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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 Postoffice, Medina, Ohio, as second-class matter 



VOL. XLII. 



AUGUST 1, 1914 



NO. 15 



Oisr Cover Picture 

 The view shown on our cover for this 

 issue calls to mind the story of the lailly 

 farm where the ground was so steep that 

 one looking up the chimney could see the 

 cows in the meadow outside. There are no 

 cows in the meadow in this instance; but 

 the view certainly bears no resemblance to 

 a prairie. The picture shows a part of D. 

 M. Bryant's apiary at Ethelfels, Va. 



of AmnHa! 

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Mr. Frank C. Pellett, S^ate Insi^ector of 

 apiaries for Iowa, has advised us that there 

 are only a few copies left of his annual re- 

 port, and that he can no longer supply 

 requests outside the State except to libra- 

 ries. Quite a large edition was printed, 

 which was exjaected to last possibly for two 

 years; but there has been such a demand for 

 them that they are already nearly gone in 

 less than six months. 



Sending Goods by Parcel Post 

 The following letter from a subscriber 

 will explain : 



In Gleanings for July 1st editorials, Limitations 

 of Parcels Post, you say it should be understood that 

 many things can be sent cheaper by express than by 

 mail. I think when a customer orders goods by 

 parcel post, that it should be sent that way if possible, 

 regardless of cost, as your customers often live on 

 rural routes several miles from express office, which 

 would mean a delay by not knowing when goods 

 arrived at express office as well as the good part of 

 a day's journey to and from the depot to obtain 

 goods after notice of arrival of same, while by parcel 

 post they would be delivered same day or the day 

 following, which often means dollars to the busy 

 beekeeper. 



Pilion, Mich., July 11. David Running. 



In the editorial referred to, if we did not 

 make it clear at the time we wish to make it 

 so now, tliat no dealer will take on himself 

 the liberty of sending goods by express if 

 there is no express office where the customer 

 lives. But the chief trouble complained of 

 was that customers would demand that a 

 50-lbs. weight be sent by parcel post when 

 clearly the limitations of parcel post forbid 



it. If a customer will ask his postmaster 

 before ordering goods he will be told what 

 can and cannot be done. 



Nearly Lost Ms l^ite in 



Swarm from a Tree " 



A STORY has been running through a 

 number of eastern papers telling of a thrill- 

 ing experience which Milton Robb, of Cole- 

 ville. Pa., had in attempting to get a swarm 

 of bees that had clustered on a limb of a 

 tree. Mr. Robb had gone up the tree in- 

 tending to saw otf the limb and allow the 

 branch to drop to the ground below where a 

 hive had been prepared. Miscalculating the 

 weight of the limb and bees he was nearly 

 killed by the limb sagging down, throwing 

 the bees all over him before he could get out 

 of the way. As it was some time before his 

 brother could get help to rescue the man 

 from his perilous position the result of the 

 undertaking came very near being serious. 



In sawing off a limb on which a swarm is 

 hanging, a cut should be made with the saw 

 on the under side of the limb perhaps a 

 fifth or a quarter of the way through; then, 

 after sawing on the upper side, if the limb 

 breaks off it will fall and not swing in 

 toward the tree. 



Outdoor Feeding at ouir Home and 



to Outdoor Feeding 

 Since our hoiiey-tlow at Medina was over 

 we have had some difficulty in raising queens 

 at Medina and vicinity. The exi;remely hot 

 weather has so parched the ground that 

 there seems to be nothing bearing nectar in 

 reach of our yards except the one located in 

 the swamp near Akron, as spoken of else- 

 where. It has been almost impossible to get 

 into our hives to do any thing. The last flow 

 we had was basswood; and when that stop- 

 ped the bees were crazy to steal, beg, or bor- 

 row. Queen-rearing operations were brought 

 almost to a standstill. We supplied the 

 boys with large cages to set over the hives 

 while they were working. But that did not 



