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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



plan of painting' the entrances different 

 colors, while not new, is good. 



At the close of the article Mr. Barber 

 gives some reasons for preferring the in- 

 door plan of keeping bees. Every one of 

 them is good. Except for the expense of 

 a bnilding of this kind we do not know but 

 we would rather keep bees this way than 

 by the usual plan outdoors. 



The Pendulum Always Swings Back 



Some years ago an analysis of the honey 

 market revealed the fact that comb-honey 

 prices were firmer than those of extracted. 

 So many large producers had changed over 

 from comb to extracted, that comb honey 

 at certain seasons of the year was a scarce 

 article. Noting this, Gleanings urged the 

 production of more comb honey, believing 

 that the general market would be better 

 balanced thereby. 



It now appears that the pendulum may 

 be swinging back again toward the other 

 extreme. At least, there seems to be 

 quite a large amount of comb honey in 

 many of the principal markets which is 

 moving but slowly and at a rather low price 

 propoi'tionately. Comb honey, while not a 

 perishable product, is more likely to dete- 

 riorate if kept too long. We believe the 

 1916 market would be better balanced if a 

 somcAvhat greater proportion of extracted 

 honey were produced. 



A Memorial to Joseph E. Wing, the 

 Apostle of Alfalfa and Sweet Clover 



The following, from the Rural New- 

 Yorker, will explain: 



Here is something for those who knew 

 and loved Joseph E. Wing, of Ohio. Since 

 his death a fund has been raised by popular 

 subscription for a memorial to this great 

 agricultural teacher. The money is to be 

 used to provide lectures on agriculture at 

 one or more of the agricultural colleges each 

 year. It is to be known as the Joseph E. 

 "Wing Memorial Fund Lecture. Men of 

 national reputation will attend each year 

 and discuss the things which Joe Wing stood 

 for. It is better to have many persons each 

 contribute small sums to such a fund, and 

 we have no doubt some of our readers will 

 want to help. If so, they can write direct 

 to H. C. Price, Newark, Ohio — -the chairman. 



Gleanings most heartily joins in this, 

 and hopes its subscribers, especially those 

 in the West, who have profited by Mr. 

 Wing's work in the extension of alfalfa. 



thereby creating new bee territorj'^, will 

 contribute to this fund. 



As slated by the Rural, it is better to 

 have many persons each contribute a small 

 sum than to have a large amount from a 

 few sources. If there ever was a man in 

 this country who helped give untold wealth 

 to the western prairies and desert lands, 

 Mr. Wing was that man. He did much 

 thru his advocacy of alfalfa and sweet 

 clover to develop the honey industry, too, 

 in an indirect way, in that thousands of 

 carloads of alfalfa and sweet-clover honey 

 are now produced in localities that furnish- 

 ed no honey before. He was also an advo- 

 cate of sweet clover; and a month or so 

 before he died he suggested that we get 

 after a certain experiment station that was 

 advising the farmers to kill sweet clover 

 everywhere, saying that it was a noxious 

 weed; and we did go after them by telling 

 them they must have been asleep along with 

 Rip Van Winkle, and that it was now time 

 for them to wake up. 



Under Such Circumstances Don't Kick 

 the Barrel 



From the Atlanta Constitution we learn 

 that bees are likely to figure in a trial be- 

 fore the supreme court of Georgia. 



It seems that " an Atlanta negro, Roscoe 

 Richards, was standing last summer over a 

 barrel full of watermelon rinds. The barrel 

 was also full of bees feeding on the rinds, 

 a fact which Rosooe didn't know. As he 

 bent his head down into the barrel to see if 

 there weren't something worth picking up, 

 another negi'o kicked the barrel. The bees 

 arose angrily and alighted all over Roscoe's 

 ebony head and face. 



" Roscoe turned over in the air; but when 

 he alighted he came down like a cat on his 

 feet, and his razor was already out and 

 open. He is said to have attacked the other 

 negro, and literally cut him to pieces. Rich- 

 ards employed lawyers; and when the case 

 came to trial recently, he pleaded not guil- 

 ty, and interposed the simple plea of ' self- 

 defense.' " 



The Work that has been done by the 

 Bureau of Entomology in the Line 

 of Apicultural Inspection Work 



It has been our pleasure to note an edi- 

 torial in the Entomological News, referring 

 to work done by the Bureau of Entomolo- 

 gy, Washington, D. C, under Dr. E. F. 

 Phillii^s, and particularly to the work done 

 by one of his assistants, Dr. James A. 



