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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 15 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. Root 



Editor 



A. I. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Department Editors:— Dr. C. C. Miller, J A. Green, Prof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane, " Stenog," Louis H. Scholl, 



G. M. DOOLITTLE, R F. HOLTERMANN, W. K. MORRISON. 



CONTENTS OF SEPTEMBER 15. !908 



HONEY COLUMN 1104 



STRAY STRAWS 1115 



EDITORIAL 1116 



Mirbach Hive-lifter 1119 



Size of L^irv.'e for Grafting 1119 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 1120 



SIFTIXGS 1121 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 1122 



POINTERS BY THE JAY 1123 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 1123 



Libeling Honey 1123 



Glucose Question 1124 



Bees on Heather 1124 



Alfalfa King 1124 



Alfalfa in tbe Tropics 1124 



Alfalfa in Virginia 1125 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1125 



Imperial Vallev 1125 



Six M mths of Winter 1125 



Uncapping-kniv^s, Hot or Cold 1126 



Staying Foundation 1127 



Apiary between Rivers 1128 



Tiu:k-farming in Colorado 1128 



Honeysuckle Arbor for Shade 1132 



Caucasians and Brace-combs 1133 



Bee keeping for Invalids 1133 



Honey-agitator 1134 



Plural-queen System 1135 



Getting Rid of Old Bees 1135 



HEADS OF GRAIN 1136 



Double Bottom-boards 1136 



Bees Lost from Supers 1136 



Escapes, To Put on 1137 



Moving Bees 1137 



Queen Balled on R'>turn fiom Flight 1137 



Little Foundation Wanted in Honey 1137 



Vestibuled Bottom-boards 1137 



Shingled Hives 1138 



Removing Sections from Shipping-cases 1138 



Syrup Slow to Crystallize 1138 



Selling Honey at Home 1139 



Deciding on Presence of Virgin Queen 1139 



Increase by Somerford Plan 1139 



Increase Late in Summer 1139 



Ants in Comb Honey 1139 



Automatic Uniting 1139 



Honey Souring in Hives 1139 



Honey Hauled in Wagon 1139 



Sage for Honey in Idaho 1140 



Granulated Comb Honey 1140 



OUR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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Enclosed find $1.50 for our three-line " want " advertisement 

 in your Aug. I5ih and Sept. 1st issues. Please dis.ontinue it ^t 

 once, as the first insertion secured us three cars of honey, and 

 more is offered us by nearly every mail. 



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CALIFORNIA FRUITS FOR ALL. 

 We all appreciate Cilifornia fruits, 'lime was when there 

 existed a prejudi e against fruit produced in irrigated regions ; 

 but that has passed away for ever, and there are very few of us 

 who do not relish California fiuits — fresh, canned, or dried. 

 The amount of fiuit from the Golden State which reaches the 

 States east of the Rockies is something st'penduus. For ex- 

 ample, there were 133.440,000 can; of fruit; 140,000,000 lbs. 

 of raisins; dried fruits, 251,375,000; figs, 6 000,000 lbs.; prunes, 

 180,000,000 lbs.; oringes, 30,000 carloads ; olives. 750.000 

 gallons; olive oil, 200,000 gallons; walnuts. 14,000,00* lbs ; 

 celery, 30O0 carloads; cabbages, 500 carloads; cauliflower, 350 

 carloads; beet sugu, 163.800.000 lbs.; bu Iter. 5 O'O.OOO lbs., 

 and a number of sinaller items, shipped eastward Ian year 

 from California. 



It is the opinion of experts, however, that the trade might be 

 greater. The long haul and the large number of hands the 

 g )ods pass through cause the prices to be h'O high in many in- 

 stances, and in some cases 'he goods are kept too long and are 

 not fresh. To overcome these two difficult! -s the Californi t 

 Fruit Products Co., of Colton, Cal., has set itself. The man- 

 ager of this concern proposes to deal direct with the people who 

 consume California f nils, and thereby eliminate the middle- 

 man altogether when dealing with thiifty people. Last sea- 

 son was their first, b'U ihoy were phenomenallv successful, and 

 orders poured in on thpm from eveiy State. I his season they 

 will put up diied fruits in 2-lh. canons with 25 of these in a 

 box, making 50 lbs. in all. The canons are as orted to suit. 

 They also have as oned boxes of canned fiuits (two dozen in a 

 case), of apricots, peacnes, pea s, and plums. They also sup- 

 ply pure extracted ssge and orange honey. In nuts they sup- 

 ply almonds and walnuts. They prepay the freieht. Note the 

 latter point. We imagine such an enterprise is bound to suc- 

 ceed. Doubtless many of our readers will be glad to favor the 

 California Fniit ProBujls Co, with a trial order. 



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