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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. Root 



Editor 



A. I. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



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

 G. M. DooLiTTLE, R. F. Holtermann, W. K. Morrison. 



COI^TENTS OF NOVEMBER I, 1908 



HONEY COLUMN 1292 



STRAY STRAWS 1303 



EDITORIAL 1304 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 1307 



NOTES FROM CANADA 1308 



Distance a Swarm Travels 1308 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 1309 



Bluing in Beet Sugars 1309 



Bees Puncturing Fruit 1309 



Food Value of Sugar and Honey 1309 



Parcels Post 1309 



Alfalfa for Horses 1310 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 1310 



Lore of the Honey-bees 1310 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 1311 



Prices of Honey 1311 



Honey at Colorado Fair 1311 



Single-tier Cases Discussed 1312 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1313 



Rendering Wax 1313 



Shade in Apiaries 1315 



Concrete Bee-cellar 1316 



Two Ways of Queen-rearing 1317 



Scouts Sent Out by Bees 1318 



Bee-keeping in a City 1319 



Observatoiy Hives 1320 



Transferring from Box Hives 1321 



University of California 1322 



European Notes 1323 



Troubles of a Bee-inspector 1324 



Bee-keeping in Japan 1325 



HEADS OF GRAIN 1326 



Handling Bees Before Audience 1326 



Strange Failure of Queen 1326 



Adjustable Storm-door 1327 



Sealed Covers Preferred 1327 



Honey, Poisonous 1327 



Introducing with Cage at Entrance 1327 



Vestibuled Entrances for Winter 1328 



Closing Hives for Moving 1328 



Paper-covered Hives 1328 



OUR HOMES A 1329 



HEALTH NOTES 1332 



THE BEST FENCE. 



There can be no doubt as to what constitutes the best fence 

 for all kinds of domestic animals. It is the woven-wire fence 

 as now made by the best manufacturers in America. Animals 

 are totally prevented from getting out, yet at the same time they 

 can not hurt themselves as they used to do with some of the 

 other fences. For instance, the barbed-wire fence injured a 

 great number of animals daring the year, and even now it still 

 injures a good many. Enormous numbers of cattle had their 

 hides lacerated by the barbs, with the result that their hides, 

 when sold, brought much less money. It was and still is a 

 karh-arous contrivance for controlling stock. The woven-wire 

 fence is now so cheap and effective that there is but little ex- 

 cuse for any farmer putting up any thing else to control his 

 stock. Moreover, it is neater and more sightly in every way 

 than almost any other form of fence unless it is a hedge. One 

 of the best makers of this kind of fence is the Coiled Spring 

 Fence Co., of Winchester, Ind., who make a splendid article, 

 galvanized, etc., to make it last for many years. They are 

 always glad to correspond with any one having a fence to put 

 up. They are a good reliable concern. 



THE honey market. 



We are taking special pains this season to get complete and 

 accurate accounts of the state of the honey market in every 

 center of trade in this country, and to some extent, also, in 

 Europe. If our honey-producers will carefully study these re- 

 ports we think such a thing as a glut of honey at any one point 

 can be avoided. Before shipping, carefully consider all the 

 facts. You will note some places seem to have an oversupply 

 right now, while atoihers there is a shortage. A careful study 

 of the market conditions would be a benefit all round at the 

 present time, we firmly believe. It would also be well to 

 scan the advertisements of the honey-buyers who use our col- 

 umns. It is needless to say we consider them reliable or their 

 announcements would not appear in Gleanings. The larg- 

 est buyers of honey in the world are now using these columns 

 — a fact which speaks for itself as showing the desire of buyers 

 to get in close touch with the actual producers. It is an ac- 

 knowledgment, also, that the men who read Gleanings are 

 not only large producers, but also turn out honey of the highest 

 grade, for it is abundantly evident that the buyers can handle 

 the highest grade of honey to much greater advantage than any 

 other kind. We desire to see both producer and buyer prosper, 

 and we hope, by presenting the true state of the market, to 

 help both. 



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