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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



E. R. Root 



Editor 



A. I. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Department Editors— Db. C. C. Milleb, J. A. Green, Pbof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Cbane, Louis H. Scholl, 



G. M. DOOLITTLE, R. P. HOLTKBMANN, "STENOG." 



CONTENTS OF FEBRUARY I, 1907 



MARKETS 140 



STRAY STRAWS 155 



EDITORIAL 157 



Hives for Ants 157 



Editorial We 157 



Forestry and Bee-keeping 158 



Harrisburg Convention 158 



Foul-brood Legislation 159 



Opposition to Food Law 160 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 161 



Lampblack in Cappings 161 



Hive-lifting Devices 161 



Feathers for Bee-brushes 161 



Leasing Bee Territory 162 



NOTES FROM CANADA 163 



Co-operative Experiments 163 



Apicultural Experiments 163 



Parthenogenesis in Plants 163 



Shade for Bees 163 



Irascibility of Bees 163 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 164 



GLEANINGS FROM PACIFIC COAST 165 



Schultz Method of Sheeting Wax 165 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 166 



Foul Brood 166 



System in the Apiary 168 



Feeder, Babcock's 169 



Honey, Labeling 170 



Department of Agriculture and Bees 171 



Leslie Martin 175 



Cuban Bee-keeping 175 



Bee-keeping in Kansas 177 



Tabler's Apiary 177 



Dzierzon, Dr 178 



Chambers' Non-swarming Device 178 



Hive Question 179 



Hives, Sectional 180 



Melting Honey on Stove 182 



Chunk Honey 183 



Geneva Convention 184 



Massachusetts Convention 184 



HEADS OF GRAIN 184 



Government Bulletins 185 



Feeding Bees 185 



Queen-cells, Why Raised 185 



Separators of Wire Cloth 185 



Farmers' Institutes 185 



Bee-keeping in Alaska 186 



Veil and Shirt Combined 186 



Building up Weak Colonies 186 



Caucasians from Jamaica 186 



Foundation, To Fasten 186 



OUR HOMES 187 



NOTES OF TRAVEL 189 



Catalogs Received- 

 One of the excellent catalogs received is that of 

 L. L. Olds Seed Co. They make a specialty of seed 

 corn, oats, and potatoes. Their catalog is worth 

 sending for. Their address is found in their ad. 

 appearing Jan. 1. 



" Plants that Grow " is the title of a 44-page book 

 sent out by our friend W. N. Scarff, New Carlisle, O. 

 We notice particularly his $5.00 Model Fruit Gar- 

 den, containing 27 different varieties of fruit. It's 

 worth your while to look at the list. Write him at 

 above address. 



The 4th annual catalog of the "Old Trusty" in- 

 cubators and brooders is before us. It contains 120 

 large pages, full of information about these ma- 

 chines in particular and poultry in general. When 

 you send for it be sure to mention Gleanings, and 

 address M. M. Johnson, Clay Center, Neb. 



"new IDEA FOR FARMEBS' WIVES." 



A woman on the farm is always looking for ways 

 and means to make every penny count. She appre- 

 ciates that a "penny saved is a penny earned," 

 and we are glad in this issue that we can direct her 

 to some money-saving plans that are new, and 

 worthy of her consideration. We might tell you 

 of all Crofts & Reed's plans, but you had better 

 turn to the advertisement and then send for the 

 book, which explains them clearly. When you 

 write, be sure to mention Gleanings. 



IT WORKS like a HEN. 



Since man first tried to equal nature by hatching 

 eggs and raising chicks artificially, the constant ef- 

 fort of incubator men has been to produce a ma- 

 chine that would most nearly re^iroduce the method 

 of old mother hen. Cycle Hatcher Co.'s "metal 

 mother" is claimed to have nearest reached this 

 ideal. By addressing the Cycle Hatcher Co., Elmi- 

 ra, N. Y., and mentioning this paper, any of our 

 readers can secure a copy of their handsome illus- 

 trated 1907 catalog, which gives full particulars 

 about this new machine. 



A GREAT SEED CATALOG. 



The finest seed catalog that has reached our table 

 in many years is that just issued by that old well- 

 known and reliable seed-house, The Ratekin Seed- 

 house, of Shenandoah, Iowa. This new seed-book 

 was all re-written during the past season, right in 

 the fields and plots where all their seeds are grown 

 and tested, and is practical and to the point in every 

 sense of the word, and is chuck full of such infor- 

 mation as the farmer, gardener, and truck-grower 

 want to know. A postal card addressed to Ratekin's 

 Seed-house, Shenandoah, la., will bring a copy. See 

 their advertisement on another page of this paper. 



"how to make MONEY IN POULTRY AND INCUBA- 

 TORS." 



We have just received the complete catalog of 

 the Cyphers Incubator Co., Buffalo, N. Y., entitled 

 " How to Make Money in Poultry and Incubators." 

 In the space at our disposal it is quite impossible 

 to do justice to this magnificent catalog of 260 pages. 

 We know from the inquiries received in this office 

 that an unusual number of our readers are interest- 

 ed in poultry, and while we often have occasion to 

 recommend some catalog which may be had for the 

 asking, it is seldom that we find one which appears 

 so complete, interesting, and valuable as this one. 

 We feel that the Cyphers Co. are very generous 

 when they offer to send it without charge, and inas- 

 much as they agree to do this we hope many of our 

 readers will send for it and be profited thereby. 

 The index of items mentioned in the catalog alone 

 contains nearly 175 items, and nearly every thing 

 wanted in poultry-keeping is found within its pages. 



Books Received. 



Squabs fob Profit. A practical treatise on the 

 raising of squabs from the egg to market. Being 

 a handbook for the beginner and a guide for the 

 experienced breeder. By William E. Rice and Wil- 

 liam E. Cox. Profusely illustrated: 125 pages; 5x7 

 inches. Cloth. Price 50 cents. Orange Judd Com- 

 pany, New York. 



