GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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



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



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



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



VOL. XLIV. 



DECEMBER 1, 1916 



EDITORIAL 



NO. 23 



Our California correspondent is develop- 

 ing into a racy paragi'apher. See his de- 

 partment in this issue. 



Don't forget to ta.ke in Donahey's live- 

 bee stunt in this issue, especially the ex- 

 pression on the face of the dog. 



If any one has extracted honey for sale he 

 should get bids from the different markets. 

 Delay may be dangerous. The supply of 

 comb honey everywhere is large, and f)rices 

 easy. 



The very novel arch-way shown on our 

 cover is in the apiary of R. A. MoiTison, 

 Cataraqui, Ont., Can. The cover of the 

 Dee. l.'Sth number will show a beautiful win- 

 ter scene in this same apiary. 



The secretary of the National Beekeep- 

 ers' Association has announced that the next 

 convention will be held a.t Madison, Wis., in 

 February, exact date of meeting to be an- 

 nounced later. He says the officers have 

 commenced on the program and will take up 

 matters of great importance to beekeepers 

 all over the country. 



The Effect of Sudden Cold Snaps Dur- 

 ing Early Winter 



From Nov. 23 on to the 25th we had wind, 

 rain, and snow, with a sudden drop in tem- 

 perature on the 24th and 25th. Indeed, 

 this cold spell caught many beekeepers who 

 had not yet put their bees into the cellar. 

 It caught us; and an uncomfortable fe.'ling 

 it was, as we knew they ought to be in the 

 cellar. After a cold spell like this it is ad- 

 visable to let the bees have another flight, 

 providing- there is prospect of a warm day 

 in the near future. To put the bees in'.o the 

 cellar too early is almost as bad as putting 

 them in too late. Everything depends on 

 the season. 



Wintering at Medina 



Our Medina bees are put up for winter 

 in four different ways. 1. In quadruple 

 winter cases holding four hives ; 2. Regular 

 individual double-walled hives; 3. Single- 

 walled hives packed in straw and cornstalks 

 at one of the outyards recently acquired. 

 4. A few of the weaker colonies that have 

 been used for window displays will be put 

 into our big cellar. 



We shall have an opportunity of compar- 

 ing all methods of wintering; and, no matter 

 what comes, our eggs are not all in one 

 basket. 



The Distance Rees Fly 



In this issue, page 1114, Mr. Doolitlle 

 takes issue with Arthur C. Miller and the 

 editor as to the distance bees fly. Evidently 

 Mr. Doolittle lias not read all that the 

 editor has said on this subject. If he will 

 refer to pages 965 Dec. 1, 1915, and of 

 this year, pages 150, 256, 866, 964, and 

 966 he probably will not differ very widely 

 from us. Then if he will turn to an article 

 by Mr. Louis Macey on page 1127 of this- 

 issue he will see that Mr. Macey is appar- 

 ently with the editor. Times, seasons, and 

 locality, as well as conditions, are so differ- 

 ent tliat it is imjwssible to lay down a-y 

 hard-and-fast rules. Sometimes bees will 

 go five miles and even more; and just as 

 surely they will not go more than half a. 

 mile at other times and under other eru- 

 ditions. Wliv this is, Ave do not know. 



New Reekeepers' Paper in the Texafr 

 Field 



Mr. Louis H. Scholl, of New Braunfels, 

 Tex., well known to Gleanings readers a& 

 the reporter of " Beekeeping in t!ie Snuth- 

 west," is to be the editor of a new beekeep- 

 ers' journal. The Beekeepers' Item, soon to- 

 make its initial appearance. We uruler- 

 stand that the new journal is to be publishecT 

 especially for the beekeepers of Texas cndl 



