NovKJCnuK, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CUIiTURE 



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apiaries, I do not believe it will bo thought 

 an idle boast." 



Undoubtedly there is a bright future for 

 New Zealand beekeeping. There were in 1915 

 11,200 beekeepers on the island, owning 74,- 

 340 colonies, whose annual output was valued 

 at $250,000. 



Following so closely as it does on the heels 

 of Tarlton-Kaymont 's recent work, ' ' Money 

 in Bees in Australia, ' ' this little monograph 

 of Mr. Hopkins on beekeeping on another 

 island in the great oceanic group is of special 

 interest and worth. Our own Dr. Phillips 

 has already made beemen familiar with 

 Hawaiian beekeeping. With Australian and 

 New Zealand apiculture vividly portrayed 

 within the past two years, we are almost 

 around the world in our beekeeping data. 

 The East is almost reaching the West. Only 

 the Fiji Islands and a few neighboring 

 groups yet remain. Beemen will soon "join 

 hands across the sea, ' ' and perhaps yet 

 realize what Kipling called impossible in 

 his beautiful ballad: 



Oh I the East is the East 

 And the West is the West, 



And never the twain shall meet 

 Till the earth and the sky stand presently 



At God's great judgment seat. 



But there is neither East nor West, 



Border nor breed nor birth 

 When two strong men stand face to face 



Tho they came from the ends of the earth. 



[Tt would not be fair to close this review without 

 stating that Mr. Hopkins sent this booklet with his 

 sincere regards to our pioneer in apiculture, A. I. 

 Root, wTitt(>n with his own hand. — Ed.] 



Special Notices by A. I, Root 



Off for Florida, (after Ohio is voted dry, God help- 

 u-is; us) on Nov. 6th. 



SWEET CORN ALL ABOUT IT. 



I hold in my hand a very pretty book of over 

 200 pages (and a whole lot of nice pictures), and it 

 is all about sweet corn. You might wonder, before 

 looking the book thru, how there could be enough 

 to say just about sweet corn, and no other kind, to 

 make a good-sized book. Sweet corn was first found 

 among the American Indians, we are told; and this 

 has been improved, and new varieties worked out, 

 a« you may be aware by looking over the seed cata- 

 lo.^s, until it has got to be quite an industry, especial- 

 ly i]\ supplying the early markets. I was particular- 

 ly interested in the chapter on transplanting sweet 

 corn ; and only la.st Mav, when we ■ got back here 

 to Ohio from Florida, I made some tests of seed 

 with both sweet and field corn. Of course, this was 

 done indoors; but after my tests the plants were 

 growing so thriftily, and looked so handsome, I 

 transplanted about a dozen hills out in the garden 

 when it was about time to plant outdoors. TTiese 

 few hills gave nice corn fully two weeks ahead of the 

 others. 



Now, where you can get a good price for the first 

 sweet corn that appears on the market, it will, no 

 doubt, pay to start the little corn-plants indoors. Of 

 course, this book discusses all about canning and 

 dryino sweet corn. The price of it is only 75 cents 

 postpaid. You can address the O. .ludd Co., New 

 York, or you can order it of us if you prefer to 

 do so. 



GREENHOUSES; THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIP- 

 MENT. 

 The above is the title of a beautiful book of 269 

 pages, just put out by the O. ,7udd Co. It contains 

 131 illustrations, many of them beautiful photo- 



grai)hs. As our older readers may be aware, green- 

 houses and gardening under glass has been a hobby 

 of mine more or less for sixty years; and I am gre.t- 

 ly pleased to get hold of a volume so ably written, 

 and clear up to date as this one, which has just been 

 put out in the year 1917. I think it will pay any 

 one who has anything to do with greenhouses, hot- 

 beds, or coldframes, to get this splendid book. It is 

 by W. J. Wright, Director of the New York State 

 School of Agriculture. Down in Florida, especially 

 in the southern part where our home is, most people 

 seem to think there is no need of sashes, especially 

 glass-covered frames ; but in my experiments last 

 winter in forcing potatoes I found three or four 

 sashes to be of great value. The use of cloth-covered 

 beds for celery, tomatoes, and other plants, is, of 

 course, quite common down there. The above book 

 covers so thoroly and intelligently the different 

 opinions in regard to the construction and manage- 

 ment of everything pertaining to "gardening under 

 glass " that I deem it of great value. The price is 

 $1.60 postpaid by mail. Address the O. Judd Co., 

 New York. You may order it of us if you prefer 

 to do so. 



ALT'ALFA FOR GREENS; SOMETHING ABOUT ANOTHER 



GOOIi FRIEND AWAY OFF IN CALIFORNIA. 



SKE PAGK 397. 



Friend Root : — I read what you said in regard 

 to alfalfa used as greens, and, tho I stripped the 

 leaves and we used the very tenderest tips, it was 

 "no go." 



Recently, with three members of my family I paid 

 a visit to our mutual friend W. A. Pryal, of Oakland. 

 We- had a most delightful visit with him and his 

 estimable family over a week, and visited all points 

 of interest in Oakland and vicinity, and had some 

 good talks of old times and the old beekeepers of 

 long ago. Friend Pryal is a well-posted man in 

 regard to all things apicultural, and it is very in- 

 teresting to talk with him. We took a journey over 

 the mountains in our Ford of over 1500 miles, and 

 saw the big trees and other wonders of this won- 

 derful state. We had no trouble or expense with 

 our car during the long journey, and we had some 

 steep climbing up the mountains. 



Enclosed find renewal to Gleanings. I don't 

 know how many more renewals I shall make. It all 

 depends on how long you and I live. So long as you 

 are alive I want Gleanings. 



Hoping you may be spared many years yet to 

 cast your influence on the side of all that is good 

 and right, I remain Your old friend, 



E. T. Flanagan. 



San Gabriel, Cal, Aug. 10. 



My good friend, our experiments were 

 made with alfalfa Avhen it was just starting 

 in the spring; and I think if you cut the 

 tender shoots when they are just a few 

 inches above the ground you will find they 

 will make splendid food. I hope, my long- 

 time friend, that you may be spared to 

 make many more renewals; and we can all 

 say, as our good friend Dr. Miller did a 

 while ago, we are going to try to live just as 

 long as we possibly can. 



A MATTER OP " LIFE AND DEATH." 



We clip the following from the Journal 

 of Electricity (California). It may save 

 your life if yon will read it carefully : 



Between the rails of a railroad there are, ordi- 

 narily, just four feet eight inches and a half, and the 

 rest of the unsafe space does not exceed three feet; 

 yet with all the rest of the world to stand and walk 

 on, some 11,000 people every year find it neces- 

 sary to their employment to end their days or their 

 health on this narrow strip of land. 



