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



VOL. XLIV. 



MARCH 15, 1916 



NO. 6 



EDITORIAL 



The Beekeepers vs. the Smelting Com- 

 pany ; Case Continued 



In our issue for Dec. 15, page 915, and 

 again Feb, 15, page 134, we referred to a 

 case where the beekeepers had entered suit 

 in the sum of $30,000 against a silver- 

 smelting company, of Ontario. The case 

 was to come up for trial last November; 

 but owing to a change in attorneys for the 

 beekeepers the case was continued till this 

 spring or some time in May. We mil keep 

 our i-eaders advised. 



"Facts About Honey" 



This is the title of a new honey-booklet 

 gotten out by the American Bee Journal, 

 on the use of honey as a food. It not only 

 takes up the question of what honey is, its 

 sources, and its flavors, but how it is pro- 

 duced. It closes with a general discussion 

 of honey, showing how it compares with 

 other food, and how it is actually cheaper, 

 and in many cases more wholesome. 



This booklet is sold at a very low price 

 by the American Bee Journal, the object 

 being to furnish it to producers of honey so 

 that they can furnish it free to their cus- 

 tomers. 



For particulars address the American 

 Bee Journal, Hamilton, 111., the publishers 

 of which will be glad to send copies on 

 application. 



German Poster Stamps 



Somewhat along the line suggested by 

 Walter S. Ponder in his article on page 151 

 of the February 15th issue are the German 

 poster stamps shown on another page. These 

 stamps are beautifully colored in gold, red, 

 black, blue, green, and yellow, and are the 

 work of Max Mandl, printed and published 

 by Verlag, Suddeutsche Bienenzeitung. 



For the benefit of those of our readers 

 who do not understand German, we give 



herewith the title of the various stamps as 

 they appear in order on the page. Salut- 

 ing the Queen ; In the Bee Nursery ; Clean- 

 ing out the Hive; The Bee as an Architect; 

 A Bee Funeral; The Guards at the En- 

 trance; The Honey-gatherers; Ventilating 

 the Hive; Issuing of the Swarm. 



Death of Dr. Henry Wallace 



Dr. Henry Wallace, editor of Wallace's 

 Farmer, Des Moines, la., died suddenly 

 while attenditig a laymen's missionary meet- 

 ing in his own church on Feb. 22. Dr. 

 Wallace was not only an able editor, but 

 an active Sunday-school and church work- 

 er. He was greatly interested in bees; and 

 when we spoke in Des Moines on the sub- 

 ject of the relation of bees to horticulture 

 he was a very attentive listener, and after- 

 ward invited us out to lus home. 



On Sunday we had the privilege of hear- 

 ing " Uncle Henry " teach liis men's Bible 

 class, and a rare treat indeed it was to 

 listen to this modern Gamaliel who had 

 done so much to mold the lives of the men 

 and women of this country — particularly 

 farmers. 



Fortunately he leaves some able sons who 

 have been for some years the active man- 

 agers of the Farmer, a periodical that has 

 a nation-wide circulation. He will be re- 

 membered by thousands upon thousands for 

 his Sunday-school talks in that paper. 



The Death of Herman F. Moore 



We desire to chronicle the death of every 

 prominent beeman in the industry as soon 

 as it occurs ; but, unfortunately, we did not 

 get the notice of the death of Mr. Herman 

 F. Moore until very recently. This occui-red 

 on the 21st of December last, following an 

 operation. 



Mr. Moore was a charter member of the 

 Chicago and Northwestern Beekeepers' As- 



