Published by The A. I. Root Company, Medina, Ohio 



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 Postofflce, Medina. Ohio, as Second-class Matter 



VOL. XL 



FEBRUARY 1, 1912 



NO. 



Dft©[PDSl 



There will be a meeting of apiary in- 

 spectors, and others interested, at Amherst, 

 Mass. See special announceu ent on p. 25. 



We expect to have in our next issue some- 

 thing naore to say on the subject of putting 

 lime in the soil to make clover grow on land 

 that has hitherto been considered "clover- 

 sick." Clover in the years gone by has 

 used up the lime in some soils, and it is 

 now time to replace it. It can be done very 

 cheaply. 



THE OHIO STATE BEE -KEEPERS' CO'VEX- 

 TIOX. 



The attention of Ohio bee-keepers is di- 

 rected to the program of the Ohio Slate Bee- 

 keepers' convention, to be held at Spring- 

 field, O., Feb. 21. on page 25 of this issue. 

 Entomologist Shaw, chief foul-brood in- 

 spector, will be present. An effort has been 

 made to get Dr. E. F. Phillips, of the Bu- 

 reau of Entomology, to come also. This 

 will be an interesting and important meet- 

 ing. We expect to be present ourselves, and 

 hope that all bee-keepers who can will make 

 an extra effort to attend. 



SPECIAL NUMBER ON AUTOMOBILES. 



We are now planning to have our April 

 1st issue a special number devoted to the 

 interest of the bee-keeper who owns an auto- 

 mobile, or who intends to purchase one. 

 There have been many requests for this; and 

 for the past few months almost every mail 

 has brought iis letters of inquiry from pro- 

 spective purchasers. We are always glad to 

 give information regarding different ma- 

 chines when we can: and in order to call out 

 the experience of others we have planned 

 this special number. AVe already have sev- 

 eral interesting articles on hand, together 

 with some good illustrations; but we are 

 anxious to get a good many more. Let all 

 those who own machines tell why they 

 bought them, whether they are profitable 

 from a business standpoint, etc. 



What machine do you own, and why did 

 you get it? Has it proven satisfactory? If 

 you have owned it as long as a year, what 

 has been your expense for repairs? 



We are especially anxious to get photo- 

 graphs of various machines in use. We 

 shall expect to pay for all contributions used, 

 especially where photographs are sent that 

 can be reproduced. 



SENDING HONEY OR OTHER COMMODITIES BY 



FREIGHT OR EXPRESS; A FEW 



FACTS TO REMEMBER. 



A SHORT time ago a subscriber wrote us 

 that he had shipped some honey to a com- 

 mission house, and could get no returns. 

 The case was something like this: 



The commission house, it seems, made 

 this bee-keeper an offer for his honey deliv- 

 ered in their city. The bee-keeper did not 

 accept the offer, as he said it was too low. 

 He wrote back that he would have to have 

 more money than they had offered. He re- 

 ceived a letier from the commission house, 

 accepting his figures. The honey was ship- 

 ped: but on arrival it was found to be bad- 

 ly broken down. The commission house 

 would make no returns, and the bee-keeper 

 finally appealed to us. We replied by say- 

 ing that if he, the bee-keeper, had accepted 

 the price offered by the commission house, 

 f. o. b. city of the commission house, he 

 would be compelled to accept whatever 

 terms of payment the commission house 

 could make, after making reasonable allow- 

 ance for breakage: that his only recourse 

 would be to put in a claiiu »gainst the rail- 

 road company for the difference between 

 what he received and what he would have 

 gotten if the shipment had not been dam- 

 aged: but as the commission house had ac- 

 cepted the honey f. o. b. station of the bee- 

 keeper, it was up to them to make full re- 

 turns on the basis agreed ujwn, and then 

 enter claim for loss against the railroad 

 company. 



The moral of this whole thing is, that it 

 is to the interest of the bee-keeper to have 

 the honey delivered into the hands of the 

 railroad company of /(/.s oirn fo>rn, and no 

 fitrf/ier. It is equally obvious that it is to 

 "the interest of the buyer to secure, if he can. 

 delivery of honey to his city. 



There is one o'her point to be considered, 

 hovN-ever. and that is this: If tlie bee-keeper 

 puts up his honey in a careless and improp- 

 er manner, neither the buyer nor the rail- 



