April 13, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



235 



Root's Column 



No=Qob 

 Foundation. 



We Have II at Uasl. 



It has been proven that wax in the 

 base of ordinary foundation is not 

 utilized by the bees, but is left there 

 practically as it leaves the mill : and 

 the result is, vrhen dravrn out into 

 comb, the so-called gfob, or fishbone, in 

 comb honey. 



Our New Thin/Base 

 FOUNDATION 



is exactly what its name indicates — 

 foundation with a base as thin as 

 natural comb, with heavy deep walls. 



Fig-. 7, herewith shown in cross-section 

 from an actual photo, represents the 

 new thin-base heavy-walled foundation 

 running about 10 feet to the pound. 



Fig-. 13 represents the ordinarj- thin 

 foundation with heavy base and 

 scarcely any wall, about 10 feet : the 

 heavy base, without modification, going 

 right into the comb honey with very 

 little change, and forming fishbone. 



We have so far only small dies, and 

 cannot afford to sell this product for 

 less than SI. 00 a pound. Next year, 

 perhaps, we shall have larger dies, and 

 will make a corresponding reduction 

 in price. 



Seven or eight pieces, large enough 

 to fill 4,'4 sections, 15 cents, postpaid : 

 24 pieces, prepaid, 40 cents. 



TUG rt.l. Root Goiiipanu 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



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Bees Came Thru All Right. 



The bees have coaie thru so far all right, 

 but it looks blue for them this morning — 

 April 3— with the ground all covered with 

 snow. I hope this will be a favorable sea- 

 son for them. They are all (some 80 colo- 

 nies) in the home yard in town. 1 am not 

 able to go to the country to have an apiary, 

 as [ will be 72 years old May 12. I never 

 employ any help, but do all the necessary 

 work myself. Success to the Bee Journal. 

 D. C. McLeod. 



Christian Co., 111., Aprils. 



Organizing in Utali. 



We have formed a bee-keepers' r rganiza- 

 tion here within the last month, known as 

 the Uinta Bee-Keepers' Association, start- 

 ing in with about 2.5 members. We hope to 

 start other associations, and work in har- 

 mony in every respect. We have sent a 

 petition to our congressman in regard to 

 the pure food law. lam pleased with the 

 Bee Journal. 



• I have not lost one colony out of 96. All 

 are doing well, and have plenty of brood 

 and young bees. G. W. Vanguxdt. 



Uinta Co.. Utah, March 12. 



Poop Season Last Year. 



The bees last year did very poorly. I got 

 only about 1.000 pounds of comb honey 

 from 1.50 colonies. So far they have win- 

 tered fairly well. Jno. Schumacheb. 



Platte Co., Mo.. March 17. 



Bees Wintered Nicely. 



My bees wintered nicely on the summer 

 stands. I did not lose any. They gathered 

 considerable honey from the plum and 

 peach bloom, but everything is too dry for 

 any more until it rains. Crops look bad — 

 wheat and oats drying up. Our corn was 

 bitten down by frost March 28. but is com- 

 ing out again. D. F. Marks. 



McLennan Co.. Tex., April 3. 



Backward Spring. 



The spring is very backward. Snow has 

 fallen to the depth of over eight inches the 

 last three days. There is heavy loss of 

 bees thruout this section. 



E T. Flanagan. 



St. Clair Co., Ill,, March 20, 



Over Half the Bees Dead. 



Over ,")0 percent of my bees will be win- 

 ter-killed, and the balance in very bad con- 

 dition, owing to the severe winter. They 

 were on the summer stands. C, Becker. 



Pleasant Plains, 111., March 28, 



Bees Not Wintering Well. 



Bees are not wintering well. Those in 

 the cellar are spotting hives badly. It has 

 been such bad weather that they could not 

 be taken out yet. The ground was covered 

 with snow last night. Geo. L. Ferris. 



Cayuga Co.. N. Y., March 31, 



"Adel" Bees are "Superior." 



Editor York: — Kindly permit me to 

 correct one statement Dr. Miller made 

 when he replied to the question, '■ What are 

 Adel bees ?" If my memory serves me cor- 

 rectly, he made this reply : •• Any strain o't 

 Italian bees can tie called Adel," or some- 

 thing very much like this. 



The bees that I call Adels (properly pro- 

 nounced A'l'l) were bred up in my apiary 

 from the gray Carniolans, which came 



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