1908 



(CLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Real Estate for Bee-keepers 



Pecos Vallby of New Mexico lands are coining $50 to $65 

 nei per acre per year from alfalfa. Forty-five ttiousand acr^s of 

 alfalfa in bloom five times a year, surrounding Artesia, means 

 honey for the hte-kteper. Live in an ideal fiuit country, where 

 the largest artesian wells in the world constantly pour out their 

 wealth. Artesia, the future Rose City, already has the famous 

 " Mile of Roses." Homeseekers' excursions the first and third 

 Tuesdays of each month. Agents wanted, to accompany parties. 

 Write to-day to R. M. Love, General Agent, Artesia, N. M. 



For Sale. — Delaware farm, public road; good buildings, good 

 water; fruit, wood; rural delivery; school, churches, stores, mills, 

 railroad depot, canneries, blacksmith shops, all convenient; an 

 ideal place for bees, poultry, fruit, and trucking. 



I.. A. LUDWiG, Marydel, Md. 



Homes. — Deep rich soil, abundance of water for irrigation ; 

 best market and climate; wheat, oats, barley, rye, alfalfa; red, 

 alsike, and whUe clover; vetch; small and large fruits; chick- 

 ens, hogs. Bees average 100 lbs. per colony. 



E. G. Gibson, Oxford, La Plata Co., Col. 



For Sale. — Farm of 14 acres near city of 20,000; good soil, 

 market, and bee pasture. L. C. Hook, Richmond, Ind., Rt. 3. 



Educational. 



Any one interested in the education of a child not yet in 

 school, send name and address to 



E. Whitney, Flernington, N. J. 



KIND WORDS. 



The A. I. Root Co.; 



The tested southern-bred queen was received in good condi- 

 tion, and she is a fine one too. Enclosed find check. 



Lime Kiln, Md., Sept. 3. J. F. McAbee. 



The A. I. Root Co.: 



I received the Italian breeding-queen in good condition. 

 Please forward to me a Caucasian as early as possible. 



Peter James Hurst. 



Nelson, St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, Aug. 19. 



The A. I. Root Co.: 



Referring to the bees ordered for Judge Woods, of Marion, S. 

 C, I beg to say that they arrived several days ago by express, 

 and at Judge Woods' request 1 went over to Marion to assist in 

 hiving them. The shipment of hives, etc., from Pniladelphia, 

 though badly delayed in transportation, reached Marion in f>er- 

 fect condition^ and we had no difficulty all in getting every thing 

 in shape. The bees themselves seemed to be in perfect condi- 

 tion. We found only eight or ten dead bees in each nucleus. Aft- 

 er my experience with black or hybrid bees which I found on my 

 place when I leased it, I was hardly prepared lor the extreme 

 gentleness of the Italians, even after all I read about them. 

 With the exception of one sting which I received by mashing a 

 bee with my hand while placing the hand on the bottom of the 

 cage, none of them offered to siing. They were very quiet, even 

 after thumping out those that adhered to the inside of the cages. 

 ^ L. W. McLemore. 



I am now reading my second copy of Gleanings, and it is 

 beginning to take some of the wrinkles out of my forehead. I 

 have two stands of bees, and they have filled 1 20 sections already. 

 Our baes will make honey here till November; no frost very often 

 until then. 



Beaver, Ore. A. F. Gardner. 



the a b c of getting well, etc. 



Please send me 100 copies of your health leaflet. It certainly 

 is generous of you to give them free. For some years I have giv- 

 en a year's subscription to the Practical Farmer to different peo- 

 ple who, I thought, would be benefited. Your leaflets will ena- 

 ble me to reach a great many more people. It certainly is a 

 great work that you and the Farmer are doing. 



Barium Springs, N. C, Sept. 7. W. B. Bailey. 



a kind word for "our homes" of more than 20 

 years ago. 

 Mr, Root: — I have been reading one of your, sermons, " What 

 doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly, and to love mercy, 

 and to walk humbly with thy God." It is in Gleanings for 

 1886. A friend gave me a lot of them, also a subscription for the 



year 1<)08. It was just the kind of sermon 1 needed, and it helped 

 me very much. I have much to do on Sunday. The children 

 come home, also my mother and husband's brother. They w.^rk 

 away, and like M get home for one day in a week. Of course, 

 it is hard; but I like to have them come, and I guess it is the 

 Lord's work and my duty. Sometimes I have doubted and won- 

 dered if it were sinful, but I doubt no more. May you write 

 many more of those good stories. Hattie E. Graves. 



