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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15. 



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JUST before going to press I have made up 

 my mind to make an extra effort to attend the 

 Colorado Bee-keepers' convention at Denver, 

 Nov. 27, 28, 29. 



Send this number to your friends who may 

 be interested in knowing about The A. I. Root 

 Co., their manufacturing plant, and some of 

 the things that they make. 



Don't fail to read over our very low club- 

 bing offers on page 866. In many cases we 

 can give you two papers for the price of one, 

 and in others for a slight advance. 



By the Honey Column in this issue it will 

 be noticed that prices have been climbing up 

 and that the demand is active. Don't hold 

 your product too long, as prices may decline. 



OUR new solar wax-extractors for 1900 will 

 be modified so as to take in the Rauchfuss idea, 

 as illustrated and described on page 769. By 

 the way, we have recently heard that this same 

 plan has been used in California for years. 



W. J. Craig is the new editor of the Cana- 

 dian Bee Journal. This paper has put on a 

 new and tasty cover, and in other respects 

 gives promise of more improvements. We ex- 

 tend to Bro. Craig our right hand of fellow- 

 ship, and wish him every success. 



Reports are coming in, showing that white 

 clover promises well for next season, because 

 it is found in vacant fields everywhere; and if 

 it is not winter-killed we shall expect next sum- 

 mer plenty of clover ; and then with the clo- 

 ver shall we have the honey ? That remains 

 to be seen. 



While our paid-up subscription-list is now 

 running up toward the 11,000 mark, this par- 

 ticular issue will reach an edition of an even 

 30,000 copies. Those into whose hands this 

 comes for the first time, or who are not now 

 taking GLEANINGS, are referred to the very 

 low liberal premium offers made on page 866. 



We expect to winter our colonies in the so- 

 called barns out on summer stands. A chaff- 

 hive division-board will be placed on each 

 side, and on top another story filled with 

 packing material. Those barn colonies are 

 big rousing ones, and appear to me as if they 

 ought to winter, even though they are given 

 only a single-walled hive. 



The Chromotype Engraving Co., whose 

 advertisement appears elsewhere, made all the 

 half-tones for this issue. In fact, thev have 



done all our work in this line for the last two 

 years. The)' are pioneers in this business, 

 and seem to know how to make a good first- 

 class printing-plate. 



The executive officers of the United States 

 Bee-keepers' Association are already at work 

 on the program for next meeting, to take place 

 at Chicago. The stereopticon feature took so 

 well at the Philadelphia meeting that there 

 will probably be something along the same 

 line at Chicago. 



Owing to the difficulty of getting photo- 

 graphs and a new engraving in time w T e are 

 not able to present the Danzenbaker hive for 

 1900 along with the other hives in this issue. 

 This hive remains practically the same as last 

 year, with the exception of the cover, which 

 embodies some new features. The new Dan- 

 zenbaker cover will be quite different from the 

 one that bore his name last year. 



While we have taken some space in this 

 issue to show the manufacturing plant of The 

 A. I. Root Co., we would cheerfully show the 

 works of any of our competitors if they will 

 furnish us good clear photos. Gleanings 

 believes in treating its competitors as fairly as 

 it would treat its own people, and we hereby 

 extend the courtesies of our columns to our 

 brethren in the craft. 



EXPERT AT LABELING HONEY. 



An interesting biographical sketch of Mr. 

 Selser, the honey-man, appears on the front 

 page of the American Bee Journal. Among 

 other things the editor says: 



The honey for the season's trade is all bottled in 

 one month — Augus-t — it requiring 24 hands to do the 

 work, but Mrs. .Selser herself does all the labeling. 

 Mr. S. says she can label as many bottles in a day as 

 any three other girls, and do it better There's a help- 

 meet that's worth her weight in — well, gold is too com- 

 mon to express it, so we'll let Mr. Selser fix her value. 



\ It is a little risky to say something nice of 

 another man's wife; but I will say this much: 

 Those of us who had the honor and privilege 

 of being entertained at Mr. Selser's home re- 

 alized that his "better half" is not only a 

 queen in a bee-keeper's home, but a royal en- 

 tertainer. 



AN OUTLET FOR FERMENTED HONEY. 



Chalon Fowls, the man who got up so 

 many cooking-recipes, says that honey partly 

 fermented is the very best for cooking pur- 

 poses. Indeed, some bakers endeavor to get 

 their honey into a ferment before they use it. 

 Here is a hint for bee-keepers who may have 

 honey on hand otherwise good but a little fer- 

 mented. There is hardly a doubt that many a 

 baking concern will take honey fermented, 

 even in large lots. 



THE NEW EDITION OF THE A B C OF BEE CUL- 

 TURE. 



From the fact that something like six 

 months intervened between the new and the 

 old, this book seems to have filled a long-felt 



