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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 Postoffloe, Medina. Ohio, as Second-class Matter 



VOL. XXXIX 



NOVEMBER 1, 1911 



NO. 21 



C^D{i®D°D 



A PECULIAR fall; CLOVER TAKING A NEW 

 START. 



Last spring was excessively hot and dry, 

 and many of us expected an early frost; but 

 up to this date, Oct. 28, no severe frost has 

 occurred in our locality. On the other 

 hand, we have had rain, rain, rain, almost 

 every other day. Farmers are complaining 

 that they can not get their crops from the 

 fields nor get in their wheat. But what is 

 tough on our friends the farmers is good for 

 bee-keepers. The clovers are making a won- 

 derful growth. The setback they received 

 during the spring and summer will be more 

 than made up by favorable conditions this 

 fall. 



BEES AT THE CALIFORNIA APPLE SHOW; 

 BEES AND FRUIT. 



At the California apple show we under- 

 stand that the bee-keeping industry was 

 well represented. This combination is as it 

 should be, because bee-keeping and fruit- 

 growing go well together. The fact is, they 

 are almost inseparable. The time was when 

 there was antagonism between the fruit- 

 growers and the bee-keepers of California; 

 this was markedly so in the case of the pear- 

 growers and the bee-keepers. That sort of 

 antagonism has now given way to a feeling 

 of co-operation, and the acknowledgment 

 has repeatedly been made by the most pro- 

 gressive fruit-growers of the country that 

 the bees are their best friends. 



MARIAN HARLAND ON HONEY. 



If Marian Harland derives any pleasure 

 in "knocking honey " as she is doing in 

 some large full -page advertisements of 

 another food product, it is her privilege and 

 right we suppose; but will not thousands 

 have less confidence in her opinion on cook- 

 ery and food products than formerly? If 

 her statements that honey is "distasteful " 

 and has a "cloying quality " were true we 

 could accept them with some complacency. 

 If by "cloy" she means that honey leaves 

 a strong aromatic flavor in the throat, that 

 may be true of some honey. That is what 

 most people like. If she means that it 

 stops up the system she is clearly wrong. 

 Honey certainly does not "clog" nor "stop 

 up " the system. It has the opposite effect. 

 It is often taken and recommended , as a 



mild laxative. As to its being "distaste- 

 ful," ask the dear people of this country 

 who annually consume twenty million 

 dollars worth every season. Why is honey 

 always used as a basis of comparison when 

 the sweetness of other food products are 

 mentioned? It is the finest and most whole- 

 some sweet in the world, and has been so 

 recognized for centuries. Some leading 

 physicians are recommending honey for 

 sick people and invalids. See what is said 

 on this subject in another column. 



DEATH OF R. W. HERLONG, OF FORT WHITE, 

 FLA., ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE BEE- 

 KEEPERS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



We regret to receive the following letter 

 from our correspondent, Mr. J. J. Wilder, of 

 Cordele, Ga., announcing the death of Mr. 

 R. W. Herlong, of Fort White, Fla. 



Mr. R. W. Herloner, of Fort White. Fla., died Oct. 

 11. As you know, he was the leading and most ex- 

 tensive bee-keeper in Florida, and well known to 

 the bee-keeping world. We feel sad over the loss 

 of one of the best in our ranks. He was sick only 

 six days. 



We will try to get you more particulars, as we 

 know you will be glad to make mention of his 

 death. 



Cordele, Fla., Oct. 14. .1. J. Wilder. 



It will be remembered that our special 

 correspondent, Mr. E. G. Baldwin, who has 

 been writing a series of articles on Florida, 

 wrote up Mr. Herlong in our issue for Aug. 

 1, this year. It seems that the deceased 

 started eleven years ago with only three col- 

 onies of bees. From that modest beginning 

 he increased until he had 900 colonies in 13 

 apiaries, ranging froin '2}4 to 10 miles apart. 

 He operated in a section where practically 

 all his marketable honey came from ene 

 source — the partridge pea. W^hile most of 

 the bee-keepers of Florida produce extracted 

 honey our friend ran almost exclusively for 

 comb. 



It is not often that a bee-keeper can make 

 such a record as this in so short a time as 

 eleven years, and we should be pleased to 

 get further facts in regard to his life. 



THE IMPORTANCE OF SELLING HONEY EAR- 

 LY; THE WESTERN HONEY MARKET 

 BEGINNING TO SAG. 



Our readers will remember that we have 

 preached the doctrine of selling honey early, 

 and selling before the holidays. Sometimes 



