A Journal Devoted to Bees, Honey, and Home Int 

 Illustrated : Semi-monthly : One Dollar per Year 

 Published by The A. I. Root Company, Medina, Ohio 



Entered at the Postoffiee. Medina, Ohio, as Second-class Matter. 



Vol. AXXIV 



AUG. 15 1906. 



No \5 



Ox THE ROADSIDE Oil the Way to town I 

 cut a stock of sweet clover that measuretl S 

 feet lacking an inch. 



Editor HrTCHixsox took his bees out of 

 the cellar in the night, and had a bad case 

 of mixing. He thinks there is less mixing 

 with very small entrances. 



AxoTHER REA.sox, uot giveii by ]\[rs. Corn- 

 stock, why women should keep liees is that 

 some of them may write such delightful ar- 

 ticles as that one on women and bees. p. 995. 



"A HEAA'Y FLOW from roi)/ source will al- 

 icaijs check and sometimes cure either black 

 or foul brood."" page 988. You are entirely 

 right in that. Mr. Editor — a point not gener- 

 rally understood in this country as it is in 

 Europe. 



^VHILE ALL may be true that J. A. Green 

 says, page 1193. it should uot be forgotten that 

 a difference might be expected between this 

 and the older countries in the fact that they 

 have had foul brood longer, and so their 

 bees are more nearly immune. 



••The uxbouxd zinc boards will probably 

 sag on the brood-frames below." page 1012. 

 True: liut some lay a J-inch strip across the 

 frames at the middle, and that takes away 

 the sag. [Thanks for the suggestion. I 

 knew this was being done, but never thought 

 to speak of it. — Ed.] 



Some good talk by J. A. Green, p. 992. 

 about emptying supers. But isn"t it a little 

 hard on the back to put his super on the 



Hoor? We seldom have a case that needs the 

 weight of the feet; but when a speciallv hard 

 case comes we sit (sometimes stand) upon it 

 while on the table. 



J, A. Gkeex, give me vour hand. You 

 have struck it exactly, page 991, ••Let gov- 

 ernment take possession of all bee-territory 

 as something separate from the lantl. anil 

 lea.se or sell it I)y itself," If a bee-keeper is 

 willing to pay for it, why should he not be 

 as secure in his right as a cattle-raiser? 



Prof, H, A. Surface, who is closelv watch- 

 ing the alfalfa-in-the-East matter, writes. •■It 

 is my opinion that it yields honey only when 

 the season is dry, and when it "is permitted 

 to grow until the proper time , , , I note 

 that one of our railroads has sowed it ex- 

 tensively along the l)auks of the road, appar- 

 ently to cover the soil and hold it , . , I 

 must admit that it has not been an important 

 honey-producing plant in this State, although 

 the present outlook may he good for it," 



C. H, Howard bought hives with perpen- 

 dicular wiring, and found comb built clear 

 down to the Ijottom-bar, but uot with hori- 

 zontal wiring. If he will inquire closely he 

 may Und that some special means was used, 

 other than the wiring, to have the comb 

 built down, I had some -SOOO frames with 

 perpendicular wiring, aid the bees Ijuilt to 

 the l)Ottom-]xir no better than with the hori- 

 zontal wiring, [I do not know to what vou 

 refer by ••special means: " but I know this: 

 That perpendicular wiring Avill permit of the 

 foundation reaching from the top down to 

 the ])ottom-bar: while with the horizontal 

 this would not be possible without danger of 

 buckling. — Ed,] 



A waterixg-place for bees that I like 

 very much has been used this season. Take 

 a tub (I have used half of a barrel sawed in 

 two): pour in water, and then all the cork 

 chips, or cork dust you can without having it 

 dry on top. The bees alight on any part of 



