GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



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 Postoifice, Medina, Ohio, as second-class matter. 



VOL. XLIV. 



FEBRUARY 1, 1916 



NO. 3 



EDITORIAL 



Reports from our California readers in- 

 dicate good rains thus far. One letter 

 written January 14 gives the rainfall to 

 date as over 15 inches, nearly 6 inches more 

 than last year at the same time. 



We must beg the indulgence of our read- 

 ers a little longer till we can catch up in 

 our printing department. One thing after 

 another has come in upon us, and these, 

 together with the yearly index, have kept us 

 behind. We are running almost night and 

 day, and hope to be caught up by another 

 issue or two. 



The 1916 Spelling in Gleanings 



Among the new year's resolutions we put 

 into practice for this year is a typographi- 

 cal one. As our discriminating readers 

 have noticed, we have discarded a few of 

 the old and prolix forms of spelling which 

 have come down to us from Saxon days 

 without any real reason for their being. 



In short we have adopted the list of ten 

 words picked out by the National Educa- 

 tional Association as worthy of simpler 

 spelling. The following are the words: 

 thru, thruout, thoro, thoroly, tho, altho, 

 prolog, program, catalog, and decalog. The 

 old forms for which these are substituted 

 are familiar to every one. 



This list has been adopted by some of 

 the best magazines in this country. Among 

 farm papers. Successful Farming made the 

 change just recently. So you see, far from 

 being faddists, we are simply falling in 

 with progressive journalism. 



The Lament of Job 



Our old friend Holtermann is "all in the 

 dumps" over European foul brood. (See 

 page 116). Like the Job of olden times, to 

 whom he compares himself, he has friends 

 who only increase, his distress. He wants 

 to know if there is any one who has been 

 able to stamp out absolutely European foul 



brood after it had gotten a hold in an api- 

 ary. He is not interested in the fellow who 

 claims he has cured it but yet never got 

 entirely rid of it. How about Dr. Miller? 

 Is there not some one (if not the ven- 

 erable doctor) who can give our friend a 

 crumb of comfort? While there are some 

 who have an utter contempt for American 

 foul brood, there are others who care no 

 more for European foul brood than they 

 do for a ease or two of bee paralysis or 

 laying workers. 



Verily we believe that our correspondent 

 is seeing only the dark clouds and not the 

 silver lining that breaks into a nearly clear 

 sky. _^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



Care of Comb Honey during Winter 

 Months ; How to Prevent Granulation 



Emphasis cannot be laid too strongly on 

 the importance of keeping comb honey at a 

 temperature as warm as the living-room. 

 It is almost equally important that it be 

 maintained uniform. A temperature down 

 to 65 that is uniform is not as favorable to 

 granulation as a temperature of 75 during 

 week days, and then going down to 40 or 

 50 during Sunday when everybody is gone 

 from the warehouse or store. Comb honey 

 that has started to granulate can be checked 

 by keeping it at a uniform temperature of 

 80 or 85. At the last-named point, how- 

 ever, there is some danger of the combs 

 sagging and leaking. 



We are satisfied that a majority of stores 

 and warehouses where comb honey is kept 

 have variable temperatures — sometimes 

 down to 50 and even 45. A large number 

 of honey-buyers do not realize the impor- 

 tance of keeping comb honey uniformly 

 warm while in storage, and they will pay 

 for it dearly before next spring. 



Where natural gas is cheap the tempera- 

 ture can be controlled very nicely. A soft- 

 coal fire or a wood fire is too irregular. A 

 gas-stove or a stove burning hard coal will 

 usually maintain a temperature of some- 

 where about 75 ; but when the weather out- 

 side warms up, the fire should be reduced. 



