450 



Dr. C. C. Millek, Marengo, 111. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



In Switzerland prices for pedigreed 

 stock are pretty well up. For 1911 the 

 Breeders' Conference has fixed the following 

 prices: For a laying queen, $2.00; for a vir- 

 gin, 80 cents; for a queen-cell, 40 cents. — 

 Schweiz. Bzig., 185. 



R. La Cense keeps the queen out of the 

 extracting-super with an excluder. Thin 

 boards prevent all passage from brood- 

 chamber to super, excejit a passage of about 

 1% inches at one side; and if the first two or 

 three frames at this side of the super be not 

 empty, the queen will not be induced to go 

 up. — Leipz. Bztg., 95. 



Dr. Wiley, U. 8. Cliemist, says: "Both 

 as a means of prevention of disease and as a 

 remedy for disease, alcohol is rapidly falling 

 into disrepute, and bids fair to become a 

 mere memory in the materia medica and 

 in the pharmacopoeia." [Dr. Wiley, most 

 of the time, seems to be ahead of the times. 

 See editorial comments elsewhere concern- 

 ing this remarkable man. — Ed.] 



G. C. Greiner, are you not overworking 

 just a little that argument, j). 4)54, that glu- 

 ing shows that bees do not require upward 

 ventilation? You say, " I have never known 

 bees to gnaw the crevices of wood at the top 

 of the hive. Invariably they will glue them 

 tight if the opening is less than a bee-space." 

 Did you never know them to apply glue at 

 the entrance? As to gnawing at the top, 

 you are likely a very careful man, and nev- 

 er allow a crack at the top large enough. 

 I've had more than one hive spoiled by hav- 

 ing holes gnawed at the toji. 



Propolis as the base of an important an- 

 tiseptic i^reparation for the use of surgeons 

 was mentioned in this dejiartment a few 

 years ago; but if it has ever come into gen- 

 eral use in this country the bee-journals 

 have not mentioned it. A two-page article, 

 Illustrierte Monatsblaetter, page 54, makes 

 one believe it deserves more attention tlian 

 it has received. In a hospital where there 

 were many bomb-shell wouiuls, many am- 

 putations were necessary, generally with 

 fatal results. Then a bottle of propolisin- 

 vasogen was obtainetl, and the change was 

 magical. In all, 58 cases were treated — not 

 one single failure. When the bottle was ex- 

 hausted there was a retvirn of the former un- 

 favorable results. The medicine is highly 

 commended as a domestic remedy for 

 wounds of all kinds, burns, etc. Physicians 

 can obtain i)ropolisinvasogen from Pearson 

 «& Co., Hamburg. 



The chief reason why I preferred dou- 

 ble-tier cases was because the larger propor- 

 tion of glass surface made such a beautiful 

 pile, and so helped the sale. If, now, we 

 are to have uniform cases, I i)rotest most 

 earnestly against glass so narrow as two 

 inches. The three-inch glass adds nearly 

 sixty per cent to the surface of honey expos- 



ed to sight — a matter of so much importance 

 that it should not be lost for the sake of a 

 little more strength. With three-inch glass 

 the case is strong enough. It is not a suffi- 

 cient argument that a case with two-inch 

 glass is stronger. A case with a cover one 

 inch thick is stronger than one with a cover 

 % inch thick; but you wouldn't on that ac- 

 count favor the thicker cover. You would 

 say % inch is strong enough. If a few are 

 so rough in handling cases that they need 

 two-inch glass, let them have it as a special- 

 ty, or, still better, an all-wood front; but 

 pleane let the rest of us have the benefit of 

 three-inch glass as the standard. [This 

 question of two or tliree inch glass is a prop- 

 er one for discussion. Manufacturers, of 

 course, do not care what width of glass is 

 used; but it is important to have the case 

 made as strong as possible consistent with 

 lightness. We do not quite agree with the 

 doctor that more comb honey should show. 

 The main purpose of the glass is to show to 

 the freight-handlers and the truckmen the 

 fragile contents of the package. The two- 

 inch glass will serve the purjiose as well as 

 the three-inch; and, besides, it will permit 

 of wider wooden cleats and the use of four 

 more nails. 



The reader is asked to express his opinion, 

 whether he is a comb-honey buyer or a 

 comb-honey producer. Let us have the 

 truth. — Ed."] 



A. I. Root, speaking of Sears, Roebuck 

 & Co., and other mail-order houses, ]). 413, 

 says, "I do not know whether the heads of 

 these great firms are professing Christians." 

 .lulius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roe- 

 buck & Co., is not a Christian; he is a Jew. 

 He is the man who, a few weeks ago, gave 

 150,000 toward a building for a Young Men's 

 Chrifitian Association for negroes, and that's 

 not his only pliilanthropy. , Don't you 

 think a few^ more .Tews of that kind woukl 

 be a good thing? [Yes, dear old friend, I 

 do think a few more .Jews of that kind would 

 be a good thing; and any man who contrib- 

 utes toward the Y. M. C. A., whether for 

 negroes or white people, is certainly engag- 

 ed in Christian work. May God be praisetl 

 for what you tell us. In connection with 

 the above, i)erhaps it may be well for me to 

 say that, partly because our two boys, Er- 

 nest and Huber, are so intimately connect- 

 ed with the Y. M. C. A. work, I have of late 

 been giving $100 a year to the Y. M. C. A. 

 organization of Medina Co., and $50.00 a 

 year to the State organization. I protestetl, 

 somewhat, at first, and thought it was a lit- 

 tle more than my share for this special line 

 of Christian work; but both boys declare 

 that the " investment " is paying a good 

 round dividend, by drawing our boys from 

 the saloons, and getting them under the in- 

 fluence of every tiring that is good and pure 

 and holy. — A. I. R.] 



