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H. H. Root, Assistant Editor. E. R. Root, Editor. A. L. Boyden, Advertising Manager. 



A. I. Root, Editor Home Department. J. T. Calvert, Business Mgr. 



Entered at the Postoifice, Medina, O., as Second-class matter. 



VOL. XLII. 



MARCH 1, 1914 



NO. 5 



Editorial 



As reported by our California correspon- 

 dent, Mr. P. C. Chadwick, in his depart- 

 ment for this issue, the conditions for the 

 honey-flow continue favorable in California. 

 While in many localities there was but little 

 rain in February, yet the general rainfall 

 for tlie winter is far above the average. All 

 reports indicate that the bees are bringing 

 in iDoUen, and breeding up rapidly. 



Gleanings has just been enjoying a visit 

 from Morley Pettit, Provincial Apiarist of 

 Guelph, Ont., Canada, and his sister, who 

 stopped at Medina a part of one day on 

 Iheir way home fi'om the National conven- 

 tion at St. Louis. Miss Pettit has almost 

 entire charge of practically 300 colonies, and 

 is an experienced beekeeper in the fullest 

 sense of the word. She makes use of a 

 power extracting outfit, and is an expert in 

 the handling of extracted honey. 



Mr. Pettit has been doing some splendid 

 constructive work in Ontario, and he de- 

 serves the good wishes of all, whether on 

 this side of the line or on the other. So far 

 as beekeepers are concerned, this " line " is 

 becoming more and more imaginary. 



Mr. Pettit desires to correct the statement 

 made in an editorial in our Dec. 15th issue. 

 While a frequent contributor to the Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist and Beekeeper, he is not 

 tne editor of the apiarian department. 



DEATH OF p. B. CAVANAGH. 



Our readers will be greatly shocked to 

 learn of the very sudden death of F. B. 

 Cavanagh, of Hebron, Ind. Mr. Cavanagh 

 had been ill for several months, but no one 

 was prepared for his death, which occurred 

 on the morning of February 12th. Mrs. 

 Cavanagh has the sympathy of the entire 

 Gleanings force. We understand that the 

 entire outfit of bees, etc., is to be sold. 



Mr. Cavanagh was a successful beekeeper 

 and one who was rapidly becoming an au- 

 thority on many topics connected with our 

 pursuit. He was a frequent contributor to 

 these columns, and his articles bore the 

 stamp of accuracy inspired by an intimate 



knowledge of the subject acquired through 

 personal experience. His opinions were 

 really tlie result of his own experiments, 

 and he rarely proposed untried theories. 



When we visited him in July, 1911, he 

 seemed to have any amount of physical 

 strengUi and endurance. It is hard to be- 

 lieve that our friend has been thus suddenly 

 cut off from finishing his work here. 



DEATH OF A NEW YORK BEEKEEPER. 



We are very sorry to be obliged to chron- 

 icle the death of Mr. Chas. L. Wardwell, of 

 Union Springs, N. Y. He was one of the 

 vice-presidents of the Cayuga County Soci- 

 ety, and an expert in comb-honey produc- 

 tion. At the time of his death he had over 

 TOO colonies, which he had packed for win- 

 ter on the summer stands. He put his hon- 

 ey into cartons, and secured the best prices. 



Mr. Wardwell died very suddenly in De- 

 cember. He would undoubtedly have be- 

 come a comb-honey specialist of note. 



A CORRECTION. 



The following will explain itself : 



In your editorial in the Feb. 1st, issue I note one 

 point which may be a trifle misleading. On page 

 83, second column, second paragraph, first line, the 

 word " apiaries " is used where " colonies " was 

 evidently intended. All the experiments mentioned 

 in bulletin JSTo. 158 were made in one apiary, and, 

 indeed, such experiments would not be worth much 

 unless they were in one and the same apiary. Colo- 

 nies side by side are under the same conditions as 

 regards the supply of available nectar, and as re- 

 gards weather conditions, but comparisons could not 

 be made between colonies in different apiaries, as 

 there would be practically no possibility of condi- 

 tions being the same in the different yards. 



WiLMON Newell. 



College Station, Texas, Feb. 13. 



prospects IN FLORIDA — E. R. ROOT's TRIP, BY 

 TELEGRAPH. 



The general cold in the North has made 

 it colder than usual in Florida. In the 

 northern part of the State there were some 

 frosts, but not enough to do any damage. 

 The weather has turned warm again (Feb. 

 20), and the abundant rains throughout the 

 State give promise of a good crop of honey. 



In the region of Bradentown the penny- 



