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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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EDITORIAL 



KIND WORDS are pouring in by every 

 mail in praise of the new Gleanings — not 



only for its ty- 

 KIND WORDS pographical ap- 

 FOR THE NEW pearance but for 

 MONTHLY its con tents. 



Some say that 

 when they saw the announcement that 

 there was to be a change from the semi- 

 monthly they had misgivings; but they all 

 say that after seeing the journal in its new 

 form they are more than pleased. As it 

 would be impossible to acknowledge all of 

 these kind words by letter, it is only fitting 

 that we express our sincere appreciation to 

 one and all for the kind things said and best 

 wishes for the futui'e. The good opinions 

 expressed about the monthly will serve to 

 stimulate us to do better. Thanks again. 



THE NATIONAL Beekeepers' Association 

 will hold its annual convention at Madison, 

 ^ Wis., on Tues- 



THE day, Wednes- 



NATIONAL day, and Thurs- 

 CONVENTION day, Feb. 6, 7, 8. 

 The headquar- 

 ters will be at Merchant's Hotel. The pro- 

 gi'am came so late that we are unable to 

 give it in full ; yet it is sufficient to say that 

 the program is strong, and a good one. The 

 following will be the speakers: N. E. 

 France, Platteville, Wis. ; President Francis 

 Jager; L. D. Leonard, IMinneapolis; Dr. E. 

 F. Phillips, Washington, D. C; Dr. E. 

 Dana Durand, Wasliington ; Dr. S. A. 

 Jones, Washington; Prof. H. C, Taylor, 

 Wisconsin; Dr. Wm. Copenhauer, Helena, 

 Montana; Prof. F. Eric Millen, Iowa; R. 

 A. Burnett, Chicago; E. R. Root, Medina; 

 Wesley Foster, Boulder, Colorado; Frank 

 Rauchf uss, Denver, Colorado ; E. D. Town- 

 send, Northstar, Mich.; Geo. Williams, Red- 

 key, Tnd.; C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111.; 

 Hamlin B. Miller, Marshalltown, Iowa. 



IF THERE IS any place on the continent 

 where co-operation could be made a suc- 

 cess it would be 

 rn (IPWVA Ontario, Cana- 



TTON ^^- There is not 



a state nor prov- 

 ince in America 

 where beekeeping is on a better com- 

 mercial basis than in Ontario. The terri- 

 tory is not large, and the beekeepers, many 

 of them in the business in a large way, 

 have covered practically all the good bee 

 ranges in the province. 



Already they are co-operating in the mat- 

 ter of prices, and we heard no little grum- 

 bling on the part of a few because the 

 committee have recommended too low a 

 scale of prices. Some felt sore because 

 they sold too early, and now they wish 

 they had their honey back. On the other 

 hand, the committee had prevented many 

 sales being made too low; and so, taking 

 it all in all, they help materially to stabil- 

 ize jDrices. 



THERE SEEMS TO BE a tendency on the 

 part of some of the best beekeepers in the 



country to win- 

 WIXTERING ter bees in two- 

 BEES IN TWO- story Langstrolh 

 STOEY HIVES hives. The gen- 

 eral scheme is 

 this: The upper story is filled with honey, 

 and the bees allowed to form a winter 

 nest in this upper storj. The lower story 

 may or may not contain hone)'; but all 

 combs partly filled should be put in the 

 lower story. Bees put up in this form 

 often winter well without any packing when 

 the same cluster of bees in a single story 

 would die. Heat naturally rises, and a clus- 

 ter of bees will be in the warmest part of 

 the hive, clear away from the chilling drafts 

 of the cold bottom-board and the entrance. 



It is apparent from certain outcroppings 

 at the recent bee conventions that some bee- 

 keepers have been wintering in two-story 



