1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1C09 



The grading-rules will probably have a 

 thorough overhauling at the next National 

 convention in Chicago, Dec. 5, 6, 7. 



In our next issue we hope to have two ar- 

 ticles, with suitable illustrations, on how to 

 winter bees outdoors in single-walled hives 

 with little or no expense for outside pro- 

 tecting- cases. The poor seasons generally 

 over the country have made economy a mat- 

 ter of more than ordinary importance. 



Corrugated pasteboard for shipping- 

 cases has been tried by J. A. Green; and 

 from a private letter from J. E. Crane, 

 Middlebury, Vt., I learn that he has been 

 making some experiments that are very sat- 

 isfactory. He has promised to write an ar- 

 ticle a little later, telling why bee-keepers 

 and supply-manufacturers should substitute 

 a yielding material for the unyielding drip- 

 sticks. 



IMPORTANCE OF FEEDING EARLY. 



If your bees are not already fed, you had 

 better see to it at once. Of course, one can 

 feed late, and use thick syrup; but the re- 

 sults are not as satisfactory as a thinner 

 syrup fed earlier. The bees can ripen it in 

 nature's way, so it is a fitter feed for the 

 long winter's sleep; but, what is of consid- 

 erable importance, they can make a winter 

 nest in the combs. 



"ADVANCED BEE CULTURE." 



I HOLD in my hand the advance proof- 

 pages of this new work in press, by W. Z. 

 Hatchinson, editor of the Bee-keepers' Re- 

 view. If the pages before me are any sam- 

 ple, the work has been very largely revised, 

 bringing in some of the latest suggestions 

 and ideas that have come to the front. Mr. 

 Hutchinson is a careful and conservative 

 writer, and at the same time he is well 

 posted in all the latest developments that 

 have been made in the subject of bee cul- 

 ture. The book is designed primarily for 

 the advanced bee-keeper, and hence its 

 name; but it may be read with profit by the 

 beginner class in connection with other 

 works written especially for the novice. No 

 statement is made as to what the price of 

 the book will be, or whether or not it will 

 be larger than before. Due announcement, 

 however, will be made at the proper time. 



after such a brief stay, come right back to 

 the cabin again. Well, it was because our 

 youngest, Huber H. Root, was married to 

 Miss Mabel Knisely, of Butler, Ind., on the 

 evening of Sept. 6. They are now off on 

 their ' ' honeymoon. ' ' We have invited them 

 to stay in the "old hive," but they have con- 

 sented to do so only temporarily. They 

 seem to have agreed on a smaller home, per- 

 haps not even " eight- frame, " and I don't 

 know but some sort of a " nucleus hive " 

 will be their idea for the present. A big 

 hive (or a big house) is too much care and 

 responsibility) for the "gude wife." Thus 

 you see The A. I. Root Co. promises to have 

 timely accessions of young brain and mus- 

 cle. Huber is just in time to make the con- 

 necting link between the children and grand- 

 children, that are rapidly coming of an age 

 to "notice things." 



Huber has been helping Ernest in the ed- 

 itorial work, as well as making some im- 

 provements in the bee-supply line. Already 

 two patents have been issued to his name, 

 and other minor improvements have been 

 made to various devices sold by The A. I, 

 Root Co. -A. I. R. 



The following appears in the American 

 Bee Journal: 



Mr. Huber H. Root, youngest son of Mr. A. I. Root, 

 was married, Sept. 6, to Miss Mabel Knisely, of But- 

 ler, Ind. Our heartiest congratulations to " Huber," 

 who has evidently done so " Knisely " in a matrimonial 

 way, and also to "Mabel," who is now so well "Root- 

 ed." They will be "At Home" in Medina, Ohio, after 

 Oct. 15. 



Here is what the Bee-keepers' Review had 

 to say: 



Huber, the young-est member of Mr. A. I. Root's fam- 

 ily, is now a married man. On the 6th of this month he 

 and Miss Mabel Knisely, of Butler, Indiana, joined 

 hands and fortunes, and will make their home at Medi- 

 na. Huber is a bright, energetic, agreeable young 

 man, and, unconsciously, makes friends for himself and 

 the Root Company wherever he goes. The Review wish- 

 es him and his young bride a long, happy, and useful 

 life. 



"SWARMING OUT" AT THE HOME OF THE 

 HONEY-BEES. 



Some of the friends may wonder why Mrs. 

 Root and myself should go back to Ohio, and. 



DR. SALISBURY AND THE SERVICE HE REN- 

 DERED TO E. R. ROOT YEARS AGO. 



The picture of Dr. J. H. Salisbury, as 

 shown elsewhere in this issue, brings vividly 

 to my mind the time when I used to go to 

 see him, a trifle over thirty years ago. I 

 was a lad then twelve years old, all run 

 down, and so deaf from a sort of chronic 

 earache that it was with difficulty I could 

 hear any one talk, even when he yelled. My 

 parents took me to this eminent physician, 

 and almost his first order was, "Don't let 

 any ear doctor tinker with his ears. That 

 boy is young yet, and with proper treatment 

 he will outgrow the difficulty with his ears." 

 I was put on the meat diet, and in the 

 course of two or three years my hearing 

 was perfectly normal, and is to-day, not- 

 withstanding over thirty years have inter- 

 vened. I have some friends who have had 

 various ear doctors tinker with their ears; 

 and the more they have been tinkered, the 

 greater the difficulty in hearing. 



I know this is outside of bee-keeping; but 

 my experience may be useful to some other 

 sons of bee-keepers who have been troubled 



