Dkcember, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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RHODES MFG. CO. 



528 S. DIVISION AVE., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



'THE only 

 pruner 

 made that cuts 

 from both sides of 

 the hmb and does not 

 bruise the bark. Made in 

 all styles and sizes. All 

 shears delivered free 

 to your door. 



Write for 

 circular and 

 prices. 



STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP,- MAN.\GEMENT, 



CIRCULATION, ETC., OF GLEANINGS IN BEE 



CULTURE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT 



MEDINA, OHIO, REQUIRED BY THE 



ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912. 



Editor, E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio; Managing Ed 

 iter, H. H. Root, Medina. Ohio; Business Manager, 

 J. T. Calvert, Medina, Ohio; Publisher, The A. I 

 Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 



Owners: The A. I. Root Co. Stockholders hold 

 ing 1 per cent or more stock as follows: 



A. ii. Bovden, Carrie B. Bovden, Constance R 

 Bovden, L. W. Bovden, Mildred C. Brvant, H. R 

 Calvert, J. T. Calvert, Maude R. Calvert, A. I. Root, 

 R. R. Root, H. H. Root, Susan Root, H. E. Avlard, 

 Gdn., Addie 1\[. Shaw, W. L. Shaw, A. A. Bostwick, 

 Mrs. Amelia Bostwick. 



There are no bondholders, mortgagees, and other ' 

 security holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total 

 amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities. 



(Signed) E. R. Root, Editor. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day 

 of October, 1917. 



(Signed) H. C. West, 



[Seal] Notary Public. 



(My commission expires Mar. 27, 1919.) 



Subscribers, Take Notice 



Tt has been necessary to increase the sub- 

 sciiption chibbing price of Green's Fruit 

 Grower, American Poultry Advocate and 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture, one year, to $1.25, 

 instead of $1.00 as heretofore. 



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



Around the OfHce— Continued 



When Ordering Supplies 



remember we carry a full stock and sell at the 



lowest catalog price. Two lines of railroad — 



Maine Central and Grand Trunk. 



Prompt service and no trucking bills. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Mechanic Falls, Maine. 



J. B. MASON, Manager. 



Shipping-cases for Comb Honey 



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mailing list. Send for our catalog. 



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PATENTS 



Practice in Patent Office and Courts 

 Patent Counsel of The A. I. Root Co. 



Chas. J. Williamson, McLachlan Building, 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 



BEE SUPPLIES Send^your name for ne.v 



Dept. T. CLEMONS BEE SUPPLY CO., 

 128 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, lilo. 



apiary. Mel Pritchard 's method of exter- 

 mination differs from mine in. that mine is 

 aVjsolutely odorless. By mixing one part of 

 Rough on Eats with 10 parts of comb honey, 

 and placing this in the apiary, I was able 

 to get rid of the pests. I do not believe that 

 skunks always eat the entire bee, but force 

 out the contents of the abdomen. This fact 

 led me to think that they were after the 

 honey, and that theory was borne out by the 

 readiness with which the poison mixture dis- 

 ajjpeared. Of course, it was necessary to 

 place the poison at night and remove it be- 

 fore the bees were out in the morning, being 

 sure to put it in the same spot each night." 



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There is a fellow mortal named Herbert 

 Lyon at Mt. Kisco, N. Y., who has handed me 

 something that I don 't know just how to 

 take — so I'll let you all take it. He writes: 

 ' ' (Speaking of cats, you have no doubt often 

 noticed a kitten playing with the old cat's 

 tail, and how the youngster and onlookers 

 enjoy it as the mother cat expresses her 

 outraged dignity by frowns and tail wagging 

 until, her patience exhausted, she lands a 

 swat that knocks the nonsense out of the 

 kitten 's head for a while. Now, dear fellow, 

 you have a lot of friends among the readers 

 of Gleanings who would hate to see anything 

 bad happen to you. So don 't you think, 

 considering the fi-ivolous way you act some- 

 times toward the more dignified members of 

 the editorial staff, that there is food for re- 

 flection in the above f" Gosh, yes, I guess 



so. 



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A good many friendly letters have reached 

 poor old M.-A.-O. during the last month, con- 

 soling me for what I have to put up with 

 from the Roots and other pegterers. It's 

 mighty comfortin', and you one and all have 

 my thanks — especially that preacher at 

 Whitehouse Station, N. J. Just after get- 

 ting this good man 's letter I rushed right 

 out to Uncle Amos I. Root and hollered: 

 "Another minister on my side." Really and 

 trul}', he turned right around and started 

 for Florida that minute. It was the day 

 after election, and he was so tickled over 

 Ohio's going dry (which it didn't — durn it) 

 that he forgot to fire me out thru the back 

 cover page before leaving for his winter 



