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Published by the A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 



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



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



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



VOL. XVI. 



OCTOBER 15, 1913 



NO. 20 



Editorial 



TilK EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 

 ABROAD. 



The editor of the American Bee Journal, 

 who has been traveling in Europe, writes 

 entertainingly in his paper about his trip. 

 Mr. Dadant has not only been going through 

 his fatherland, France, but through Italy 

 and Switzerland. 



DEATH OF MR. JACOB HUFFMAN. 



Mr. Jacob Huffman, of Monroe, Wis., 

 died recentlj' of a paralytic stroke. He was 

 for a number of years president of the 

 Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Association. 

 and at one time was vice-pi'esident of the 

 National Beekeepers' Association. He sel- 

 dom wrote for the bee journals, but was 

 prominent at conventions. He was one of 

 the most extensive as well as one of the best 

 beekeepers of his State. He will be missed 

 bv his fellow craftsmen. 



NOTICES OF NEW BULLETINS ON BEES. 



It is always our intention to make edito- 

 rial mention of any new book or bulletin on 

 bees. If we inadvertently omit such men- 

 tion, the author or parties concerned will 

 confer a favor by calling our attention to 

 it, at the same time seeing to it that another 

 bulletin is sent. It is not always possible 

 for us to keep track of works published in 

 foreign countries, and especially those 

 printed in other languages. The conditions 

 of management and climate necessarily ren- 

 der a work in another country of little val- 

 ue elsewhere. The A B C and X Y Z of 

 Bee Culture, however, aims to be cosmopoli- 

 tan as far as the United States and Canada 

 are concerned. In this country we have 

 nearly all conditions of climate that are 

 found in other parts of the world; and ou)- 

 work is, therefore, adapted to all climates 

 where bees are kept. 



WHY, TO BE SURE. 



The new State Chemist in Idaho is a man 

 who takes a pretty practical view of things 

 if we may judge by his statement in regard 

 to the belief that so much honey is adulter- 

 ated. We quote herewith the paragraph in 



question from the Evening Capital Xews, 

 of Boise, Idaho : 



" I wonder wliy it is that people believe honey 

 has been adulterated, even though they have seen 

 the farmer gather it when they buy," asks the State 

 Chemist. " They don't act the same way when they 

 buy other things on the market. If they should get 

 a can of maple syrup that was largely adulterated, 

 the first question they would ask is, ' Well, it won't 

 hurt me will it?' " 



Too many people are all too willing to 

 believe that foods of all kinds are adulter- 

 ated. They like to say that maple syrup is 

 made out of glucose and corncobs, etc. Per- 

 sonally we like to think that what we are 

 eating is clean, and that it came from clean 

 surroundings. That is why we like to eat 

 honey. 



NEW YORK STATE BULLETIN NO. 49, ON THE 



SUBJECT OF THE HONEYBEE, BY W. D. 



WRIGHT^ FREE TO ALL. 



In our issue for September 1.5 we gave 

 an extended review of a bulletin issued by 

 the Department of Agi-iculture at Albanj^, 

 N. Y. It will be remembered that we spoKe 

 of it as one of the best specimens of the 

 printer's art that has ever been published, 

 and that it was written by one of the best 

 beekeepers in the Empire State. We sug- 

 gested that all outside of New York might 

 have to jDay 10 or 25 cents for it. Com- 

 missioner Huson says they are free to all. 

 Here is what he says : 



Mr. Root: — We wish to thank you for the very 

 pleasant notice that you gave in Gleanings for 

 September 15 relative to our recent bulletin No. 49 

 on the subject of the honeybee. We notice that you 

 suggested that these bulletins could be sent outside 

 of the State of New York on payment of a fee of 

 ten or twenty-five cents. It is my desire to supply 

 these bulletins free of cost to any persons who are 

 interested in the subject as long as we have an avail- 

 able supply for the purpose. 



Calvin J. Huson, Commissioner. 



Albany, N. Y., Oct. 1. 



It is a splendid book, and is well worth 

 reading, and keeping in any library, espe- 

 cially when it costs no more than a postal 

 card to get it. Now is your chance, brother 

 beekeepers ; but do it " fust," as David 

 Ha rum savs. as the edition mav he exhaust- 

 ed. 



