GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan 1 



E. R. Root, 



iSL Editor 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



A. I. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Department Editors— Dr. C. C. Millbb, J. A. Green, Prof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane. Lotus H. Scholl, 

 G. M. Doolittlb, R. F. Holtbbmann. "Stenog," W. K Morrison. 



CONTENTS OF JANUARY 1, 1908 



Plural-queen System 17 



Feeding in Winter 17 



Sections. Split 18 



EDITORIAL 18 



Bottling Honey 18 



Clipping vs. Queen-traps 18 



Glucose Sugars 19 



Bees in Wyoming 19 



Glucose as Food 19 



Bees in School 20 



Sulphites in Syrups 21 



Harrisburg Convention 21 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 23 



Honey from Basswood 23 



GLE ANINGS PROM PACIFIC COAST 24 



Selecting Queens 24 



Enemies of Bees 25 



NOTES FROM CANADA 2.5 



B^es. Time to Cellar 25 



Feeding in Spring 25 



Foul Brood in Canada 25 



Honey for Royalty 26 



Carbon Dioxide in Wintering 26 



GLEANINGS FROM FOREIGN EX:HANGES.26 



Honey Ginger-bread 26 



New Book on Bees 26 



Honey-Trees of Australia 27 



Honey Flora of Spain 27 



Bee-keeping in Spain 27 



Belgian Bee Association 28 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 29 



Feeding Late in Fall 29 



Bigelow's Demonstration at Butler 30 



Bigelow in Indianapolis 34 



Rauchfuss Frank 32 



Demonstration-cages 33 



Bee Demonstrations 34 



Comb. Odd 34 



Plural-queen System 35,36 



Swiss Comments on America.. 38 



Wrappers, Transparent 39 



HEADS OF GRAIN 40 



White Italian Clover 40 



Time to Requeen 40 



Acid for Foul-brood Combs 40 



Rats to Kill 40 



Bent Nails for Frame-spacers 41 



Massachusetts Bee Society 41 



Cage Queens when Shaking Bees to New Combs. .41 



Covering Cracks in Covers 41 



Queens, Sevpral in One Hive 42 



Bees Choosing Location 42 



Caucasians Inferior to Italians 42 



King Birds 42 



Ducks in an Apiary 42 



OUR HOMES 43 



Hens. Testing 43 



Secrets, Selling 43 



Brooder, Jug 44 



Grip r 44 



It is time for us to remind our friends who have 

 large apiaries who depend on outside help not to 

 put off securing this help until the season is immedi- 

 ately before us. Mr. H T. Chrisman, who carried a 

 six-line want ad. in December 1st Gleanings, writ- 

 ing under date of December 10th says: " I have been 

 flooded with applications." This shows the value 

 of Gleanings: but we caution you not to wait until 

 April or May and then expect to get help so readily. 

 This is the time to send in your want ads. 



HOW A NEW YORK SUBSCRIBER REGARDS GLEAN- 

 INGS. 



The A. I. Boot (7o.—Amerry Christmas to all. with 

 999 thanks for the present style of wrapper Glean- 

 ings is mailed in. When I kicked about sending it 

 out without a wrapper I did not suppose you would 

 go and do it better than ever; but that is .iust the A. 

 I. R. of it. I enjoy reading Gleanings the best of 

 any paper I ever came across— but always feel sad 

 when I stop and think that our friend J. H Martin 

 will never pen another page for it, for that was my 

 first page to read. C R. Morts. 



Mohawk, N. Y. 



" sure hatch " INCUBATORS. 



Nothing has done so much to revolutionize the 

 poultry industry as the invention and use of well- 

 made incubators sold at a comparatively low price, 

 placing them within the reach of nearly all poultry- 

 raisers. . , , ■ . 



One of the concerns which has taken a prominent 

 part in this revolution is the Sure Hatch Incubator 

 Co., of Fremont, Nebraska, and Indianapolis, Indi- 

 ana. It has made quite a specialty of supplying in- 



cubators to the farmer class, who demand something 

 simple, effective, and cheap. This company has had 

 a long and successful career in developing this busi- 

 ness They are peculiarly well situated for ship- 

 ping their goods; for example, their factory is con- 

 nected with the tracks of the Union Pacific, Chica- 

 go & Northwestern, and Burlington & Great North- 

 ern Railroads. At their place in Indianapolis thev 

 are even better situated. This insures for them 

 great promptitude and low rates in filling orders to 

 all parts of the country. 



They issue quite a catalog, which is well worth 

 sending for. and which, too is gladly sent to all ap- 

 plicants. You may send to the address which is most 

 convenient to you. Their advertisemrnt may be 

 found on page 51 of this issue. Kindly mention 

 Gleanings when you write. 



IWAN POST-HOLE AUGER. 



The best spade is a poor hole-digger, and the old- 

 fashioned double-spade diggers and augers are not 

 much better. But post-hole digging, instead of be- 

 ing tiresome and slow, is now easily and rapidly 

 done by the use of a most remarkable labor-saving 

 post-hole and well auger, made by Iwan Bros. —a 

 name that guarantees quality. The bowl of this 

 practical auger consists of two interlocking cruci- 

 ble-steel blades, scientifically shaped so that they 

 sink themselves in any kind of soil almost without 

 any pressure. Three full turns do it. Then, in pull- 

 ing them out, there is not the slightest resistance 

 from suction. These strong blades are Httached to 

 a malleable arch with a strong handle of convenient 

 length. These augers are made in all sizes from 3 

 to 14 inchps. A more simple and praoi ical hole-au- 

 ger could not be made. Iwan Bros., Streator 111., 

 will be glad to give you complete information. 

 Write them to-day, and mention this paper. 



