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



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



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



VOL. XLI. 



MAY 1, 1913 



NO. 9 



Editorial 



THE COMB-HONEY CANARD, AGAIN. 



A SYNDICATED article that is appearing 

 in a large portion of the daily press of the 

 country, written by Miss Ida M. Tarbell, 

 on the subject of glucose, and telling how it 

 has been used as an adulterant, makes this 

 statement : 



" They even manufacture honeycomb and 

 fill it with corn syrup." 



We wish every one of our subscribers 

 would send in their immediate protest to 

 all papers publishing this, asking such pa- 

 pers to send such protest to Miss Tarbell. 

 We believe she is a candid writer, and de- 

 sires to tell the truth; but in this case she 

 has made a big blunder. She has implied, 

 also, that the strained honey on the market 

 to-day is nothing but corn syrup, in spite 

 of the fact that the national government, 

 as well as most of our States, has stopped 

 the sale of glucose as honey. Make it plain 

 that there is no such thing as manufactured 

 comb honey, and little or no adulterated 

 liquid honey. Of course we are voicing our 

 own protest direct. 



ANOTHER TREATISE ON BEE CULTURE, FROM 

 THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST OF INDIANA. 



There lies on our desk a copy of the 

 Fifth Annual Report of the State Entomol- 

 ogist of Indiana. That State has been for- 

 tunate in having two entomologists, Mr. 

 Benjamin W. Douglas and now Mr. C. H. 

 Baldwin, both of whom have prepared com- 

 prehensive reports on the injurious and 

 useful insects of their State. At the close 

 of the last report appears a brief treatise 

 on bees by D. W. Erbaugh and B. F. Kin- 

 dig, State foul-brood inspectors. There also 

 appears from the same office a circular of 

 information for beekeepers on the brood 

 diseases of bees, by the Hon. Mason -J. 

 Niblaek. IVlr. N. is an ardent beekeeper — 

 one who has done, perhaps, more than any 

 other man to advance the cause of apicul- 

 ture in his State. The excellent foul-brood 

 law that has been in force for several years 

 was largely due to his untiring efforts and 

 influence in both Houses of the General 

 Assembly. Indiana beekeepers will no doubt 



be able to obtain a copy of either by apply- 

 ing to the State Entomologist, C. H. Bald- 

 win, Indianapolis. 



OUR COVER PICTURE. 



The picture on our cover for this issue 

 is one sent us by Mrs. S. E. Howard, of 

 Wakefield, Mass., whose article adorned the 

 pages of our Women's Number, the March 

 1st issue. j\±rs. Howard is an expert, who, 

 having made a success with beekeeping, has 

 been furnishing a number of the popular 

 magazines with illustrated articles showing 

 how and why she succeeds. These articles 

 are refreshing in that they are written by 

 one who is familiar with nearly every 

 phase of beekeeping. A very large propor- 

 tion of the literature in the popular press 

 in regard to bees is unorthodox in some 

 respects. By this we mean that it is likely 

 to contain some reference or some state- 

 ment which causes an experienced beekeeper 

 to smile. Mrs. Howard's articles do not 

 contain extravagant claims of enormous 

 profits, nor are they such as to cause any 

 inexperienced person not fitted for beekeep- 

 ing to plunge wildly into the business with- 

 out giving a thought to any thing aside 

 from the spending of a lot of time and 

 money. 



The view shoAvs the hiving of a swarm. 

 The cluster of bees has just been shaken 

 on to the sheet before the entrance of the 

 new liive, and the bees have begain march- 

 ing in. This is a sight that never fails to 

 excite admiration or wonder on the part of 

 the onlooker, as the bees when they once 

 start go trooping in, for all the world like 

 a flock of sheep. 



the western honeybee. 

 Vol. I. No. 1 of the new bee-journal has 

 come to hand. It announces on the front 

 page that it " is not a competitor nor a 

 money-maker," but is designed to " fill a 

 long-felt want." It is published by the 

 California State Beekeepers' Association, 

 from news furnished by the beemen. At 

 present it is edited by G. L. Emerson, a 

 beekeeper owning and taking care of from 



