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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 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, Prop. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane, " Stknog," Louis H. Scholl, 



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



CONTENTS OF OCTOBER 15, 1908 



HONEY COLUMN 1232 



STRAY STRAWS 1243 



EDITORIAL 1244 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 1247 



GLEANINGS FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES 1248 



Trouble over a Bee-tree 1248 



Dr. Wiley Defended 1248 



Caucasians in Nebraska 1248 



Locust-borer 1248 



Water in Honey 1248 



French Tariff on Honey 1248 



Foul Brood in Indiana 1248 



Irrigation in Porto Rico 1249 



Apiculture in Spain 1249 



Cane Sugar vs. Beet 1249 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 1250 



Butcher-knife for Uncapping 1250 



Narrow v. Wide Top-bars 1250 



Bulk Comb Honey 1250 



Shallow V. Deep Supers 1251 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1251 



Selling Honey 1251 



Honey Resources of Northern Michigan 1253 



HEALTH NOTES 1271 



Fermentation of Unripened Honey 1254 



E. W. Alexander 1255, 1256 



Migratory Bee-keeping 1 257 



Queen Killed by a Rival 1259 



River-Bottom Apiaries in Texas 1260 



Swarm-catching Cage 1261 



Honey Exhibit in Lebanon 1262 



Spider-plant in Illinois 1262 



Bee-keeping, when it Pays 1263 



Aroma of Honey 1263 



Syrup for Feeding 1264 



Winter Cases of Paper 1265 



HEADS OF GRAIN 1266 



Bee-keeping in Alaska 1267 



Finding Black Queens . . .1267 



Young Bees Killing Old Ones 1267 



Cloth Covers for Extractors 1267 



Italians, Extra Yellow 1267 



Honey-dew from Oak Leaves 1 268 



Pollen in Extracting-combs 1268 



Ventilating Hives in Winter 1268 



Scalding New Cans 1268 



OUR HOMES 1269 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT 1273 



" BUILD NOW." 



There has been a campaign quietly going for some time 

 which has for its title the above words. The meaning is obvi- 

 ous. At the present time the price of building material of all 

 kinds is considerably lower than a year or more ago. It is not 

 likely prices will go lower. The chances are all in favor of 

 the price going higher, so that the advice to " build now " is 

 sound and good. From all over the country advices have come 

 that many are acting on this suggestion. Even large factories 

 are being built under the idea that it will be much cheaper to 

 build them now than later on when roseate prosperity has re- 

 sumed its sway. 



If everybody who has any need of building would take hold 

 of the idea, " build now," it is only a matter of time when we 

 should have prosperity of the most pronounced kind, as the 

 building trade is the basis of many others. It requires the ex- 

 ercise of only a very small amount of faith to see that this 

 country will continue to grow and expand as fast as it ever did 

 in years gone by. All experts are agreed the check is only 

 temporary, and that the status quo will soon be restored. When 

 it is, prices will be considerably higher than now. The wis- 

 dom of building now will be apparent. 



What adds weight to this advice is the new departure of the 

 famous firm of Gordon, Van Tine Co., who have brought the 

 methods of the great mail-order houses of Chicago to bear on 

 the planing-mill business. You can now buy every thing 

 necessary for a nice house in the same way you can buy gro- 

 ceries and clothes by mail. The net result of this is that the 

 consumers save the profits of the middlemen and retailers. Nor 

 is this all, for the buyer gets a much wid»r selection than if he 

 purchased the goods at a small mill. The modern housekeeper 

 wants something more than a shed for a home, even if she 

 lives in the country; and almost the only way for many to get 

 what they desireiin house-building materials is to order from a 

 mail-order house like the Gordon, Van Tine Co., Davenport, 

 Iowa. They issue a large catalog of house materials so that 

 any one can sit down and quietly figure for himself the cost of 

 any building desired, be it a chicken-coop or a mansion. The 

 signs of the times all point to this kind of enterprise being a 

 success. Tremendous efforts have been made to cmsh this new 

 way of doing business, but to no purpose; and on account of 

 lower prices it must succeed. The logic of low prices can not 

 be resisted, even by those who profess not to patronize mail- 

 order concerns. This being so, we advise them to write for 

 the Gordon, Van Tine Co.'s catalog at the earliest opportunity. 

 See if these things are so. 



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