Gleanings In Bee Culture 



Published by The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio 



H. H. ROOT, Assistant Editor. 



A. 1. ROOT, Editor Home Department. 



E. R. ROOT, Editor. 

 Entered at the Postoffice, Medina, Ohio, as Second-class Maner. 



A. L. BOYDEN, Advertising Manager. 

 J. T. CALVERT, Business Manager. 



VOL. XXXVII 



MARCH 15, 1909 



NO. 6 



Editorial 



By E. R. Root. 



Dr. D. E. Lvov, of Monroe, N. Y., one of 



our field editors, has had three visitations of 

 death in his family in the short space of ten days, 

 ronsisting of mother, son, and an invalid friend. 

 We extend our sincere sympathy in his great be- 

 reavement. Were it not for " the grace of God," 

 he says, he would not be able to bear it. 



"locality" an overworked word. 

 Mr. E. N. Miles, in a recent letter, referring 

 to the clover discussion in Gleanings, says, "I 

 have been greatly impressed by the influence of 

 locality on this matter. It is well known that 

 locality is a very hard word in a bee-keepers' dis- 

 cussion, and that many a fine theory is wrecked 

 thereon " Very true. 



DEATH OF MR. W. BROUGHTON CARR. 



We are very sorry to announce the death, on 

 Feb. 11, of Mr. W. Broughton Carr, for many 

 years an editor of the British Bee Journal. He 

 was the inventor of the" W. B. C." hive so much 

 used in England. He also invented the well- 

 known English "metal ends" for frames. Long 

 ago he advocated shallow frames for surplus hon- 

 ey, and lived to see them come into quite com- 

 mon use. For a number of years he was sole ed- 

 itor of the Bee-keeptrs' Rcconi, and otherwise did 

 much to advance the cause of scientific bee-keep- 

 ing in his own country. 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR BEGINNIRS. 



We desire to call attention to the series of ar- 

 tiiles beginning in this issue, on "Practical In- 

 structions for Beginners," by E. D. Townsend. 

 The details of the business will be given in these 

 articles, and we are sure that much of the matter 

 vsill be interesting, not only to the beginner, but 

 to the expert as well. Mr. Townsend gives full 

 particulars on starting with bees, selection of 

 equipment, transferiing, etc., and since he has 

 made a success in bee-keeping himself, he is en- 

 tirely capable of pointing out the way to others. 

 From a practical standpoint, we believe that these 

 articles will fill a long-felt want in giving a de- 

 tailed account of what at least one successful bee- 

 keeper did. 



fall DROUTHS USUALLY NOT HURTFUL TO 

 CLOVERS. 



The reader will be interested in the general 

 summary made from letters that have been sent 

 us during the last few weeks, as to whether the 

 drouth of last fall had so killed out the clovers 

 that there will be no clover honey this summer. 



We know of no question that is more important 

 or of more absorbing interest than this one. If 

 the clovers should all be killed out, for all time. 

 Gleanings and all the other bee-papers would 

 have to suspend publication and the bee-supply 

 factories would have to shut up shijp. Therefore 

 it will be of some comfort to our readers to feel 

 that the conditions thus far have not been unfa- 

 vorable (at least in most localities) for a flow of 

 clover honey. 



A FOUL-BROOD" law for INDIANA AT LAST. 



The following, just received from Walter S. 

 Pouder, will explain itself: 



Fritnd Ernest: — Just tJiis minute I have a phone message from 

 our State Entomologist notifying me that our foul-brood measure 

 has become a law. I think Indiana bee-keepers now have much 

 reason to rejoice. I have worked hard for the measure, but felt 

 uneasy about it because some of our law-makers have done some 

 very strange things, and no one could predict whatwould happen. 

 Much of the credit belongs to Mr. M. J. Niblack, of Vincennes; 

 Mr. Douglass, and yourself. Your letters had an important bear- 

 ing. Walter S. Poudkr.'U 



Indianapolis, March 5. 



In addition to the names mentioned, Mr. Pou- 

 der did some very efficient work. Indeed, it is 

 not too much to say that he began the agitation 

 and kept it up until victory was secured. As for 

 ourselves, we only did our duty, and what we 

 are doing for all States that are trying to secure 

 bee-disease laws. We are glad to write letters 

 to committees and to law-makers alike. As edi- 

 tor of this journal we know the facts and the 

 needs. 



OUR NORTHWEST CORRESPONDENT. 



A FEW days ago we had a visit from one of our 

 western correspondents, Mr. E. F. Atwater, of 

 Meridian, Idaho. He is a young man, scarcely 

 thirty, rather under stature, and not blessed, as 

 we would say, with a strong and robust constitu- 

 tion, but we believe that our readers will agree 

 with us he is one of the best writers we have. 

 He is now working about 750 colonies of bees. 

 He is a close and careful student, and an enthu- 

 siast in all he undertakes. We are frank to con- 

 fess that we gathered not a few valuable pointers 

 from him while he was here. He has a fine 

 camera, and is prepared to give us glimpses, not 

 only into his workshop, but out in the field, where 

 he finds pleasure and profit from his bees. 



BEES RE»DV TO TAKE OUT OF THE CELLAR. 



In most localities bees should come out of 

 their indoor winter quarters by this time, espe- 

 cially if they are uneasy. If, however, they ap- 

 pear to be wintering well, and are quiet, we 

 advise holding them in for at least two weeks 

 more. Dr. Miller's rule, to keep the bees in un- 

 til the soft maples furnish pollen, is a good one 

 for most localities; but if the bees fly out of the 



