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 Postoffice, Medina, Ohio', as second-class matter. 



VOL. XLIV. 



FEBRUARY 15, 1916 



NO. 4 



EDITORIAL 



A Short Course in Apiculture in In- 

 diana 



Our Indiana readers, at least, will be 

 glad to know that there will be given a 

 short course in bee culture at the Winona 

 College of Agi-iculture, Winona Lake, Ind., 

 during the week of March 20. We hope to 

 present the program of the work later on. 



Varying the Size of the Entrance Dur- 

 ing Winter 



In the case of outdoor-wintered colonies 

 be sure that the entrance to the passage- 

 ways is not clogged with dead bees. When 

 the bees are confined at the home yard the 

 entrances may be contracted during severe- 

 ly cold weather, or during a time when there 

 is a high wind, to advantage; but it should 

 be enlarged when the weather moderates. 

 In -making the contraction, do not disturb 

 the bees. 



The Curse of Goldens 



One would almost think that we had 

 inspired Mr. Arthur C. Miller and Mr. S. 

 H. Burton to write their articles on goldens 

 in this issue. Quite the contrary. As a 

 matter of fact, we believe Mr. Miller, at 

 least, is a Uttle hard on them, for not all 

 goldens that we have had any experience 

 with were as bad as those he describes. The 

 California Beekeepers' Association, Mr. 

 Chadwick reports, also knocks them. 



The average beeman should understand 

 that when he buys queens or colonies of the 

 extra-yellow strain he buys some good and 

 some bad. 



honey he surely would be some beekeeper. 

 Many are writing him, desiring to know if 

 there are other locations like that, notwith- 

 standing the territoi-y he says is already 

 overcrowded. It surely would be good bee 

 country if there were many beekeepers pro- 

 ducing 4100 cases of honey. 



Our apologies are due to Mr. Lossing and 

 to the beekeepers in the valley, several of 

 whom we know personally, having visited 

 them some years ago. 



Lectures and Demonstrations in Con- 

 necticut 



The trustees of the Connecticut Agricul- 

 tural College have engaged A. W. Yates, of 

 Hartford, to give a course of lectures on 

 beekeeping, accompanied by demonstrar 

 tions. The lectures will be given on Satur- 

 days during April and May, and will be 

 open to students and others who may be 

 interested in this subject. The topics of 

 the lectures are as follows : 



1. Establishing an apiary. Natural his- 

 tory, liives and location, adaptability of the 

 person. 2. Comb and wax. The mystery 

 and origin of wax, its relation to honey, 

 commercial value. 3. Spring management. 

 The early necessity of a force of young bees 

 to care for the queen, spring dwindling, 

 stimulative feeding. 4. Diseases of bees. 

 Causes, how to detect, treat, and prevent. 

 5. Increase and queen-rearing. The impor- 

 tance of good queens, easy methods of rear- 

 ing and making increase. 6. Wintering. 

 Providing the colonies with sufficient stores 

 in a compact brood-nest, packing, ventila- 

 tion, and feeding. 



A Correction; Those 4100 Cases of 

 Honey 



In William Lossing's letter, page 2, edi- 

 torial department, we inadvertently in the 

 copy made him say he produced 4100 cases 

 of honey, when it is evident that he meant 

 to say that he had only shipped that num- 

 ber. If he had produced this amount of 



The Nuisance of the Follower-board or 

 the Division-board in the Modern 

 Hive 



Referring to what Mr. J. E. Crane has 

 to say on page 141 in commenting on the 

 statement of E. F. Atwater on the flimsi- 

 ness of the average division-board in the 

 modern hive, we may offer this suggestion : 



