GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



A. I. Root, Editor Home Department -T. T. Calvert, Business Manager 



H. H. Hoot, Managing Editor E. R. Root, Editor A. L. Boyden, Advertising Manager 



Entered at the Postoffice, Medina, Olaio, as second-class matter. 



VOL. XLIV. 



JULY 15, 1916 



NO. 14 



EDITORIAL 



Reports Asked for 



Our subscribers and all others interested 

 are requested to send in postal-card reports, 

 consisting of not more than one or two 

 sentences, on Avhat the honey-crop condi- 

 tions are. Do not make the rei")orts long', as 

 we canno*^ tabulate them. Report good, bad, 

 and indifferent conditions. We want the 

 truth, but be sure not to lake more than 

 two sentences. 



We ought to have a report from every 

 subscriber ; that is, to enable us to determine 

 the amount of honey and probable prices. 



Summer Field Meet in Tennessee 



Ttte following letter, just received from 

 Secretary J. M. Buchanan, of Franklin, 

 Tenn., will explain. It will be noted that 

 E. R. Root, AvJio is busv on the new edition 

 of the ABC and X Y^Z of Bee Culture, is 

 on the program. He has made no definite 

 promise tliat he will be present, but is mak- 

 ing an extra effort to go. 



Mr. Eoot: — You may announce that the 

 Tennessee beekeepers will hold summer field 

 meetings as foUoAvs: Nashville, Aug. 9, at 

 the home of Mrs. Grace Allen, 4409 Char- 

 lotte Ave.; Hollow Eock, Aug. 10, at the 

 apiary of L. E. Smith; Memphis, Aug. 11, at 

 theTri-state fairgrounds. Meetings to begin 

 at 10 a.m. 



There will be no formal program, but short 

 talks will be given on pertinent subjects bv 

 Dr. Phillips, Frank C. Pellett, E. E. Eoot, 

 Dr. J. S. Ward, J. M. Buchanan, Bon G. 

 Davis, and perhajis others. 



J. M. Buchanan. 



Franklin, Tenn., .luly 5. 



The Federal Net-weight Law on Local 

 Sales 



A CONSTANT and ever recurring fjuestion 

 that comes up is this, and has been answer- 

 ed: " Is it necessai-y for me to mark the net 

 weight on my sections of honey if I sell 

 only in ray own locality?" There is only 

 one answer to this question, and that is, no. 



But in view of the fact that honey produced 

 by John Jones may be sold by Jim Brown 

 in another state, it is always wise to play 

 safe and mark every section with its mini- 

 mum net weight in accordance with the 

 federal law. 



White Clover vs. Alsike 



As raentioired elsewhere in this depart- 

 ment, white clover is not yielding as heavily 

 as alsike. Wliile it is generally recognized 

 that the latter is a better honey-plant per 

 acre, yet for some reason this year white 

 clover is not yielding quite in proportion to 

 the amount of bloom' in sight. We find a 

 dozen bees on alsike where we find one on 

 white clover. As the haying season is at its 

 height, and alsike is being cut away, it is 

 ]i(:ssible that the hot weather we are now 

 having will stimulate the white clover so 

 that it will make up for the cutting of the 

 alsike. The rank gTowth of both clovers 

 because of the heavy rains in the early part 

 of the season may have a favorable effect 

 upon alsike and unfavorable upon white 

 clover. A little later on we shall be able 

 to determine how much effect this had. 



The Case of the Beekeepers versus the 

 Smelter Companies in Canada Con- 

 tinued till October 



On page 215, aiul again on page 257, Ave 

 stated that the beekeepers in the vicinity of 

 Smilhville, Ontario, had brought suit 

 against a large smelting concern for alleged 

 damage to the bees. In the case that was 

 settled in Salt Lake Valley, Utah, a few 

 years ago, by the smelter company paying 

 .$00,000 to the beekeepers, the complaint 

 was filed that the smelter fumes killed the 

 bees and spoiled the vegetation on which 

 the bees work. The Ontario beekeepers are 

 claiming damages on the same grounds. 

 That both sides may get a little more evi- 

 dence, the case has been again continued 

 until October, and in the mean time bee- 



