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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Cleanings for 1913 



The six special numbers for 1912 were received with such enthusiasm that we have 

 decided to outdo our efforts of last year, and we take pleasure, therefore, in presenting 

 the following special numbers for 1913 : 



Jan. I --Beginners' Number 



Experiences and mis- 

 takes of beginners. Be- 

 ginners' questions. A n 

 experience with a swarm 

 of black bees. 



Feb. I "Old-timers' Number 



It is a matter of gi'eat 

 pride to us that nearly six- 

 ty of our present readers 

 were with us back in the 

 "Windmill Days," more 

 than forty years ago, when 

 Gleanings first made its 

 feeble start. We have let- 

 ters from these men that 

 ^re intensely interesting to 

 the beekeeper of to-day, 

 And we shall publish them. 

 We intend this issue to be 

 a glimpse of beekeeping in 

 by-gone days. In this his- 

 torical number we hope to 

 show something of t h e 

 drawbacks that bad to be 

 met when beekeeping Avas 

 in its infancy. Many les- 

 sons may be learned by 

 reading history, 



March i -Women's Number 



There have been repeat- 

 ed requests for a special 

 number devoted to bee- 

 keeping for women. There 

 were many requests for 

 this last year, and we are 

 at last prepared to furnish 

 what we believe is a splen- 

 did array of material from 



our beekeeping sisters who 

 have made a success witb 

 their bees. There are thou- 

 sands of other women who 

 would be glad to take up 

 bees were it not for their 

 natural timidity, or their 

 fear of stings. This num- 

 ber will serve, not to point 

 out an easy path toward 

 success, but to show how 

 difficulties in the way may 

 be surely overcome. 



April i "Out-apiaries 



Ever since our special 

 number on automobiles was 

 out we have received com- 

 plimentary letters regard- 

 ing it, and requests for 

 more particular informa- 

 tion of the same kind. In 

 this special number we pro- 

 pose to have a full discus- 

 sion of the automobile as 

 used in out-apiary work, 

 both for hauling and for 

 going to and from the yard. 

 In this number there will 

 also appear many articles 

 regarding the equipment 

 used at out-apiaries as out- 

 lined in our editorial, page 

 610, October 1. 



May I "Swarming and increase 



In the North. South, East, and West 



This is a subject that is 

 of vital interest to every 

 beekeeper in every locality, 

 and no list of special sub- 

 jects would be complete 



without it. We shall make 

 an effort this year to have 

 articles from all parts of 

 the country, so that no one 

 can complain that the di- 

 rections given do not apply 

 in his special locality. 



July I "Marketing Honey 



We already have a num- 

 ber of splendid articles 

 from experts in this line. 

 Beekeepers are waking up 

 to the possibilities of sell- 

 ing their crop as never be- 

 fore, and those who have 

 heretofore sold at any old 

 price are beginning to real- 

 ize the mistake they are 

 making. This number will 

 be full of practical sugges- 

 tions for profitably dispos- 

 ing of the crop. 



Aug. I "Beekeeping as a Rec- 

 reation 



In addition to the army 

 of men and women who 

 are making beekeeping 

 their sole occupation, there 

 is a rapidly increasing 

 number of professional 

 men, lawyers, doctors, min- 

 isters, teachers, etc., who 

 find beekeeping a delight- 

 ful avocation. In this spe- 

 cial number some of them 

 will tell why beekeeping is 

 so admirably suited for 

 ihis purpose. Some "big 

 men" are going to contrib- 

 ute to this number. 



We are proud of the fact that Gleanings has never had to go begging for material. 

 We have never seen the time yet when we did not have more good articles on hand than 

 we could possibly use. Nevertheless, in spite of this, we are going to solicit this year a 

 large number of the special articles mentioned above. We are not merely going to fill 

 up our pages ; we are going to try to give you the very best that we can obtain. Is all 

 this only an introduction to prepare the way for an announcement of a higher subscrip- 

 tion rate? It is not. The price remains the same — one dollar per year. 



