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 Slanager. 



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



VOL. XLI. 



JUNE 1, 1913 



NO. 11 



Editorial 



IIOXEY-CROP CONDITIONS. 



The reports that have been coming from 

 the white-elover districts of the country have 

 been very flattering' indeed. Heavy rains 

 early in the sj^ring, warm weather, sunshine, 

 and more rain, have made it look as if there 

 might be a big crop of clover honey. Even 

 if a drouth should come from now on, we 

 don't see how it could possibly prevent se- 

 curing a fair yield of clover. 



Further rej^orts from California, as indi- 

 cated in our California department, show 

 that the season will probabl.y be an almost 

 entire failure in that State. 



The alfalfa regions will probably yield 

 their usual quota of honey. The southern 

 part of the country will likewise have a fair 

 yield. 



OUR COVER PICTURE. 



Our cover j^icture for this issue shows a 

 part of the apiary of R. N. Gidley, at Lake- 

 side, Cantei'bury, N. Z., as mentioned in the 

 article by E. G. Ward, on another page. In 

 many ways American beekeepers may learn 

 a great deal from their neighbors in New 

 Zealand. The latter are facing many of the 

 problems that we are facing in this country, 

 and carrying on to a great extent the same 

 kind of work. They are progTessive and up 

 to date. The ten-frame hive of Langstroth 

 dimensions is pretty well standardized in 

 New Zealand — a fact which we wish might 

 also be said of this country. 



Any American beekeeper might well be 

 proud of this apiary, bearing as it does the 

 stamp of up-to-date businesslike methot^s. 

 Our next issue will contain further partic- 

 hus. 



There is a law on the statute-books of 

 New Zealand making it possible to fine a 

 beekeeper who persists in neglecting to at- 

 tend to diseased bees. From the Auckland 

 WeeJdi/ News of November 28. sent us by 

 one of our subscribers, Mr. Robert Black, 

 we learn that Mr. G. V. Westbrooke. the 

 inspector, reported that one beekeeper, hav- 

 ing failed to destroy or treat diseased hers 

 after receiving notice to do so, was fined by 

 the magistrate three pounds — that is, about 

 $15.00/ 



THE TIME TO SPRAY TO A\'OID KILLING BEES. 



Seldom do we find a larger amount of 

 valuable information on this subject, in a 

 small amount of space, than is given in the 

 American Bee Journal for May, page 151. 

 by Mr. Frank Rauchfuss, of Denver. Among 

 other things he presents is the statement 

 made by Prof. Gillette, the entomologist of 

 Colorado. He say^s : 



yVhen the codling moth begins to appear about the 

 time of full bloom, they do not begin to lay eggs until 

 the majority of the apples in the orchard are one- 

 half an inch in diameter; when they are % of an 

 inch they are laid freely. As soon as the little apples 

 lose their fuzzy coverings the moths lay tlieir eggs 

 very largely upon the cheek of the apple, but nevei 

 in the blossom. Later they find their hiding-place in 

 the blossom end of the apple. After the blossoms 

 have fallen and the apples have attained a little size. 

 is the time to spray and not before. 



A good many up-to-date fruit-growei s 

 have the idea that spraying for the codling 

 moth should begin just as the petals begin 

 to fall. But this will catch some bees, as 

 different varieties of apples mature at dif- 

 erent times, and there will be early and late 

 blossoms on even the same tree. If the 

 fruit-gTower will follow Prof. Gillette's 

 recommendation he will avoid all possible 

 danger of interfering with the interests of 

 the beekeeper, and at the same time look 

 to his own interests. Spraying at the wrong 

 time wastes material and time. 



BIG FIELD DAY AND CONVENTION AT AilHERST 

 APICULTURAL SCHOOL IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



On page 326 of last issue we spoke of the 

 big field day and convention that is to be 

 held at the Massachusetts Apicultural 

 School, Amherst, on June 11 and 12. We 

 had not intended to be present and pai'tici- 

 pate in tliis fiehl-day v.'ork; but pressure 

 from Dr. Burton N. Gates, in charge of the 

 school, finally decided us to go : in fact, we 

 felt that we could not afford to miss it, con- 

 sidering the efforts that Dr. Gates has put 

 forth to make this meet a success. In a 

 letter just received from him to-day, among 

 otlier things he writes: 



Mr. E. R. Root: — Besides yourself, Mr. Morley 

 Pettit has promised to come. It is possible that Dr. 

 Phillips may drop in, although he is not definitely 

 provided for. He was here last year. There will be 



