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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



this old volume, about the time father 

 Langstroth brouglit out his hive and system, 

 was one of the most charmingly Avritten and 

 entertaining books that was ever published. 

 Indeed it so stirred A. I. Root that he wrote 

 in his A B C of Bee Culture : 



What a gold-mine that book seemed to me I * * * 

 Never was romance so enticing — not even Robinson 

 Crusoe ; and, best of all, right at my own home I 

 could live out and verify all the wonderful things 

 told therein. 



There have been repeated calls for a re- 

 production of this famous work, so much so 

 that The A. I. Root Co. finally decided last 

 fall to make a reprint of it. It has now 

 been reproduced in paper and binding with 

 all the original cuts just as it appeared in 

 1853, without any change whatever save an 

 introduction by C. P. Dadant. 



Some of our younger readers might feel 

 that perhajjs this work would be out of date. 

 While this is true, of course, to a certain 

 extent, the fact is, that father Langstroth 

 was 60 years ahead of his time — so much so 

 that he revolutionized beekeeping through- 

 out the world. The old original book that 

 helped do this is well worth reading — espe- 

 cially so as it contains many tricks of the 

 trade that are being heralded to-day as 

 something new. From a historical point of 

 view it is invaluable. No bee library can 

 be complete without it. 



We are able to furnish this old edition, 

 just as it came from the hands of father 

 Langstroth, the father of American bee- 

 keeping, in 1853, for $1.00 postpaid; or in 

 connection with Gleanings at the very low 

 combination rate of $1.50, or clubbed with 

 the A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture, a 

 $2.00 volume, for $2.50; or with Dadant's 

 Langstroth Revised, $1.85. 



Wintering, and thie Prospects for a 



Late reports show general good winter- 

 ing throughout the country, with the excej)- 

 tion of one or two areas where the late cold 

 weather seems to have put the bees in a 

 weakened condition. One district is in and 

 around Philadelphia, and other districts are 

 in the middle-southern States. However, 

 we do not remember the time when the bees 

 seemed to have been in better condition for 

 harvest than this spring. 



The prospects for a honey crop are from 

 fair to good. Conditions were itnfavorable 

 in California, but late rains have improved 

 the situation. Northern Florida is showing 

 up well, and the southern part will do bet- 

 ter than usual. 



WMle the clovers do not show up quite 

 as well as they did a year ago, there is every 



reason to suppose there will be a fair crop 

 from that source. A good deal will depend 

 on whether there is a drouth from now till 

 the time the clovers begin to mature. Spring 

 is opening up favorably and rather early 

 everywhere. 



Later. — We are having regular blizzards 

 of snow and rain. 



It in Y. 



We are in receipt of a program announc- 

 ing a course in practical beekeeping to be 

 given in the Y. M. C. A. schools of Louis- 

 ville, Ky., on Thursdays from March 26 to 

 May 28 inclusive. We regret that it arrived 

 too late for our April 1st issue. 



OUTLINE OF COURSE. J. O. DUNKIN, INSTRUCTOR IN 



CHARGE. 



Thursday, March 26, " Possibilities in bee culture 

 — How to begin." (Illustrated with moving pictures.) 

 Richard Priest Dietzman. Thursday, April 2, "Inhab- 

 itants and industries of the hive," J. O. Dunkin. 

 Thursday, April 9, " Equipment — location and ar- 

 rangement of apiary," J. P. Martine. Thursday, 

 April 16, " The hive and how to handle it," Walter 

 C. Furnas. Thursday, April 23, "Swarming of bees 

 — transferring," Ernest W. Brown. Thursday, April 

 30, "Enemies and diseases of bees — remedies," Otto 

 F. Recktenwald. Thursday, May 7, "How to produce 

 comb honey," Richard Priest Dietzman. Thursday, 

 May 14, " How to produce extracted honey," J. P. 

 Martine, Otto F. Recktenwald. Thursday, May 21, 

 " Interrelation of bees and plants — Robbing in the 

 apiary — Details about honey and beeswax," J. O. 

 Dunkin. Thursday, May 28, " Feeding and winter- 

 ing bees," Walter C. Furnas, Ernest W. Brown. 



For full particulars write Y. M. C. A. 

 School, W. H. Lippold, Director, Third and 

 Broadway, Louisville, Ky. 



This is a step in the right direction, and 

 deserves the encouragement and financial 

 support of every beekeeper. Educational 

 work of this kind is strictly in keeping with 

 the purpose of such schools. Beekeeping 

 has been, unfortunately, left out of our 

 school work of the past ; but it is coming 

 now more and more to be recognized, not 

 only in our public schools, but in our agri- 

 cultural colleges. The two most prominent 

 at the present time are those of Amherst, 

 Mass., and Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The 

 tide is rising, and coming generations will 

 feel the impetus and benefit of college-bred 

 beekeepers in the same measure and in com- 

 mon with other agricultural pursuits. 



Natural Pollen Far Superior to Arti- 



At our Apalachicola yard we have been 

 furnishing our bees with artificial pollen 

 substitutes, when natural sources were lack- 

 ing. While we succeeded in starting up 

 brood-rearing by giving bees common wheat 



