GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



October, 1917 



modern methods. The advantages of bee- 

 keeping are given, and some very good ad- 

 vice as to ways and means of beginning. 

 Quite an extensive description of bees and 

 bee life is given, followed by advice regard- 

 ing hives and parts, handling bees, etc. 

 The beginner, in fact, is carried right thru 

 the season, most of the Avork among the 

 bees being illustrated. 



On pages 29 to 32 a list of the princi- 

 pal honey-producing plants in Canada is 

 given with their approximate seasons of 

 yield. 



Swarming and swarm control come m 

 for their share of the discussion, followed 

 by wax production, different methods of 

 wintering, transferring, uniting, requeen- 

 ing, and feeding. 



An up-to-date report is given of bee dis- 

 eases, symptoms, methods of cure, etc. We 

 note that foul-brocd laws have been passed 

 by the following Provincial Legislatures: 

 Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Mani- 

 toba, New Brunswick. 



There are beekeepers' associations in On- 

 tario, Quebec, Manitoba, New Brunswick, 

 Kootenai, and British Columbia, the On- 

 tario Association being the largest, with 

 1130 members in 1915. The Quebec Prov- 

 ince Association held a two - day annual 

 convention at Montreal last November, the 

 proceedings of which were carried on in the 

 French language. 



TO THE MAN located in or near some 

 town, who is starting in the bee business, 



we desire to call 

 THE TOWN attention to the 

 BEEKEEPEE article " LWs 

 AND THE LAW Relating to 

 Bees" in the new 

 A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture. The 

 new comer in the bee business, located in 

 or near some town, is the person who quite 

 often gets into ditfieulties with some of his 

 neighbors by reason of his bees. Some- 

 times the beekeeper is the party to blame, 

 and, again, he is not. In either case it is 

 necessary for him to know his rights in the 

 matter, "so that if he is wrong he can put 

 liimself right; and if he is right he can't 

 be imposed upon. 



The article in question is a digest of the 

 eases that have got into court Avherein bees 

 have been the basis of the trouble. In the 

 principal cases the facts are given, and the 

 reasoning of tlie court, and the decision, 

 based on such fa(;ts. In all eases citations 

 are given as to the page and volume where 

 the case is reported. 



As stated in the preface of the new A B 



C and X Y Z, this article is written by a 

 practicing lawyer, now located at Honolulu. 

 He is also a member of the bar of the state 

 of California and of Indiana. And not 

 only is " Laws Relating to Bees " written 

 for the information of beekeepers, but i* 

 also contains complete citations to all au- 

 thorities, so as to be of value to the lawyer 

 who may be called upon to defend a bee- 

 keeper in court. There is also considerable 

 material of value to a lawyer, in cases re- 

 lating to bees, that is not to be found in 

 the law digests and reports ; as, for instance, 

 the argument of Judge Williams before the 

 Supreme Court of Arkansas in the Arka- 

 delphia ease (this was the case where the 

 court held that bees were not per se a nui- 

 sance), and the notes on the evidence ad- 

 duced in the Utter case, in which case it 

 was proven that bees can not injure sound 

 fruit. In fact, the A B C and X Y Z of 

 Bee Culture is the most complete law-book 

 published on matters pertaining to bees and 

 beekeeping. 



LET OTHERS 



DO 



LIKEWISE 



A BEEKEEPER LIVING at Huntington, 

 Ind., has written us that he recently went" 



before the city 

 council to plead 

 for sweet clover 

 on vacant lots 

 within the city 

 limits. He told the eouncilmen of the high 

 qualities of sweet clover as a honey-pro- 

 ducer, for pasture and hay, as an enrieher 

 of the soil both as to nitrogen and phos- 

 phorus, and asked the officials to spare it 

 during the war and thus heljD to conserve 

 the food supply. That city council passed 

 a resolution on the spot taking sweet clover 

 from the list of weeds that were to be de- 

 stroyed as directed by ordinance. So the 

 fine growth of sweet clover in Huntington 

 on vacant lots stands and the bee pasture 

 has been doubled. It would very greatly 

 increase the source of honey production if 

 beekeepers everywhere would go before city, 

 town, and borough councils, county com- 

 missioners, township trustees, and road su- 

 pervisors, and lay the true facts about sweet 

 clover before these bodies. Most of them, 

 when properly informed, would spare sweet 

 clover for the bees. 



READERS, TAKE NOTICE 



On and after Nov. 1, 1917, subscnption rates for 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture will be changed as 

 follows : 



Two years in advance, $1.75 

 Three years in advance, $2.50 

 Five years in advance, $4.00 

 Tho regular yearly subscription rate remains as 

 heretofore, $1.00 a year. 



THE A. I. BOOT CO., MEDINA, O. 



