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



H. H. Root, Managing Editor E. R. Root, Editor A. L. Boyden, Advertisinsr Manager 



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



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



VOL. XLII. 



OCTOBER 1, 1914 



NO. 19 



EDETOMIAL 



The Army Worm Not DegHmiclive to 



The awful army -worm, which we have 

 been reading so much about in the papers, 

 that destroys our grain, our grass, and our 

 lawns, it is said will not attack the clovers. 

 Why this is so we do not know. As clover 

 is one of our main sources of honey, we 

 shall rejoice that this menace to other crops 

 is not destructive to our important sources 

 of honey. 



The Price of Sugar — Will it Rise or 



At this writing, Sept. 25, sugar has de- 

 clined a little ; but all experts who are at all 

 familiar with the subject seem to unite in 

 the opinion that sugar is bound to advance 

 on the simple rule of supply and demand. 

 The fact that nearly half of all the sugar 

 produced in the world comes from coun- 

 tries now at war, and that this supply is 

 not now available, will inevitably have an 

 influence on the price of sugar. The price 

 will have to advan(!e; and if it does go up 

 at the present time, honey will likewise take 

 an upward trend. 



A BEEKEEPER in Northern Michigan de- 

 sires to feed candy, for he says it is impos- 

 sible to feed syrup because robbing is so 

 bad. He says, " Throw a section of honey 

 20 feet high, and the robbers will have it all 

 carried away before it hits the ground." 

 Some robbing! A little later on in the let- 

 ter he admits that he made the statement a 

 little too emphatic. 



Joking aside, there are, of course, a good 

 many times when feeding is hazardous. We 

 have usually prevented any great uproar by 

 using division-board feeders, and we have 

 even used the Boardman entrance feeders 

 considerably. However, we feed late in the 

 afternoon, and work very rapidly; and un- 



der conditions when robbing is bad we avoid 

 feeding a part of the colonies in a yard and 

 not the rest. Of course the entrances must 

 not be any larger than necessary. Weak 

 colonies having considerable honey must be 

 carefully looked after. 



In this issue, which, so far as the illustra- 

 tions are concerned, is almost a special num- 

 ber on the subject of field meetings among 

 beekeepers, it is opportune that our cover 

 pietui-e show a field meeting, not exactly of 

 beekeepers, but of " rural camp boys," from 

 the School of Sydney, Aus., visiting the 

 apiary of Messrs. T. G. Adamson and G. G. 

 Phillips, 282 miles away at Nemingha, N., S. 

 W. The boys with their teachers and friends 

 made up a crowd of 200 in all. The engi-av- 

 ing on page 762 shows a few of the boys 

 doing some close inspection work. Al- 

 though there were so many of them, not one 

 was stung. 



This apiary, which Messrs. Adamson & 

 Phillips call their Ngoora apiary, was built 

 up from a start of 30 colonies brought 330 

 miles six years ago. The total investment 

 has been about $2500, and nearly $8500 

 worth of honey has been produced during 

 the six seasons, which honey has found its 

 way to the London market where it com- 

 manded good prices. Mr. G. G. Phillips, 

 who is the apiarist, writes that alfalfa is 

 gi'own very largely in the locality. 



a§ Last 



Attention is called to the Government 

 statistics relating to the yield of honey this 

 season as compared with last year. The 

 fact that the Government figures so nearly 

 agree with the general reports we gave out 

 last year, and this based on independent 



