 brought the Prussian monster to its knees, particu- 

 larly the Americans ; their ofificers, from the highest 



OUR HOMES 



A. I. ROOT 



For what is a man profited if he shall gain the 

 wlio'e world, and lose his own soul? Matt. 16:26. 



It is better for him that a millstone were hanged 

 about his neck and he were cast into the sea — 

 Mark 9:42. 



As a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom 

 he may devour. — I Peter 5:8. 



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to the humblest ; 

 the physicians, 

 nurses, chaplains 

 and stretcher-bear- 

 ers who labored to 

 save the wounded 

 and -minister to the 

 dying; the women 

 of the Red Cross, 

 the secretaries of 

 the Y. M. C. A. 

 forces, and the rep- 

 resentatives of all 

 the other philan- 

 thropic agencie.s 

 which labored for 

 the men battling 

 for the cause of hu- 

 manity — tobacco 

 was one of the 

 most pronounced 

 blessings of the 

 . , . struggle, one of the 



greatest factors in preserving the morale of the troops- 

 r,n;°/n. ''.''"'''^'' '^^* ^^^ Y. M. C. A. ordered 70,- 

 000,000 cigarettes and nearly 3,000,000 cigars to 

 supply the demand for " smokes " among the Ameri- 

 can Expeditionary Forces in Europe. 



There may be some who believe that soldiers fight 

 lest if supplied with liquor before battle, but I 

 know to the contrary. Tobacco was all our bovs 

 needed, and " smokes " played a mighty large part 

 in beating the greatest military machine in the his- 

 tory of the world. 



From the above it would seem not only 

 "physicians, nurses, and chaplains," but 

 even the Y. M. C. A. endorse the cigarets. 

 Our readers know the last is not true, from 

 what I have said heretofore. 



With the progress prohibition is now 

 making the writer admits— in fact, he is 

 forced to admit that " booze " doesn't help 

 soldiers to fight, but we have abundant in- 

 formation that the cigaret habit is harder 

 to break away from than alcohol. Finally, 

 dear friends, even if it could be proved that 

 cigarets helped us to conquer Germany, 

 how much is gained should it transpire we 

 have hanged a still bigger " millstone about 

 our necks," and about the necks of our sol- 

 dier boys just in the flower of their youth- 

 ful manhood. 



FROST AND FREEZING IN FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY 

 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. 



As there has been much discussion in re- 

 gard to Florida winters, not only in regard 

 to frost, but as to whether any "part of the 

 State is absolutely " frostless/' I am sure 

 the letter below, from such excellent au- 

 thority, will be read and studied by many 

 people. In the Reasoner catalog (see A. L 

 R. special notices in March issue) occurs 

 the following : "AH parts of Florida are 

 subject to frost in a greater or less degree 

 —there is no such thing as a " frost-line." 



Dear Mr. Root: — In reading January Gleanings 

 last night I see you (page 48) have made a serious 

 error in notes on cold weather (Dec. 9th writing). 



