Published by The A. I. Root Co., Medina, 0. 



H. H. Root, Assistant Editor. E. R. Root, Editor. A. L. Boyden, Advertising Manager. 



A. I. Root, Editor Home Department. J. T. Calvert, Business Manager. 



Entered at the Postoflfice, Medina, O., as Second-class matter. 



VOL. XLI. 



FEBRUARY 1, 1913 



XO 3 



Editorial 



THE MEETING OF FOUL-BROOD INSPECTORS. 



The second meeting of the foul-brood in- 

 spectors of the various States was held in 

 Cleveland, Dee. 31, in conjunction with the 

 meeting of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science and the affiil- 

 iated societies, for the purpose of forming 

 a permanent organization. Steps were tak- 

 en to perfect such an organization, the same 

 to be a part of the larger body already 

 mentioned. Full particulars will be given 

 later by the Secretary, Dr. E. F. Phillips. 



NO ADULTERATION FOUND IN CONNECTICUT. 



It is a signifieant fact that, according to 

 the report of the Connecticut Agricultural 

 Experiment Station (Part 2 of the Annual 

 Report of 1912), no adulteration was found 

 in twenty-six samples of bottled honey ex- 

 amined. The following is the first para- 

 gi'aph of the summary : 



While in a few cases certain tests indicate the 

 presence of a small amount of glucose, and in two 

 instances the percentage of ash exceeds the stan- 

 dard, we do not feel justified in condemning any 

 sample as adulterated or otherwise illegal. There 

 are wide variations in quality, but all the samplei 

 appear to be genuine honeys of varying origins. 



A FOUL-BROOD INSPECTOR AND A LECTURER. 



Mr. Frank C. Pellett, of Atlantic City, 

 la., State Foul-brood Inspector, is also a 

 lecturer of some note. He is emploj'ed by 

 two lecture bureaus. Some of his principal 

 themes are as follows: Little Giants; Econ- 

 omy of Nature in the Plan of Eden ; Our 

 Backdoor Neighbors; Passing of the Red 

 Man; Bees; Religion of the Indians; Lives 

 of the Four-footed ; Short Course in Nature 

 Study. This last consists of a series of lec- 

 tures that are both popular and interesting. 

 Mr. Pellet is a naturalist as well as a bee- 

 beekeeper, and Iowa was fortunate in se- 

 curing a man of that sort for inspector. 



WHY HONEY HAD A GREATER BUYING VALUE 

 FORTY YEARS AGO. 



Elsewhere in this issue two of our cor- 

 respondents allude to the fact that honey 

 sold for a much higher price j'ears ago, and 

 that it really was higher in price compared 

 to other articles. Mr. Doolittle suggests 



that this can hardly be accounted for by 

 over-production, which is probably true, 

 since the demand also has increased enor- 

 mously. But it occurs to us that granulated 

 sugar, maple syrup, glucose (or the so-called 

 corn syrup), canned vegetables, and fruits 

 have all combined to furnish a variety and 

 very often a substitute for honey. More- 

 over, transportation facilities have improv- 

 ed so greatly in forty years that fruits of 

 all kinds are much more widely produced 

 and distributed than in the olden days; so 

 that honej^, the purest and most healthful 

 sweet, has really been reduced in price by 

 the competition of other foods. 



It is also true that no organization of 

 producers has yet done any- extensive ad- 

 vertising along the line of popularizing the 

 use of honey. 



A. I, root's FIRST EXPERIENCE IN BRIMSTON- 



ING A BOX hive; HOW IT NEARLY COST 



HIM HIS LIFE. 



In this issue, A. I. Root, in a reminiscent 

 way, tells how he first began keeping bees; 

 and among other things he writes about a 

 box hive that was to be brimstoned in the 

 dead of "wnnter; how his childish eagerness 

 was such that he went out into the cold air 

 when he was already sick with a cold, cama 

 down with pneumonia, and for days hov- 

 ered between life and death. Had he been 

 taken away, some history would never have 

 been written; there never would have been 

 a Home of the Honeybees, no Gleanings in 

 Bee Culture at Medina, and possibly th« 

 beekeeping industry might not have been 

 advanced to its present status. The doctors 

 did not save him; but his mother (as the 

 neighbors said) "would not let him die." 



novice's gleanings in bee culture. 



Our cover picture for this issue is a copy 

 of the first engi-aving that ever appeared 

 on the cover of Gleanings ; and, as will be 

 noticed from the inscription underneath, it 

 was " Designed and engraved by No\ac€" 

 (A. I. Root), and with a saw. 



Some idea of the change that has taken 

 place in forty years is gained from the fact 



