GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



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



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



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



VOL. XLIV. 



JANUARY 1, 1916 



NO. 1 



EDITORIAL 



Our apologies are due to our readers for 

 allowing the Dec. 15th issue to be a little 

 late. The only explanation we have to offer 

 is the extra number of pages and the very 

 complete index, comprising 3737 references. 

 This issue is likewise delayed for the same 

 reason. If our readers will use this index 

 as they should we feel sure they will par- 

 don the delay. 



In the Shade of the Spanish Moss 



Our cover picture in this issue shows a 

 part of the apiary of Harry Hewitt, Apop- 

 ka, Florida. The bees in Lakeside apiai'y 

 enjoyed a good flow from orange blossom, 

 but since that time the proprietor has had 

 to feed forty pounds per colony to keep the 

 colonies alive. He hoped to get enough 

 from partridge pea to carry them through 

 the winter. 



Forest fires in April took all the palmet- 

 to, gallberry, and red-bay pasture. 



Prominent Wisconsin lieekeeper Dies 



In recording the deaths of prominent 

 beekeepers we have seldom found it neces- 

 sary to make mention of a death so sudden 

 as in this present instance. On Thursday, 

 Nov. 25, Mr. H. C. Ahlers, who had just 

 returned from a hunting-trip in the north- 

 ern part of the state, had a severe hemor- 

 rhage, from which he did not rally, his 

 death taking place at his home in West 

 Bend the following day. 



Mr. Ahlers was an extensive beekeeper, 

 having four or five out-apiaries, and he 

 made a specialty of selling honey direct 

 to the consumer. He also sold bees and 

 queens from his best honey-producing 

 strains. It was only in November that he 

 advertised for a helper in his beeyards for 

 the coming year. 



Gleanings extends sympathy to the be- 

 reaved wife and daughter. 



Honey Post Cards. 



At the New York State meeting a year 

 ago a publicity committee was appointed 

 to consider the ways and means for improv- 

 ing the honey market, which committee was 

 held over this year. Some time ago the 

 State Association got up a writing-tablet 

 with illustrations, information, etc., regard- 

 ing the honeybee. This publicity committee 

 is now contemplating putting out post cards 

 with snappy designs and pictures, tending 

 to call attention to honey and educate the 

 l^ublic concerning it. 



In order to secure designs, prizes are 

 being offered for sketches — $15.00 for the 

 first prize, $10.00 for the second, and sev- 

 eral more prizes of $5.00 each. Correspon- 

 dence is invited. Address F. Greiner, Na- 

 ples, N. Y. 



The Quebec Beekeepers' Association 



We have just received a full manuscript 

 copy of the secretary's report of the latest 

 meeting of this society, held in Monti'eal 

 Nov. 10 and 11. This report is all in the 

 French language, as were also the discus- 

 sions themselves. Lack of space alone pre- 

 vents a full translation and presentation of 

 the report, altho much of it relates to the 

 mere routine work of the society. As a 

 whole, however, it shows great activity on 

 the part of our beekeeping friends in that 

 far-north country. There were present a 

 gi^eat many officials connected with the 

 provincial government, and, in fact, from 

 most of the higher educational walks in life, 

 which is certainly an encouraging feature. 



We note that Dr. Pilon gave an interest- 

 ing talk on the advantage of bees to agri- 

 culturists in general, saying he was con- 

 vinced of the necessity of bees for pollina- 

 tion of fruit. 



As a copy of this report can be had. 

 probably, for a nominal sum, we would 

 advise all. our readers who understand 



