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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



OCTOBER, 1919 



EDITORIAL 



IN THE JUST NEWS items, page 672, men- 

 tion is made of the fact that I underwent 

 an operation for 

 OntheJob radical mastoid. 



Again. While any physi- 



cian would under- 

 stand this, the average layman would, per- 

 haps, have to be told that the surgeon 

 chisels a hole thru the skull just back of 

 the ear, after which he cleans out any dis- 

 eased portion of the bone or tissue that may 

 be left. This operation, which has been 

 hanging over me for some years, was entire- 

 ly successful. While I was on the operating- 

 table for two hours, and under the anes- 

 thetic for four, it is now over with, and I 

 see no reason why I should not live to be a 

 hundred years old, as I am in perfect health 

 otherwise. 



I expect to be among ;my friends the 

 beekeepers this fall and winter the same as 

 usual, probably winding up in California 

 during the coldest month of the year. 



E. E. Eoot. 



GLEANINGS HAS for some time been giv- 

 ing both the Government market reports 

 and reports from 



Producers to be the wholesalers. 



Quoted. We are certain 



that our readers 

 will be pleased to learn that we are now 

 planning, with the co-operation of the bee- 

 keepers, to give also quotations from pro- 

 ducers thruout the country. Reports from 

 a few sections are given in this number, 

 page 629; but we hope by next month to 

 have a more complete report. 



CONSIDERABLE WORRYING has been 

 done by those who have sold their honey, 

 only to find that 

 Yes, You Can their grocer will al- 



Get Sugar. low them but two 



pounds of sugar. 

 But they should now cheer up, for they will 

 find conditions not quite so bad as they de- 

 serve. In the first place, inquiry at the 

 grocery or freight depot may result in pur- 

 chase, at a reasonable price, of white granu- 

 lated sugar that has been slightly damaged 

 by rain, by being spilled on the floor, etc. 

 A syrup made from such sugar will supply 



the colonies with good winter stores. Those 

 who can get white sugar should on no ac- 

 count use brown; for, altho colonies have 

 been wintered successfully on the latter, it 

 is not nearly so safe as the white. 



And now we have good news for those 

 who are unable to get even damaged sugar. 

 The editor, feeling that something should be 

 done immediately to supply the beekeepers 

 with sugar, took up the matter with Dr. E. 

 F. Phillips, who promised to do all in his 

 power to obtain the much coveted sugar. 

 The result of his efforts is before you in the 

 form of the following telegram: 



' ' Beekeepers unable to get granulated 

 sugar to prevent starvation of bees should 

 notify United States Sugar Equalization 

 Board, 111 Wall St., New York, immediate- 

 ly, giving all necessary information. This 

 Board will, if i:)ossible, arrange for proper 

 distribution. ' ' 



'HONEY FROM THE BEE direct to you! 



sells the sweet stuff to Washijigtonians 



for 17 cents a 

 Selling Price pound. How much 



Too Low. do you pay I" This 



appears in the 

 Washington Star for Sunday, Sept. 7. Is it 

 any wonder that many who depend upon 

 bees for a living, object to more small bee- 

 keepers entering the business when some 

 of them show such utter ignorance of the 

 cost of production and of bottling, and show 

 not the slightest hesitation in spoiling the 

 market for those whose very bread and but- 

 ter depends upon their getting a fair return 

 for their labor — a return that will enable 

 them to purchase their daily recjuisites at 

 the present high prices? On page 64.5 it 

 will be. noted that, according to Mr. Her- 

 shiser, those who were getting from 9 to 

 12 cents a pound wholesale in 1912, should, 

 in order to keep up with the 1.35 per cent 

 increase in other commodities, now receive 

 from 23 to 27 cents for extracted honey. 



There is today absolutely no excuse for 

 ignorance concerning the market. Either a 

 bee journal or the Government reports 

 would keep one better posted than this. A 

 letter to the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, Bureau of Markets, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, will bring the Government mar- 



