Published by The A. I. Root Co., 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 Postoffiee, Medina, Ohio, as second-olass matter 



VOL. XLII. 



JULY 1, 1914 



NO. ]3 



EDITOMAL 



The reader's attention is directed partic- 

 ularly to the editorial on the net-weight law 

 as it relates to comb honey. See page 487 

 of this issue. 



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Bees 

 It is refreshing to note that those who 

 advertise golden Italians are more conser- 

 vative in their advertisements. The time 

 was when five-banders were advertised, but 

 only three and four banders were sent out. 

 The beekeeping fraternity has learned that 

 a strictly five-banded queen is a rare bird. 

 It was folly to advertise them when they 

 could not be furnished. 



Our Front Cover Design 



This shows a small section of our Apa- 

 lachicola apiary, with one of the workshops 

 in the background, some three or four weeks 

 before the first car shipment was made. In 

 the mean time these two-story colonies were 

 increased to three stories, and in some in- 

 stances up to four; then when the carload 

 shipments began to move, the colonies were 

 split up into one-story sections, each one 

 being supplied with a queen. 



The view shows a convenient arrangement 

 for hives and the nice board walk that runs 

 down in between ; but it does not show very 

 clearly that these walks and hives were some 

 five or six feet above the ground, as hereto- 

 fore explained, in order to escape high 

 water. 



Pos 

 New 

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of the Date when 

 g Regarding the 

 atise on Piire-foodl 



ages 



We have just received notice from the 

 United States Department of Agi'iculture 

 that the ruling with regard to the elimina- 

 tion of the guarantee clause on food pack- 

 ages will be effective May 1, 1916, instead 

 of May 1, 1915, as first announced. It would 



appear that the manufacturers of food 

 products found that it would be practically 

 impossible to dispose of their goods by May 

 1, 1915, and asked for a postponement of 

 one year more. Full particulars regarding 

 this are given in our issue for June 1, page 

 401. It should be clearly understood, how- 

 ever, that this has nothing to do with the 

 operation of the net-weight law given on 

 page 487. There is as much or more reason 

 why there should be a postponement on 

 this. 



Limitations of Parcel Post 

 Some of the dealers in beekeepers' sup- 

 I^lies have received numerous complaints 

 from their customers because their goods 

 were sent by express rather than by paniel 

 post. The fact is, all should remember that 

 a limit of 50 lbs. is for local delivery or no 

 further than the 150-mile zone ; and 20 lbs. 

 is the limit for all distances of 300 miles 

 and over. Again, it should be understood 

 that many things can be sent cheaper by 

 express than by mail. If you will leave the 

 matter with your dealer he will select parcel 

 ppst, express, or freight according to con- 

 ditions. It sometimes happens that the cost 

 on express packages will be so great that he 

 will send by freight, and of course that 

 means delay. 



This has been an extraordinary year for 

 supplies. The call for goods to go by parcel 

 post has been enormous; and while no doubt 

 that means of delivery has been a great 

 boon to the public at large, there are many 

 times when express will be cheaper. 



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oi ImJbedding 

 Fouindation 



Years ago A. I. Root imbedded wires 

 with a hot point drawn along each wire, 

 with just enough pressure to sink the wire 

 half-way through the foundation. Since 

 reading- Arthur C. Miller's article, p. 495, 

 we have been trying the plan again, com- 

 paring it to the plan illustrated on page 



