1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1177 



ganizations get a copy of their own journal 

 free on payment of the annual dues, while 

 others get these papers at a very low price. 



France and Germany have most of the 

 bee journals in Europe, as the French and 

 German languages are more widely spread 

 there than other tongues; besides, geograph- 

 ical location would account for that to a 

 great extent. 



Another reason for the large number of 

 bee journals in Europe is the attention paid 

 to apiculture by scientific men and by gov- 

 ernmental authorities. The food supply in 

 Europe is a serious matter, and hence we 

 need not wonder that so important a factor 

 as the bee is an object of great regard 

 there. The dreadful famine in Spain, and 

 in many districts of Russia, whereby mil- 

 lions of people are famished, is sufficient 

 proof of this, to say nothing of the old say- 

 ing that an English breakfast depends al- 

 most entirely on the condition of British 

 shipping. 



I have often tried to satisfy myself as to 

 whether the bee is more profitable from the 

 standpoint of wax or honey, but I can't do 

 it. Somebody once wrote from Cuba that 

 the bee would receive all the attention there 

 it does now, even if the honey were given 

 away, as the wax is the thing sought for. 

 It is so much used in the arts and sciences, 

 to say nothing of its great use in religious 

 ceremonies, that it will probably always 

 command a high and still higher price. 



This preliminary moralizing may seem to 

 have but little connection with bee journals, 

 but it has much. I believe it will create 

 a higher interest in the bee itself, as Prof. 

 E. F. Bigelow saj'^s, page 1187, should be the 

 case, and enhance the interest we feel in an 

 exchange of experiences and ideas. And I 

 like to moralize. 



There are many people now in this coun- 

 try who kept bees in Europe; and as we are 

 often asked concerning the addresses of for- 

 eign journals I have thought best to make 

 out a new list of them, beginning with the 

 French. The first I come to is entitled: 



L'Apiculteur (The Bee-keeper). For me 

 this is the most interesting of foreign ex- 

 changes outside of English. Its chief at- 

 traction to me, however, is what I find in it 

 over the name of C. P. Dadant, of Hamilton, 

 111. This journal, as some may remember, 

 was for some years an active opponent of 

 movable-frame hives as advocated by the 

 elder Dadant; but he lived to see his claims 

 more than substantiated, and his son a con- 

 tributor to columns in which he himself once 

 received many a sound drubbing. The edi- 

 tor is M. Sevalle, 28 Rue Serpente, Paris. 

 This journal is the official organ of about 

 thirteen bee-keepers' associations. 



L'Abeille et sa Culture (The Bee and its 

 Culture) is a good journal, published by M. 

 H. Stassart, 165 Ahin, Huy, Belgium. 



La Gazette Apicole de France is printed at 

 Montfavet, Vauc ose, France. 



Le Rucher Beige is printed at Liege, Bel- 

 gium, by M. Strauven. It is one of the best 

 of foreign journals, standing side by side 

 with the one first mentioEed. 



Bulletin de la Societe d' Apiculture de Tu- 

 nisie. This, though French, is printed in 

 Tunis, Africa. It contains much that is pe- 

 culiar to that country, and hence is of espe- 

 cial intert st. A recent number contains a 

 fine view of an apiary in Tunis, situated on 

 a steep side hill. It has a modem and artis- 

 tic look. 



Progres Apicole is a neat little journal un- 

 der the editorial charge of S. Thibaut, Mont- 

 sur- Marchienne, Belgium. An edition in the 

 Flemish language is also published. 



Les Abeilles et les Fruits. This journal 

 has apiculture as one of its departments, 

 but is interesting all through. It is pub- 

 lished at Maizieres-Chevillon, Haute^ Marne, 

 F; ance. 



Nah'la (an Arabic word for bee). This 

 fine journal is printed in Algiers, Africa, 

 hence its Arabic name. It contains much 

 of interest peculiar to that country. Ad- 

 dress Dr. Trabut, Algiers. 



L'Abeille Bourguignonne. This is one of 

 the leading bee journals of France, and one 

 which is always a very welcome visitor here. 

 Address M. Godon, Champlay par Joigny, 

 France. It appears six times a year. The 

 issue for November cites several remarka- 

 ble cures of rheumatism effected by stings. 



It is with much regret that we learn that 

 Clarence Dittmer, son of Gus Dittmer, of 

 Augusta, Wis., his right-hand man in foun- 

 dation work, was accidentally shot while out 

 hunting in Kansas, the shot passing near a 

 large artery, making the wound a very seri- 

 ous one. His friends, however, have hope 

 that it will not terminate fatally, although 

 the doctor reports the case a very critical 

 one. The young Mr. Dittmer is a very es- 

 timable young man, and Gleanings hopes 

 for his speedy recovery. 



A. I. ROOT TO REAR QUEENS THIS WINTER 

 IN FLORIDA. 



As Mr. A. I. Root's health is hardly rug- 

 ged enough for him to stand our Ohio win- 

 ters, he and Mrs. Root will probably go to 

 Florida. We younger " Rootites " have 

 been urging it, but he refused to consider it 

 until I told him the Root Co. wanted him to 

 go south and rear queens in baby nuclei. 

 He has about made up his mind to try the 

 experiment. We are going to send him with 

 some choice breeders. 



Incidentally our older readers will be glad 

 to know that the founder of The A. I. Root 

 Co. and of Gleanings will go back to his old 

 love, the bees. If we can once get him in- 

 terested in the new methods of queen-rearing 



