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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



One of C. H. Root's apiaries near Red Bank, N. J. 



roofed with metal they are covered with 

 canvas brought down and tacked under the 

 bottom edge, and given three coats of 

 paint. This is a cover that will not blow off, 

 leak, or become hot when in the full sun- 

 light, and does not require frequent paint- 

 ing. 



It io a generally accepted statement that 

 beekeepers are particularly weak on the 

 selling end; but Mr. Root seems to have 

 been very successful in this respect in sell- 

 ing through a broker who gets him 16 cts. 

 for comb honey, f. o. b. his depot, and such 

 a price for the extracted honey that it nets 



liim 1'2 cts. after deducting all expenses for 

 glass, labels, packing, and labor figured at 

 a good price per hour. While Mr. Root is 

 the only one at present in New Jersey who 

 devotes all his time to producing and mar- 

 keting honey this is no indication that this 

 may not be done in a number of other 

 places; but it rather goes to show the possi- 

 bilities of specialization along this line in 

 this State. 



Mr. Root is ex-mayor of Red Bank, and 

 the present president of the New Jersey 

 Beekeepers' Association. 



New Egypt, N. J. 



REPORT OF NEW JERSEY CONVENTION 



BY C. D. CHENEY 



The 1914 meeting of the New Jersey Bee- 

 keepers' Association, held in the Entomol- 

 ogy building at the State Experiment Sta- 

 tion at New Brunswick, Jan. 21 and 22, 

 may be set down as the most satisfactory 

 meeting yet held by the association. 



Several gentlemen on the program failed 

 to appear or send a paper; but these lapses 

 were overlooked amid the abundance of dis- 

 cussion in which Mr. A. C. Miller, of Prov- 

 idence, R. I., Mr. George M. Steele, of 

 Philadelphia, and others took part. The 

 matter of winter feeding was discussed in 

 its various phases, Mr. Steele saying that his 

 experience was most satisfactory with block 

 sugar dumped directly on the frames and 



covered with table oilcloth (cloth side up), 

 in a dry climate, or with burlap in damp 

 situations, the idea being to secure about the 

 right moisture to enable the bees to take the 

 sugar without waste. 



Mr. Miller described very carefully and 

 minutely how to make Fuller candy, and 

 pinned his faith upon it, claiming earlier 

 brood-rearing, and no danger of getting 

 any of it stored in the surplus. Incidentally 

 he mentioned that his friend Latham had 

 demonstrated that five pounds of this candy 

 would carry a colony through without other 

 stores. This statement, being so much at 

 variance with the accepted standard, caused 

 the assembled beekeepers to gasp. Mr. 



