GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



E. R. Root, Editor H. H. Root, Managing Editor 



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



Entered at tlie Postoffice, Medina, Oliio, as second-class matter. 



VOL. XLIV. 



SEPTEMBER 1, 1916 



NO. 17 



EDITORIAL 



The beekeepers of Iowa ai'e requested to 

 write to Frank C. Pellett, Atlantic, la., or 

 to the A. I. Root Co., Des Moines, for a 

 copy of the inspector's report for 1915. 



Field meets are getting to be quite the 

 fashion nowadays. In former days there 

 were no meetings of beekeepers except dur- 

 ing the winter; and now it is quite the 

 fashion to have summer meetings also. It 

 is well. 



The Alexander-House-Miller Plan for 

 Curing European Fovil Brood In- 

 dorsed 



Mr. R. F. Holtebmann, in this issue, 

 page 801, inti'oduees a letter from P. W. 

 Stahlman, of West Berne, N. Y., that de- 

 tails a long and varied experience with Eu- 

 ropean foul brood. This letter serves to 

 confirm tlie findings of E. W. Alexander, 

 S. D. House, and Dr. C. C. Miller on the 

 nature and treatment of this disease. 



The Bee King of Honolulu 



We are glad to make the acquaintance of 

 Mr. Oswald St. John Gilbert, one of the 

 most extensive honey-producers in the 

 world, the " bee king " of Honolulu, and 

 manager of the Sandwich Islands Honey 

 Co. See page 705. Our readers will take 

 pleasure in learning something about this 

 producer. It was with no little pride that 

 we noted that he made his start with the 

 A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture as his 

 sole guide. 



Importance of Marking the Net Weight 

 on Honey Packages in some States 



We liave stated in these eolunnis that 

 while it was not absolutely necessary to 

 mark the net weight on honey-packages, 

 provided the goods are not to be shipped 

 out of the state, and provided, of course. 



there was no net-v.'eight law within the state, 

 some states have laws based on the federal 

 law, and some beekeepers are going to run 

 a great risk unless they mark all their sec- 

 tions with the minimum net weight. See 

 what Frank C. Pellett, state bee inspector 

 of Iowa, says : 



It would seem that your editorials on the net- 

 weight law are plain enough. However, several 

 Iowa beekeepers have been misled into believing that 

 they do not have to mark the net weight on pack- 

 ages sold at home, but only on those shipped out of 

 the state. You will confer a fav«r upon your Iowa 

 readers by calling their attention to the fact that the 

 Iowa law is copied after the federal law, and that 

 it is necessary to mark every section of honey as well 

 as every package of the extracted honey with the 

 net weight, even tho it is sold to the next-door 

 neighbor. I understand that similar laws have been 

 enacted in several other states. 



Many Iowa beekeepers are laying themselves li- 

 able to prosecution because of their neglect to com- 

 ply with the law in this respect. The fact that 

 laws are not similar in all states has led to much 

 confusion. Feank C. Pellett. 



Atlantic, Iowa. 



As no one knows whether his honey will 

 be shipped out of the state, he should mark 

 the net weight on the packages, whether 

 there is a law in his own state or not. It is 

 the only safe thing to do. 



Queen-bees in Danger of being Exclud- 

 ed from the Mails 



According to newspaper reports. Con- 

 gressman Frank E. Doremus, of Detroit, 

 has introduced a bill into the House of 

 Representatives excluding liquor, poison- 

 ous animals, insects, and reptiles from the 

 mails. The bill as drawn would exclude 

 queen-bees and the dozen or so of atten- 

 dants. There was probably no intention 

 on the part of the author of the bill to ruin 

 a large industry and seriously handicaji 

 honey-producers desirous of improving or 

 renewing their stock. While there is but 

 little likelihood that such a bill will pass at 

 this session of Congress, all queen-breeders 

 sliould write at once 1o llieir congressmen, 

 requesting that the bill be modified so far 



