16 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar. 15 



AS THE ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT SEES IT 



As this department is endeavoring to give suggestions to our readers which will be 

 a real benefit to them, we shall be glad in turn to have suggestions from subscribers re- 

 lating to the advertising columns. We would appreciate, too, some expressions regard- 

 ing our cover pages. For the past year or two we have covered a wide range of sub- 

 jects. If you have a preference for any special style, we shall be glad to know it. 



Possibly you have overlooked the matter of ordering some trees and shrubs. Of 

 course, being a bee-keeper you will favor those kinds which are good nectar-yielders. 

 In this connection it should always be borne in mind that over a large section of this 

 country the linden (or basswood) is one of the best shade-trees there are in the whole list. 

 Possibly next to it comes the Oriental plane, which is not only a handsome shade-tree, 

 but an excellent nectar-bearer as well. Then we have the excellent catalpa, with its 

 large leaves and beautiful panicles of white flowers. If you desire catalpas for timber, 

 order Catalpa speciosa. That grand timber tree, the black locust, should not be forgot- 

 ten. It is splendidly suited to our climate, and the bees get lots of honey from it. It 

 is a hard wood, but grows fast. The honey locust is excellent for hedges and wind- 

 breaks, and we ought to have more of such improvements. 



There are lots of shrubs that yield honey and adorn the landscape as well If 

 you can get peaty soil, plant some azalea, rhododendrons, and kalmias on the side of the 

 lawn where the sun seldom shines. If you allow natural swarming, try arbor-vitaes for 

 the swarms to lodge on. The bees like such bushes when they decide on swarming. 

 Junipers also answer the same purpose. 



Have you looked over your fences to see where repairs are needed, and where it will 

 be best to put in some new fencing.? There is nothing that is really so satisfactory to 

 the careful farmer as the knowledge that his fields are well fenced. Now, there is as 

 much difference between good and poor fencing as there is between thoroughbred and 

 mongrel stock. You know what it is you want to keep in or out of your fields. Get 

 catalogs from various dealers. Study them carefully. Buy a fence suited to your par- 

 ticular needs. Perhaps the kind you want costs a little more than you had expected to 

 put into fencing this spring. Can't you think of a dozen ways, however, in which the 

 difference will be more than saved? Isn't it something to be satisfied with what you 

 have? Won't it be a comfort to know that your stock can't get out and do a great deal 

 of damage to your own or some one's else crops, or that your neighbor's stock can't 

 get into your own fields and cause irreparable damage? More than all this, you know 

 that the better fence will last longer and more than pay for the extra outlay in the end. 

 Buy something that has been tested, and with which others are satisfied. Almost any 

 well-known manufacturer will show you testimonials from dozens of satisfied users of 

 his goods. Most of them will furnish samples, too, on request. 



We presume many of our readers have discovered that the barn or house or some 

 other building needs a new roof this spring, or possibly you can not decide what kind 

 of roofing to use on that new building you are planning We refer such to the roofing 

 advertisements to be found in this issue of our paper. You will do well to study them 



