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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 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 NOVEiVJBER 15, (908 



HONEY COLUMN 1352 



STRAY STRAWS 1363 



EDITORIAL 1364 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 1367 



SIFTINGS 1368 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 1369 



Formic Acid in Honey 1369 



Irrigation in Mexico 1369 



Confiscation of Honey in Detroit 1369 



Distance of Bees from Road in France 1369 



Price of Honey in Belgium 1370 



Parcels Post Explained 1370 



Carpet Weed 1371 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1371 



Hive to Adopt 1371 



Dispensing with Separators 1372 



Grading Comb Honey 1373 



Uncapping-knives 1374 



Chalon Fowls and Family 1375 



Capping-melters 1375— 13bO 



Outdoor Wintering ' 1381 



Wilbur Wright in Aeroplane 1382 



Combs Built to Bottom-bar 1383 



Bee-keeping in British Isles 1383 



Uniting with Sweetened Water 1386 



HEADS OF GRAIN 1387 



Straw for Hauling Comb Honey 1387 



Comb Honey Hauled on Springless Wagon 1387 



Windbreak for Single-walled Hives 1387 



Pit for Wintering Bees 1387 



Improving a Locality 1388 



Hive-conveyor 1388 



Propolis from Wax 1388 



Vertical Wires 1388 



OUR HOMES 1389 



School Savings Banks 1390 



Something about Electricity 1392 



HEALTH NOTES 1393 



TEMPERANCE 1404 



The Wright Brothers up to date 1404 



BEE-KEEPING FOR SEDENTARY FOLK. 



This refers to a new booklet just of? our own press, written 

 by a Presbyterian divine, the Rev. T. Chalmers Potter, of 

 Glasgow, Del. It is dedicated to professional people — the 

 clergyman, the lawyer, the doctor, the teacher, and all others 

 whose duties in life render it necessary for them to be mostly 

 indoors, but who feel the need of some suitable recreation in 

 the open air which will be at once conducive to health and re- 

 munerative to the worker. The article originally appeared in 

 the Interior, one of the leading organs of the Presbyterian 

 Church in America. It presents the case for bee-keeping as a 

 hobby in a very pleasing manner, showing what can be done 

 to make it both pleasant and profitable. Of course, this will 

 not interest any who are already well established in bee-keep- 

 ing; but to the beginners, or those who have no bees, we be- 

 lieve it will prove thrice interesting. If you have a friend 

 you would like to see take up bee-keeping, please write for 

 a free copy. Beginners are particularly requested to send for a 

 copy at once before the supply is exhausted. Those who have 

 never had bees will find it very useful in blazing the way for 

 a successful career in bee culture. It is free. 



furs for all. 

 One of the most interesting advertisers in these pages to the 

 average rural dweller is the National Fur and Tanning Compa- 

 ny. They make all kinds of garments, robes, etc., from skins 

 and pelts furnished by their customers. This makes it possible 

 for many to possess nice warm fur clothing who would not oth- 

 erwise have it. It is easy for most country residents to obtain 

 skins and pelts; but usually they have had to be content with 

 what dealers saw fit to pay for them. They can obtain much 

 better results by sending them to the above firm to be made 

 into nice garments for their own use. This looks better to us 

 than to sell the skins at low prices. If you go to buy furs you 

 will find they cost lots of money; in fact, the prices are prohib- 

 itive in many cases. Write to the National Fur and Tanning 

 Company. 



SYSTEM. 



It is not often that we get a 9059 word-book free. But this 

 is just what System in another column offers us, and we believe 

 the offer is bomi fide. It is no useless book, either, nor a mere 

 catalog. It is vaUuble to many, especially those wanting a 

 business career, and is crammed with interesting facts. It is 

 well worth sending for. Write to System, Dept. 9 — 12, 151, 

 153 Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. 



aermotors. 

 It is hardly necessary for us to introduce to our readers the 

 celebrated Aermotor Co., of Chicago. Their " aermotors," or 

 windmills, are in use, not only all over the United States, but 

 all over the earth. In some parts of the world windmills have 

 come to be known as aermotors, simply because the latter were 

 very numerous, and so much superior to all rivals, that the 

 name had to be changed to suit the case. Wind is a very 



cheap motive power; and where one has an aermotor it can be 

 made to do a great deal of hard work now done by human ex- 

 ertion. The aermotor is not only effective, but, in addition, 

 costs but little to erect. Send for a catalog. At present they 

 are making a special drive on a gasoline engine for pumping 

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