April, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



251 



It could not, tlierofoie, be carried thru 

 bottled honey. Indeed, a temperature of 

 InS would kill any sacbrood virus that 

 luiglit be in the honey. 



When i( is remembered lliat the tempera- 

 ture of all bottled honey is about 160 de- 

 g-iees before being sealed, it will be clear 

 tliat the disease could not be carried thru 

 ihat medium. 



Combs of honey containing sacbrood 

 virus standing in hives or in sfacked-up 

 supers will become immune in a month. 

 Dr. White says that the only way the 

 disease can be carried is from the dead 

 larva to the healthy. He even goes so far 

 as to say that a frame containing sacbrood 

 could be iDut into a healthy colony and 

 probably not do very much damage. There 

 is no danger that it may be carried on the 

 clothing or on tools. 



Copies of this bulletin No. 431 can be 

 had for 10 cts. by applying to the Superin- 

 tendent of Documents, Government Print- 

 ing office, Washington, D. C. Every foul- 

 brood inspector of the country should cer- 

 tainly have a copy. 



noon one can move a whole yard of bees on 

 the.se light trucks when it might take him 

 all day to do so with a wagon. 



Outj'ard beekeepers of the couiitry are 

 rapidly putting in automobiles. A light 

 machine that can be used for carrying pas- 

 sengers or bee-supplies is one that the bee- 

 keeper should select. 



A LARGE number of comb-honey pro- 

 ducers, on account of the great scarcity 



of (extracted and an 

 COMB VS EX- oversupply of comb 

 TBACTED HON- honey the past season 

 EY FOR 1917 will produce extracted 



for this year. S o 

 many, in fact, are going over into the 

 production of the liquid article that it is 

 possible and even probable that section 

 honey will bs scarce next year. There is 

 one thing certain: It will be impossible 

 to produce too much extracted honey for 

 1917. Prices w^ll be firm at the very 

 start. 



MR. R. F. HOLTERMANN at the Ohio 

 State convention objected to shallow extract- 

 ing - frames on the 

 OBJECTS TO ground that they ne- 



SH ALLOW EX- cessitated an extra set 

 TR AC TING- of supers, frames, and 



FRAMES general equipment. 



He has something like 

 1300 colonies, all on Langstroth frames. He 

 said he would not take shallow frames as 

 a gift if he were compelled to use them. 

 It is a great advantage, he said, to have 

 all frames uniform either for extracting- 

 supers or for the brood-nest, both of 

 which should be one and the same thing. 

 The probabilities are that mcst beekeepers 

 in the United States are in line with Mr. 

 Holtermann in both theory and practice. 



IF ONE LIVES in a locality that is hilly 

 and reads bad, he will have to depend on a 



wagon and team. If 

 AUTOMOBILES he lives in the country 

 FOR BEE- where roads are inac- 



YARD WORK adamized he may well 



consider the merits of 

 the automobile truck. Little cars costing 

 $325 without the body can now be secured. 

 A wagonbox can be put on for $25 more, 

 making a neat serviceable truck. While it 

 may not be large it will carry from twelve 

 to fifteen colonies at a trip; and in an after- 



NEVER WAS there such a great oppor- 

 tunit}' for the beekeeper before. The ex- 

 tracted honey is entire- 

 BEEKEEPERS' ly cleaned up on the 

 OPPORTUNITY market, and every 

 HAS ARRIVED prospect is bright for 

 an excellent season 

 ahead. Beekeepers, take off your hats and 

 shout ! This is just what you have been 

 waiting for. If there ever was a year 

 when the beeman should get busy, now is 

 the time. So take off your coats and get 

 to work. 



FRANK COVERDALE made the state- 

 ment at the Iowa convention that 300 colo- 

 nies of bees Avilli him 

 BEES were equal to the in- 



I ERSUS come of a 100 - acre 



FARMING farm. If this state- 



ment were made at an 

 ordinary farmers' institute, those who get 

 their living from what they get out of the 

 soil would be inclined to think Mr. Coverdnh 

 does not know what he is talking about. He 

 is in fact one of the most successful farmei's 

 in all the West. He not only knows how 

 to raise crops and fine cattle, but he is 

 one of the best beekeepers in the United 

 States. Even if he does advocate and prac- 

 tice furious swarming, he " gets there " 

 just the same. 



