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 



MAY 1, 1916 



NO. 9 



EDITORIAL 



There are several very strong articles in 

 this issue for the expert honey-producer. 

 Particular mention should be made of the 

 one by J. A. Green on page 3ol for a 

 new-old plan for freeing suj^ers of bees 

 without any bee-escapes, brusliing, or smok- 

 ing, inside of 15 minutes. Do not forget to 

 read this and the other articles. 



Over-supply of Comb Honey 



The market is still well supplied with 

 comb honey, and, as we have stated before, 

 considerable will be carried over, and, of 

 course, that means that some of it will be 

 granulated. Extracted honey of good table 

 quality seems to be pretty well cleaned up, 

 and beekeepers, where they can do so, might 

 do well to change over to extracted. The 

 prospects for a crop of clover honey, alfal- 

 fa in the West, and mountain sage in Cali- 

 fornia, are excellent. If there should be 

 another big crop of comb honey the same as 

 last year, thei'e will be a slump in prices. 



Advertising, like the Hertzian Waves 

 of the Wireless, Radiate in all Direc- 

 tions 



Elsewhere mention of the fact is made 

 that extracted honey is being fairly well 

 cleaned up. Said an advertising man of 

 lai'ge experience, " Mr. Root, your large 

 campaigTi of advertising honey has not only 

 helped you, but it has boosted all of your 

 comj^etitors who have honey for sale. Such 

 competitors sliould be exceedingly grateful 

 to yoii for opening up the market to them," 

 and several of them are. While, probably, 

 more comb honey has been sold this year 

 than any previous one, the production was 

 away beyond the demand. 



Death of Chas. H. Lake 



Mr. C. H. Lake, of Baltimore, formerly 

 an occasional correspondent for Gleanings, 

 passed away on Feb. 20 last. He was, at 

 the time of his death, a member of the 



Maryland Horticultural Society, of the 

 Luther Burbank Society, and in 1896 he 

 was appointed to a chair in the Maryland 

 Agricultural College, which he held for 

 about five years, during which he conducted 

 a course in bee culture at the College. 



Our Cover Picture 



A beekeeper owning several out-apiaries, 

 who does not have at least a light roadster 

 for quick trips and light hauling is the 

 exception rather than the rule. Our cover 

 engTaving shows Mr. J. W. Schlenker 

 (whose article appear-s on page 354), 

 standing by his machine just ready for the 

 out-apiary. The light detachable box on 

 the back of the runabout furnishes plenty 

 of space for all the load that is required for 

 quick trips. 



We are very sorry that we are unable to 

 use more of the interesting articles on out- 

 apiary management in this special number. 

 Our readers responded so nobly to our 

 request for material that we could have 

 published two or three sj^ecial numbers on 

 this subject. We have reserved quite a 

 number of these splendid articles for use 

 later on in the season. 



We still have room for a few more good 

 articles on the subject of wax pi'oduction 

 and wax-rendering for our June 1st issue. 

 Such material should reach us, however, not 

 later than May 10. 



Drifting in Quadruple Winter Cases 



While our bees have come out in excel- 

 lent condition in the big winter cases, four 

 hives to the case, we are having consider- 

 able trouble from drifting — that is, flying 

 bees going into the wrong entrance. 



Of course there is more or less drifting 

 in the early spring in any yard; that is, 

 the younger bees, and older ones as well, are 

 quite inclined to fly into the entrance of the 

 strongest flyers during their playspells; 

 but the trouble from drifting is consider- 

 ably greater with the big winter cases. 



