March, 1920 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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It is or was in Orrville, Wayne County, 

 where the number and character of open 

 saloons have been ahiiost the worst of any 

 in Ohio. In company with two other boys 

 of about the same age he counuenced rob- 

 bins: stores in the surroundiny' towns, but 

 for some reason escaped arrest for quite a 

 time. Finally, when the oflicers of the law 

 caught him red-handed he deliberately shot 

 the officer with a revolver which he carried 

 for such an emergency. He probably was 

 under the influence of liquor at the time. 

 What should be done with him'? 



Now, once more in closing let me rej^eat 

 (hat precious text: 



Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation 

 of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my 

 strength and niv redeemer. 



" PARCHED CORN " FOR HEALTH AND ALSO TO 

 REDUCE THE " H. C. h." 



Today is Jan. 9, and I am still using 

 (finely ground) parched corn three times 

 a day. I am also, three times a day, thank- 

 ing God for splendid health, and strength 

 for a lot of work thrown in. The follow- 

 ing, from the Rural New Yorker of Jan. 3, 

 is along the same line, only it doesn't touch 

 on parched corn and wheat. 



.\t this season we naturally think of new things — 

 things which promise to change life somewhat in 

 the future. A flock of these things are flying this 

 way. Some will be shot down by practical e.xperi- 

 ence, but others will continue to fly away with 

 some of our present " fixed " habits. We have been 

 trying a little electric grinder. You simply attach 

 it to the ordinary lighting wire, pour in a quanti- 

 ty of whole grain, and turn on the current. The 

 motor does the work, turning out a fine quality of 

 entire flour or meal. By regrinding and sifting 

 you may have fine flour and a coarser bran which 

 makes a fine boiled " cereal." We washed corn, 

 wheat, or rye, dried in the oven, and with this 

 simple device prepared a flour excellent for bread 

 or cakes at one-third the price of " patent " flour. 

 The machine is not yet manufactured in large num- 

 bers, but we think it has a great future. We think 

 the use of this family ground grain will increase, 

 especially among town and city people and bakers. 

 They will simply buy the entire grain, make their 

 own flour, gain the habit of eating it and save half 

 tlicir flour bills. We are told that in England many 

 small farmers and gardeners are raising small 

 patches of wheat to be used somewhat in this way. 

 The yield of wheat on good land with hand culti- 

 vation is enormous. This is one of the changes we 

 must look for in the future. 



No " sifting " of the finely gTOund grain 

 for me; I want the whole of the corn, as 

 God gives it to us. Put it into very hot 

 milk and add a little honey or Florida 

 syrup or sugar, and who could ask for 

 more 1 



NOT $1.00 AN HOUR^ BUT $1.00 A MINUTE — 

 THE WAGES A CALIFORNIA BEE- 

 KEEPER PAYS. 



The following, whicli T clip from the 



Scientific American of Dec. 27th, I think 

 will interest our i-eaders from several 

 points of view : 



BBE-FARMKR USES AIRPLANE. 



In the Stress of a seedtime or harvest emergency, 

 farmers have had to pay unprecedented prices for 

 labor, Init none, so far as we have beard, has equal- 

 ed Nelson W. Peck of the Yakima Valley, Washington. 

 Peck keeps bees^ — a lot of them. Fruit blossoms are 

 an important source of nectar out in that country, 

 and spray-poisoned orchards a lively menace to the 

 beekeeper. In fact, in 1918, Peck lost over 700 

 hives of bees from poisoning, a mighty big loss 

 when we consider the depreciation in his invest- 

 ment together with the loss of potential profits. 

 Honey prices were away up, so that every single 

 efficient colony was a sizable asset. 



To prevent a repetition of poisoning losses in 

 1919, Mr. Peck employed e.xpert labor at $1 a 

 minute — $60 an hour. The expert was an aviator. 

 Is Nelson W. Peck the first farmer in the United 

 States to employ an aviator in his farming business? 



On the first of several flights with the aviator, 

 Peck was up 75 minutes. His object was to pick 

 out stands for his bees sufficiently removed from 

 spray-poisoned orchards to guarantee safety, and 

 ho could think of no way of doing this like obser- 

 vation from an airplane. To Peck, the cost of the 

 service, .$1 a minute, was a mere trifle, beside its 

 value to him. He says he would have saved $10,000 

 in 1918, had he/ taken such a flight before setting 

 his bees. The system followed by big beekeepers 

 like Peck is to establish small yards at scattered 

 points in a wide territory, as in this way only is 

 it possible to keep many hundreds of colonies. As 

 the honeybee seldom forages above two miles from 

 the hive, it is practical to make locations from an 

 airplane. 



If California had a law against spray- 

 ing while the trees are in bloom, would not 

 the orchards be a benefit to the bees, and 

 the bees in like manner to the orchards? 

 Will not some of our California friends 

 tell us more about this matter? 



COUGHS AND COLDS IN FLORIDA DURING 

 WINTER TIME. 



Dear Mr. Boot: — I do not call to mind that you 

 have ever told us in Gleanings whether coughs 

 and colds are as common in Florida as they are in 

 the North. ■ 



•Tust now we are having a most dangerous epi- 

 demic of this scourge. 



Will you please write me your experience and 

 observation on enclosed postal card. Kindly yours, 



T. M. Polk. 



Patterson, Mo., Jan. 23. 1920. 



Of course, we don't have coughs and 

 colds here as you do in the North, for our 

 winters are about the same as, say. May and 

 September in tlie North. We did have the 

 "flu," at least some did, a year ago; but 

 I do not know of any one around here just 

 now who has either cough or cold. Better 

 come down here and tiy it. I am glad you 

 called attention to the matter. It is surely 

 a fine place for old people. 



Your old friend, 



A. T. Root. 