Walpole, N. H., June 21, 1908. 



" chicken " BIBLE. 



In yours for Aug. 15, one of your subscribers asks for a " chick- 

 en bible." I don't think he could get one to compare with 

 Gleanings, as 1 have had some eight years' experience with 

 the " chicken bible " as he calls it. The one that, in my esti- 

 mation, comes nearest to the above, \i Poultry, published by Mil- 

 ler Purvis, Peotone, III. It is bright, clean, and nicely printed. 

 I have no connection with it. 



I get more eggs wiihout males. I have had as many as 270 

 eggs per bird. I am in the business for the love of it, and not to 

 make money. R. F. Herring. 



Chicago, Aug. 21. 



Convention Notices. 



A meeting of the Adirondack Bee-keepers' Association will be 

 held at Glens Falls, N. Y., Oct. I, in the parlors of the Hotel Ru- 

 liff. All interested in apiculture are invited to be present. 



Glens Falls, N. Y. Arthur W. Cary, Sec. 



The annual meeting of the Northern Illinois and Southern 

 Wisconsin Bee-keepers' Association will be held in the court- 

 house in Rocklo'd, III., on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 20 and 

 21, 1908. All interested in bees are invited to attend. 



Cherry Valley, III. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



The annual meeting of the Western Illinois Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held on Friday. Sept. 18, in the county court- 

 room at Galesburg, 111. All interested in bees are earnestly re- 

 quested to attend and help make this a profitable meeting. 



Altona, 111. W. B. Moore, Pres. 



Bee-keepers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and 

 Tennessee, also points along the route, who will join rhe party 

 of a carload to attend the National Convention at Detroit, Mich., 

 Oct. 13 — 15, will please write us for rates, etc. This promises 

 to be the best convention yet, and is to your interest to attend. 



Elamville, Ala. Wm. S. McKnight. 



The annual meeting of the Kansas State Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at Hutchinson, Sept. 16, 17. Tne first session 

 will be held at 2 : 30 on the 16th. This meeting occurs during 

 the State fair, and it is hoped that a large number of bee-keepers 

 will be present. Several noted bee-keepers from different parts 

 of the country have promised to attend. 



Topeka, Kan. O. A. Keene, Sec. 



meeting of TENNESSEE ISEK-KBEPERS. 



The Central Tennessee Beekeepers' Association met at the 

 rooms of the Nashville Board of Trade on August 8, with about 

 thirty members present. Pres. J. M. Davis occupied the chair. 

 The meeting was opened with prayer by Mr. Ayres, of Cedar 

 Hill. Nine new members were enrolled. 



Among the subjects discussed were the following: 



Cement hive-stands; home marketing of honey; transferring 

 bees, etc. 



Mr. Leslie Martin, of Lebanon, read a paper entitled " Fur- 

 ther Experience with Caucasian Bees." He fs of the opinion 

 that the Caucasians have held their own with the average Ital- 

 ians in regard to honey-gathering. They are much more gentle, 

 easier handled, and but very little more given to swarming than 

 the Italians. However, he thinks it will take several years, 

 through both good and bad se.sons, to test them thoroughly. 



J. M. Buchanan spoke on " Bees and Honey at the State 

 Fair." It was decided to place a nice exhibit at the State Fair 

 this fall, as this is one of the best methods of advertising our 

 products. 



A committee was appointed to confer with Southern bee-men 

 in regard io getting up a carload of bee-keepers to attend the Na- 

 tional convention at Detroit. It was decided to extend an invi- 

 tation to the National Bee-keepers' Association to hold its 1909 

 convention at Nashville, Tenn. Our local association has now 

 about fifty members, and at our meeting last spring we voted to 

 join the National in a body. 



M St of the members reported a rather short crop this year, ow- 

 ing to too much rain duiing tne flow from clover. 



The convention adjourned to meet on the second Saturday in 

 March, 1^09, on which date occurs the annual election of officers. 



Franklin, Tenn., Aug. 17. J. M. Buchanan, Sec. 



