Ai'RiL, 1920 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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nifs arc in Kootl condition. Honey plants arc in 

 good condition, and crop prospects in general are 

 good. — A. D. Kartinsrton. 



MAKYLAJS^D. — liocs wintered fairly well, 25 per 

 cent being lost. Condition of colonies poorer than 

 usual. Condition of honey plants is good. Crop 

 prospects normal. — S. G. Crocker. 



MASSACHUSETTS. — Too early in the spring to 

 tell much ahout t-onditions, as there is so much 

 snow that only the tops of the fence posts are yet 

 in sight, so I am afraid many colonies will be lost. 

 Honey plants will prolialily get a grand start, and 

 we sliould set a good crop of honcv. — O. M. Smith. 



JHNNESOTA.^Bccs wintered poorly, about 25 

 per cent being lost. Present condition of colonies 

 compared with the usual condition is very poor. 

 Honey plants are in very good condition. Crop 

 prospects are verv good. — Chas. D. Blaker. 



MISSOURI. — Bees wintered fairly well, three to 

 live per cent being lost. Present condition of colo- 

 nies very good for this time of year. Honey plants 

 are in good condition, and crop prospects are good. 

 — J. W. Romberger. 



NEBRASK.V. — Bees did not winter very well, 

 about 33 per cent being lost. Condition of colonies 

 unusually poor. Honey plants are in good condi- 

 tion and crop prospects are good. — P. J. Harris. 



NEW .JERSEY. — Too early to give an intelligent 

 report. — Elmer G. Carr. 



NEW YORK. — Bees wintered fairly well, about 

 25 per cent lost. Present condition of colonies 

 poorer than usual. Honey plants are in good con- 

 dition, and crop prospects good. — George H. Rea. 



NEW Y''ORK.-— Be*s have wintered well. Colo- 

 nies are in pretty good condition. Condition of 

 honey plants extra good. Crop prospect are good. 

 — E. W. Lesser. 



NEW YORK. — Bees wintered well in the cellar 

 but very poorly outdoors, about 50 per cent being 

 lost. Present condition of colonies is much poorer 

 than usual. Condition of honey plants is good, and 

 crop prospects are good. Adams & Myers. 



OHIO. — Bees well protected have wintered fairly 

 well; in unpacked hives nearly 50 per cent are lost. 

 Condition of colonies very poor. Honey plants are 

 in good condition. Crop prospects are very good. 

 — Fred Leininger & Son. 



OKLAHOMA. — Bees wintered only fairly, 10 per 

 cent being lost. Present condition of colonies nor- 

 mal. Condition of honey plants is poor. Crop pros- 

 pects are good.- — C. P. Stiles. 



PENNSYLVANIA. — Several beemen report 40 

 to 60 per cent loss in outdoor-wintered bees; some 

 poor cellar wintering on account of poor stores. 

 — Harrv W. Beaver. 



EAST TEXAS. — Winter losses greater than ever 

 known before, from too much rain last fall, and lack 

 of feeding. Honey plants are promising. — T. A. 



LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS. — 

 Bees wintered well, only 10 per cent being lost. 

 Honey plants are in good condition. Crop prospects 

 very good. — .T. Lynn Stephenson. 



TEX.-VS. — Bees wintered very well. Crop pros- 

 pects good. — J. N. Mayes. 



UTAH. — Bees wintered normally, the loss of 

 colonies being from 4 to 10 per cent. Present con- 

 dition of colonies normal for season. Condition of 

 honev plants good, and crop prospects are normal. 

 — M.' A. Gill. 



WASHINGTON. — Bees along the coast wintered 

 as well as usual; but east of mountains there will 

 be a big loss. Crop prospects look good. — Geo. W. 

 B. Saxton. 



WISCONSIN. — Bees have wintered very well. 

 Colonies are in much better condition than at same 

 time last year. Honey plants are in fine condition. 

 Beekeepers e.xpect large crop. — H. F. Wilson. 



Advertisements Received too Late to Classify. 



FOR SALE. — 15 new 4x5x1% comb-honey su- 

 pers. Carver R. Smith, N. Manchester, Ind. 



FOR SALE. — lO-acre fruit ranch in the heart 

 of irrigated district near Santa Fe railroad. Alfalfa 

 and sweet-clover li«c pastures. Additional land 

 adjoining for farming can be purchased. 100 colo- 

 nies of bees, no disease. Seven-room modern-built 

 house. Good roads, church, and school. Will sell 

 or exchange. Flatjo Apiaries, Springer, New Mexico. 



FOR SALE. — One Todd check protector. Limit 

 .'i!.")00. Reasonablei price. 



H. P. Simons, 5829 Indiana Ave., Chicago, Ills. 



FOR SALE. — My three-bandeid Italians in brand- 

 new Root ten-frame hives, at $12.00 per colony. 

