1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



875 



little time on them while they are being 

 built." 



"But are you not troubled by the queen 

 going up into the sections and laying there, 

 when you work as you have been telling? " 



" I used to be before the advent of thin 

 foundation for sections, for then we had to 

 rely on comb built in the sections by the 

 bees, which was of the drone size of cells 

 more often than otherwise; and if the bees 

 wanted to rear drones for any reason, the 

 queen would go up into the sections and lay 

 in the drone comb there. But if each sec- 

 tion is filled with ihin worker foundation, 

 as it should be, there is no incentive for the 

 queen to go into the sections from anj' drone 

 comb in them. But if you have fears of the 

 queen f^oing above, a queen-excluding hon- 

 ey-board will prevent her doing so entire- 

 ly." 



" T see the matter much differently than 

 when I came, and shall try to profit from 

 what I have learned. Good day." 



Mark sure that your colonies have plenty 

 of winter stores for their long winter's 

 sleep. 



WHKN SHALL WE PUT THE BEES IN CEL- 

 LAR? 



Every thing will depend on the locality 

 anr! the winter — at least the fore part of it; 

 in Northern Ohio, somewhere about the last 

 of November; but if the weather is warm, 

 don't put the bees in till it turns quite cold 

 with the probability that it it will stay so. 



CONTRACTING ENTRANCES. 



In a few weeks now it will be well 

 to contract the entrances of all outdoor- 

 win ered colonies to not larger than ^X8 

 inches. If the colony is of only medium 

 strength, the entrance should be smaller 

 still— sayj's X4. /wo'oor-wintercd colonies, 

 on the other hand, should have all the en- 

 trance that can be given them; and some 

 go even so far as to leave the hives off the 

 hive-bottoms entirely, leaving the whole bot- 

 tom open, resting on blocks two inches high. 



NOT A CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELPXTION. 



As my term of director of the National 

 Bee-keepers' Association expires with the 

 present year, I desire to announce that I 

 will not be a candidate for re-election. This 

 action is not based on any dissatisfaction 

 on my part with the Association or with its 

 management, but because my regular du- 

 ties, which are growing heavier, require 



me to give up some of my outside work. 

 There is excellent timber in the Associa- 

 tion; it is in a flourishing condition, and f 

 can consistently refuse to run, because there 

 are other men more capable and more effi- 

 cient to take m\' place. Such an announce- 

 ment as this would not be necessary save 

 for the fact that it has been the almost uni- 

 versal rule of the membership to re-elect the 

 old directors. To forestall such possible- 

 action in my case, I deem it but proper tc 

 make this statement now. — E. R. RooT< 



KEEPING HONEY LIQUID INDEFINITELY UN- 

 DER ALL CONDITIONS. 



In our issue for Sept. 15, when I spoke of 

 the Boardman honey that had kept liquid 

 outdoors on the window-shelf clear through 

 the winter, notwithstanding we had quite a 

 number of zero days, I had forgotten the 

 fact that that honey was already a year 

 old when I received it. We will let Mr. B. 

 speak for himself: 



Mr. Root: — You mention on page 793 my sample of 

 honey that would not giain ; but you overlooked the 

 important fact that it had been put up one year when 

 I sent it to jou, which gives it a test of two seasons. 

 I am very confident — yes, sure — that 1 can do what I 

 claim — put up honey that will remain liquid indefi- 

 niteU'— not almost, but quite, and in any temperature. 



East Towntend, O., Sept. 25. H. R. Boardman. 



If Mr. Boardman can keep his honey liq- 

 uid indefinitely under all conditions he is 

 to be congratulated. 



THE AMERICAN LUMBERMAN ON THE SUP- 

 PLY OF BASSWOOD. 



The following item from the American 

 Lunibennayi of Aug. 29, 1903, probably the 

 best authority on the subject of lumber in 

 the United States, will explain itself: 



The supply of basswood is short, and inquiry is con- 

 sequently urgent. It looks as if consumers will have 

 to turn to some other variety of lumber to offset the 

 demand for basswood. 



Ten years hence, I suppose all supply 

 manufacturers will be looking for some 

 other material for making sections; and it 

 is possible we shall be making the four- 

 piece, unless some of the Cottonwood s that 

 grow so rapidly in the West can be used as 

 a substitute. Basswood is a rapid grower; 

 but the small trees over the country are not 

 beginning to keep pace in growth with the 

 demand for this valuable timber. 



A FOUL-BROOD BILL FOR OHIO. 



I SHOULD be glad to hear from any of the 

 bee-keepers of Ohio who will be willing to 

 turn in and give a lifting hand in helping 

 to get through our legislature this winter a 

 foul- brood law. The old Ohio State Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be resurrected, 

 and will probably hold a joint meeting with 

 the Hamilton Co. Bee-keepers' Association 

 (the most flourishing organization of its 

 kind in Ohio), to consider at once the draft- 

 ing of a bill to be presented at the next 

 general assembly. It is high time we were 

 up and doing. The bee-keepers of Hamil- 

 ton County are deeply in earnest, and they 

 should be given loyal and helpful support 



