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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



June, 1917 



Myers 



Hay 



Tools 



The unloading: of hay or grain '^]^' from the rack in- 

 to the mow or onto tlie stack is " an importantpart 

 of harvest labors. MYERS HAY UNLOADING 

 TOOLS are therefore of importance to every farmer, for 

 tliey have extra larg:e capacity, are easy to operate, and 

 unload rapidly all kinds of hay or grrain. 



Myers Unloaders, Forks, Slings, 

 Pulleys, Tracks, and Fixtures 



meet hay making: conditions In every community. They 

 are uniforml.v constructed throuB:hout, insuring- freedom 

 from breakage and delay during- harvest, and g-uaranteed 

 in every respect If properly used. 



Whether your farm is larg-e or small, you want the very 

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 machinery. You may need an entire new outfit or perhaps 

 only a fork, set of slinks, a pulley or two. or a few hooks. 

 In either case it should be manufactured by Myers. Ask 

 your neighbor, see your dealer, or write us. 



F. E. Myers & Bro. Z^^-.SiTo 



WRIGHT'S FRAME-WIRING DEVICE 



Most rapid in use. Saves cost of machine in one day. 



Tighter -wires ; no kinks ; no sore hands. Price, 



$2.50, postpaid in U. S. A. 



G. W. Wright Company - Azusa, California 



BARNES' 



Hand and Foot Power 



Machinery 



This cut represents our com- 

 bined circular saw, which is 

 made for beekeepers' use in 

 the construction of their 

 hives, sections, etc. 



Machines on Trial 



Send for illustrated catalog: 

 and prices. Address 



W. F. & JOHN BARNES CO. 



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ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 



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Books and Bulletins — Continued 



introduction. Among the topics discussed are 

 How to Begin; The Outfit; Eaces of Bees; 

 Swarm Control; Requeening; Diseases; Bees 

 and Fruit; Associations and Publications, 

 etc. We note an absence of any data on 

 marketing the crop, but it may be that the 

 special nature of this pamphlet precludes 

 that topic. With this slight exception the 

 bulletin seems to cover the entire field of 

 apiculture most concisely and most thoroly. 

 It seems sure that more than the novice 

 could derive benefit from a reading and 

 study of the manual, and we advise all who 

 can to can to secure a copy and make it 

 their own in more ways than mere purchase. 

 * * * 



INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS I N 

 CANADA. Apropos of the review just given 

 we would call special attention to the 37th 

 annual report of the Ontario Agricultural 

 and Experimental Union for 1915, published 

 at Toronto. This report contains two valu- 

 able articles for beemen, specially for Cana- 

 da, but also valuable for beemen all over 

 the country. The article on page 43 and fol- 

 lowing gives in seven pages of closely print- 

 ed matter the results of co-operation in ex- 

 perimental work. The Union has printed 

 specially good methods of operation and 

 management, tested and found to be very 

 efficient. These are sent out and are being 

 sent out to beemen all over Canada, and their 

 reports tabulated for further use. They in- 

 clude experiments on prevention of natural 

 swai-ming in extracted-honey production by 

 holding the colony together; prevention of 

 natural swarming in comb-honey production 

 by artificial shaken swarming; prevention of 

 natural swarming by manipulation of hives 

 instead of combs; spring management to get 

 colonies strong for the honey-flow; fasting 

 method of introducing queens; smoke meth- 

 od of introducing queens; shipping and in- 

 troducing combless packages of bees; wire- 

 cloth bee-escape board for removing bees 

 from supers; wintering bees in four - hive 

 boxes outdoors; and special experiments of 

 testing foul-brood-resisting colonies. It is 

 interesting to note that, with hardly an ex- 

 ception, the reports from the many apiarists 

 that tried these methods in 1915 show en- 

 thusiasm for the methods tried. Many re- 

 port ''better than anything used thus far;" 

 ' ' more honey, less work, ' ' etc. It is clear 

 that live men are at work in the government 

 stations in Canada. We cannot refrain from 

 quoting one paragraph, because it is now so 

 apt for the United States. It is on page 48, 

 49 of the report, as follows: "On account 

 of the war, Canada is piling up an enormous 

 national debt. The only way this can be 

 paid is by developing our national resources. 

 A valuable national -resource is the honey 

 which is produced every summer by the 

 many millions of flowers blooming on the 

 farms of Ontario. . . At present many 

 tons are wasted for want of bees." (Could 

 we do better than to follow suit? E. G. B.). 