 They are dirt cheap. 



Theodore N. Ross, Nashville, N. C. 



FOR SALE. — 62 Buckeye hives, slightly used, 

 fleshly ])aintcd, white, complete, except frames, 

 .1;4.l()"oach f. o. b. Ashtabula, Ohio. E. G. Baldwin, 

 c o Griswold Greenhouse Co., Ashtabula, Ohio. 



FOR SALE. — April delivery liy express in 3- 

 poiiiid combless pa<'kages, 60 lbs., black bees with 

 black queen at $5.25 per package. Good honey- 

 gatherers and free from disease. 



F. M. Baldwin, Mt. Vernon, Ga. 



FOR SALE. — 25 chaff hives, 20 deep extracting 

 bodies, 25 shallow supers, all 10-frame and in No. 

 1 condition. A part of them have never been used. 

 For isarticulars and low prices, write 



Jay Fleming, 403 A. St., Lorain, Ohio. 



FOR SALE. — 8-frame colonies Italian bees, with- 

 out hives, $8.00 each ; in one-story single-wall new 

 hives, $10.00 each. Standard self-spacing, full- 

 depth. Hoffman frames. Nearly all wired. Bees 

 free from disease. 



Wilmer Clarke, Earlville, N. Y. 



ROOT QUEENS. — Untested; May, $3.00; June, 

 $2.50; July to Oct., $2.00. Select untested: Mav, 

 $3.50; .Tune, $3.00; July to Oct., $2.50. Tested, 

 May, $4.00; June $3.50; July to Oct., $3.00. Se- 

 lect tested: May, $4.50; June, $4.00; July to Oct., 

 $3.50. Quantity discounts: 12 queens, 10 per cent 

 discount; 25 queens, 15; 50 queens, 20; 100 

 queens, 25. The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 



FOR SALE. — New supers, nailed and painted, 

 with .sections and full sheets foundation, $1.60 and 

 $1.80; super springs, 60c per 100; Alley's improv- 

 ed queen and drone traps, 40c; Le\vis No. 1 plain 

 414 sections, $4.50 per 500; fences, $2.00 per 100; 

 separators, 80c per 100; section-holders, $1.00 per 

 100; foundation-fasteners with lamp, 50c; Globe bee 

 veils, 20c; 24-lb. shipping cases, 5-, 10-, and 60-lb. 

 tins, and honey bottles. Special prices on large lots. 

 I can use a few 60-lb. tins of honev. 



Edw. A. Winkler, Joliet, Ills. 



ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. — ^To close W. D. 

 Soper's estate. Following goods only left on hand: 

 60 10-frame supers, for 41,4 beeway sections, 75c 

 each; 5 8-frame supers for 4% beeway sections. 

 70e; 300 section holders for 4% xl% beeway sec- 

 tions, 2%c; 500 section-holders for 4% x 1 ^^ plain 

 sections, 2c; 200 fences for 4^4x11/^ plain sec- 

 tions, 3c; 200 fences for 4x5 plain sections, 

 3c; 100 slotted separators for 4% beeway sections, 

 Ic; 3 Standard smokers, $1.00; 1 Bingham smoker, 

 75c. ITiese goods are all Ijrand-new. Nina V. Cuflf, 

 .\dmx., 132 Chittock Ave., Jackson, Mich. 



W.VNTED. — Swedish young man, 26 years, land- 

 ing in New York about the last day of March, wants 

 work with some extensive apiarist as helper to gain 

 experience. Go anywhere. vSomei experience. Been 

 in U. S. A. from June, 1912, to August, 1914. 



H. B. N., c Gleanings, Medina, Ohio. 



STATKiVtENT OF OWNERSHIP. M.4NAGEMENT, CIRCU- 

 LATION, KTC, OF GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 

 I'lBLISHED MONTHLY AT .MEDINA, OHIO, REQUIR- 

 ED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912. 



Editor. E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio; Managing Edi- 

 tor, H. G. Rowe, Medina, Ohio; Publisher, Tlie A. 

 T. Root Co. Stockholders holding 1 per cent or more 

 stock as follows: A. L. Boyden, Carrie B. Boyden, 

 Constance R. Bovden, L. W. Boyden, H. R. Calvert, 

 .r. T. Calvert, Maude R. Calvert. A. I. Root, E. R. 

 Root, H. H. Root. Susan Root, all of Medina, Ohio, 

 Ralph I. Bostwick, Seville, Ohio. There are no 

 landholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, 

 holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, 

 mortgages, or other securities. 



H. G. ROWB, Mng. Editor 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22nd day 

 of April, 1920. H. C. We.st, Notary Public. 



