GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



R. Root 



Editor 



A. I. Root 



Editor Home Departmeat 



H. H. Root 



Asi't Editor 



Departmeat Editors:— Dr. C. C. Miller, J A. Grbbn, Prof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Cranb, " Stbnog," Louis H. Scholl, 



G. M. DOOLITTLK, R. F. HOLTBRMANN, W. K. MORRISON. 



CONTENTS OF JANUARY 1, 1909 



conversations with DOOLITTLE 19 



notes from CANADA 20 



Ontario Bee Station 20 



Foul Brood 20 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 21 



Overstocking and Understocking 21 



Age Injures Honey . 21 



GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 22 



Honey Granulating on the Hive . 22 



Irrigation for Kansas 22 



Distance of Apiaries from Road 22 



Apiculture in North Carolina 22 



Stingless Bees, Honey from 22 



Honey Cider 22 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 23 



Capping-melters 23 



Beuhne Melters 23 



Comb V. Extracted Honey . . 24 



Wax, Involuntary Secretion of 25 



Honey, Rapid and Slow Flows 26 



Supersedure, Natural 26 



Comb-cutter, Young's 27 



Alfalfa 28 



Cans, Second-hand v. New 29 



Japanese Clematis 30 



Philadelphia Field Meeting 31 



Parcels Post 32 



Cage to Prevent Robbing 32 



Forest Fires 34 



Box Hives, Study of 35 



Uncapping Down or Up 35 



Uncapping-knives, Shape of 36 



Shade not Needed 36 



Imperial Valley 37 



HEADS OF GRAIN 38 



Pollen at Entrance 38 



Ants in Mexico 38 



Combs with old Pollen 38 



Strainer, Modified 39 



Beet Sugar for Bees 39 



Shallow Supers Preferred 39 



Cabbage Palmetto 39 



Oklahoma 39 



Winter in Oregon 40 



Honey. in Galvanized Iron 40 



Pressing Honey from Cappings 40 



White Clover in Iowa 40 



Recipe for Pancakes 40 



OUR HOMES 41 



Miller, Dr., in Medina 42 



ARB YOU A TRAPPER ? 



If so, the advertisement of Funston Brothers, of St. Louis, 

 Mo., who are celebrated fur-dealers all over the American con- 

 tinent on account of the extensive business they do in raw 

 furs. A goodly number of bee-keepers are interested in hunt- 

 ing and trapping, and it is with some pride that we point to 

 the fact that tte firm of Funston, one of the most reliable con- 

 cerns of the kind in the world, should be the first to use our 

 columns soliciting the bee-keeper's trade in furs. Judging by 

 the market reports, the trade in furs seems to be in a flourish- 

 ing condition. Skunks, one of the enemies of the bee-keeper, 

 are selling at top-notch prices. Even the humble muskrat fur 

 is selling at good prices, and the nimble coon is doing well 

 also, probably on account of the fact that his fur is much used 

 for automobile coats. The fur of the sly fox seems to be in 

 very great demand, and there ought to be money in trapping 

 bim — if you understand just how to trap his wary lordship. 

 That scourge of the West, the wolf, is in much demand now, 

 but only for his hide or fur. Of course fine prices are paid for 

 the pelts of the lynx, marten, and fisher; and our northern 

 readers may be able to do some business at ihe attractive 

 prices now being paid. Civet cats are in active demand, and 

 so are mink. It looks to us from the nature of the market re- 

 ports that the trapping fraternity are likely to do well this year 

 provided they can secure a fair catch, which largely depends 

 on the ability of the trapper. In any case it will pay our trap- 

 pist readers to get in touch with Messrs. Funston. What may 

 be a pest in your neighborhood can quite possibly be turned to 

 good account — that is to say, a bank account." 



SEBDS THAT ARB GUARANTEED. 



At last we have a seedhouse that actually gives its customers 

 a positive guarantee that their seeds are fresh and of good ger- 

 minating power. Hitherto large sums have been lost because 

 the seeds were old, or perhaps for other reasons the seed was 

 poor, with the result that the labor of the planter was wasted. 

 The amount that has been lost in this way is almost incalcula- 

 ble, and yet much of it could have been avoided by more care 

 and common honesty on the part of seedsmen. This will be 

 changed, however. The first seedhouse we know of to break 

 away from the old plan is the well-known fi'm of A. A. Berry 

 Seed Co , who execute a binding guarantee that their seeds are 

 fresh and of high germinating power. Write to them for fur- 

 ther details. Their advertisement appears on another page. 



A VAST BUSINESS. 



The Chicago House-Wrecking Co., whieh is now using a 

 large space in our columns, is one of the largest concerns of the 

 kind in existence, and therefore merits more than a passing 

 mention. The house they illustrate on another page, at $650 

 for all the materials, is certainly a triumph for the mail-order 

 business. At first sight it seems odd that that we can now or- 

 der a complete house, together with all its furnishings, with a 

 reasonable assurance that we shall get just what we order. 

 Not many years ago such a transaction whould have been 

 deemed impossible; but there are many reasons for supposing 

 that, in future, most of our houses, barns, etc., will be ordered 

 in just this way. That is to say, the house will be shipped 

 in thr flat, and put up on arrival by a local carpenter or mason. 

 By this means we get the help of skilled architects and arti- 

 sans in a way that is impossible in small places. We also get 

 a much greater choice of materials, because a large house can 

 give us a wide variety to choose from, whereas a local concern 

 can offer only a very limited line for our inspection. Wheth- 

 er it agrees with our ideas or not, it looks to us at present as if 

 all the business of the future would be done on this plan. We 

 are gradually working toward this system; and the Chicago 

 House-Wrecking Co. can justly claim to be a prominent factor 

 in bringing about this radical change in business life so far as 

 relates to the house-building trade at least. The business they 

 do is large and steadily increasing, showing that the public 

 likes the system and appreciates its benefits. 



A <;bnkrous offer. 

 The special attention of our readers is called to the very lib- 

 eral oflfer, on another page in this issue, of the Hawkins Pub- 

 lishing Co., who publish that excellent poultry paper. Poultry 

 Husbandry. Arrangements have been made with three other 

 excellent papers for the farm, whereby the four papers may be 

 had for one year, together with " Chick Culture," a very valu- 

 able book on poultry-raising, by Dr. A. A. Brigham, all for 

 $1.00. Read the advertisement clear through, for the offer 

 will certainly interest you; and when sending in your order, 

 please mention this publication. This is one of the poultry 

 papers which carries no objectionable advertising; in fact, it 

 has come to our notice that it has refused several such accounts 

 and we therefore especially commend it to the attention of our 

 readers. 



