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Published by The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio 



H. H. Root, Assistant Editor E. K. Root, Editor A. L. Bovden, Advertising Manager 



A. I. Root, Editor Home Department J. T. CAiiVERT, Business Manager 



Entered at the Postoffice, Medina, Ohio, as second-class matter 



VOL. XLII. 



JULY 15, 1914 



NO. 14 



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There has been more or less controversy 

 as to whether any strain of honey-bees can 

 gather nectar from red clover. We have 

 carefully studied the conditions under which 

 red clover will furnish nectar to Aijis mel- 

 lifica; and we believe the facts we have pre- 

 sented in our footnote to Mr. Tox's remarks 

 on page 559 will explain satisfactorily the 

 conflict of opinion and testimony. 



The view on the cover for this issue shows 

 our nucleus yard at Fort Gadsden, Florida, 

 a few miles up the river from Randlett's 

 Landing, as mentioned on page 413, June 1. 

 These nuclei, as fast as they were formed, 

 were moved up to this place, for it was the 

 nearest piece of high ground available along 

 the river. In all, we brought back nearly 

 500 nuclei. 



Those Two FieM-days at Medina 



The field-day meet under the auspices of 

 the Ohio State Beekeepers' Association was 

 pronounced by evci'y one to be an unquali- 

 fied success. While the attendance was not 

 as large as expected, owing to the poor sea- 

 son, it was considerably more than local. 

 There were not only prominent beekeepers 

 from all over the State, but some from other 

 States. Visitors began coming in on Wed- 

 nesday night, Thursday, and Friday. On 

 the evening of the 9th a general program of 

 beekeepers' songs and addresses was given 

 in the big warehouse, with about 600 pres- 

 ent, including employees and some citizens 

 of Medina. There were addresses from Mr. 

 Fred Leininger, Mr. E. R. King, State In- 

 spector, and shorter speeches from Presi- 

 dent W. A. Matheny, of the State Univer- 

 sity, Athens, Ohio. A. I. Root gave a talk 

 of nearly two hours. So much was said 

 about it that he was induced to continue his 

 unfinished stoiy on the afternoon of the 

 10th at the basswood aj^iary. 



Representatives of the press were present. 



including Mr. J. H. Donahey, the celebrated 

 cartoonist of the Cleveland Plain Dealer — 

 an artist whose work is clean and first-class 

 in every respect. With him were W. (J. 

 Howells, one of the city editors, and other 

 members of the staff of the Plain Dealer. 



A. I. Root's speech was taken down in 

 shorthand, and we hope to reproduce it in 

 the columns of Gleanings. It was the story 

 of A. I. Root's ups and downs in bee culture, 

 with some wholesome advice to beekeepers 

 and others on how to meet obstacles in life 

 and overcome them. 



On the first and second days beekeepeis 

 from out of town were taken in automobiles 

 to three of our outyards. There were eleven 

 in all. Various stunts in queen-rearing, 

 putting up bees by the pound and nucleus, 

 extracting with power machinery and hand 

 machines were pulled of¥ on both "days. Many 

 beekeepers came to us voluntarily and ex'- 

 pressed the feeling that these two days will 

 long be remembered among the big events 

 cf their lives ; and they sincerely hoped that 

 some association or that the A. I. Root Co. 

 would arrange for another field day in 

 vhich beekeepers from all over the United 

 States would be invited. 



Immediately after the two field days, 

 July 9 and 10, under the auspices of the 

 Ohio State Beekeepers' Association, another 

 field day, July 11, immediately following, 

 was planned by The A. I. Root Co., to take 

 care of 65 traveling salesmen of the Wm. 

 Edwards Co., wholesale grocers, of Cleve- 

 land. These people, among other grocers' 

 products, sell honey ; and in order that they 

 might be better able to sell it, arrangements 

 were made to give their salesmen demon- 

 strations in our beeyard, including general 

 ex-tracting. They came to Medina, 32 miles, 

 in automobiles, 65 strong. Demonstrations 

 were pulled off according to schedule, and 



