GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Published by The A. T. Knot Co., IModina, Ohio. 



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



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



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



VOL. XLIV. 



SEPTEMBER 15, 1916 



NO. 18 



EDITORIAL 



Honey versus Sugar Syrup for Winter 

 Food 



"While good ripened honey is probably 

 superior for a winter food, is not our good 

 friend Dr. Miller attaching too much im- 

 portance to iron which is found in very 

 minute quantities? If honey is superior 

 to syrup it is probably due to inversion and 

 to the protein contents — namely, ])ollen. 



The Rosy Side of Beekeeping 



Do not fail to read the article by Mi'. Al- 

 lard in this issue, and then remember that 

 there is another side. This year. 1916, in 

 the eastern states, has been one of the good 

 years; but it is fair to say to the beginner 

 that he cannot do as well every year as he 

 did in 1916, but what one has done some 

 years others can do under the same condi- 

 tions. 



and a general s]n\\. Since the I'ecent re- 

 duction in the price of the Ford automobile, 

 one can now have a half - ton truck for 

 about $350. A good team and wagon' costs 

 as much with only a fraction of the cajiaci- 

 ty for miles. 



Rabbet Spacers versus Spacers on the 

 Frames 



Mi{. Louis H. Scholl, in this issue, page 

 844, has come to the same conclusion that 

 we and all others have who have tried 

 frame-spacing rabbets; namely, that they 

 fall far short of real self-spacing frames 

 like the Hoffman. We do not know of a 

 case in this country where self-spacing rab- 

 bets have i^a&sed much beyond the experi- 

 mental stage. Beginners with them are en- 

 tliusiastic at first, but they soon discard 

 them. 



Consumption of Winter Stores in In- 

 door and Outdoor Wintering 



In this i.csue, page 853, Mr. Shiber refers 

 to a current belief that bees consume less 

 honey in a good cellar than bees well hous- 

 ed outdooi-s. This is something more than 

 a belief — it is a real fact. The question un- 

 determined is whether the larger consump- 

 tion of stores outdoors does not yield strong- 

 er colonies in the spring. If our sub- 

 scribers have any evidence to offer we sliall 

 be jileased to get it. 



The Ohio Field Meeting at Medina. 



Ox Friday and Saturday, August 25 and 

 26, beekeepers of Ohio came trooping into 

 Medina by auto, trolley car, and train until 

 over a hundred and fifty had registeied. 

 Dr. Phillips and Mr. Dadant were unable 

 to be present but several of the Ohio in- 

 s]ieclors were here, as well as Mr. House 

 and Mr. Clark from New York State, and 

 Iheie was no lack of good live speakers. 



Ill our next issue we shall have some pic- 

 tures as well as some notes of what was said 

 and (lone. 



Old Dobbin Giving Way to Gasoline 



J. E. Crane & Son are now using an 

 automobile truck for their ont-apiai'v v;ork, 

 and have turned tlieir horse out to grass. 

 No horse or I cam can comjiete with gasoline 

 for outyard work- We have proved it to 

 our own -satisfaction. A teaili is loo slow, 

 and, besides, incurs the liability of stings 



Variation in Colonies of Bees; the 

 Washboard Act 



Mi{. Dooi.riTLK in his regular department 

 in this issue has an interesting article on 

 this subject. It will pay to read it. Among 

 other vanations he speaks of one colony 

 thai lie had that spent its time in scraping 

 the entrance-board, washboard fashion. 



