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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



E. R. Root 



Editor 



A. 1. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Department Editors— Db. C. C. Millbb., J. A. Gbben, Prof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane, Louis H. Scholl, 



Q. M. DOOLITTLE, R. F. HOLTBBMANN, " STENOG." 



CONTENTS OF MARCH 15,1907 



MARKET REPORTS 368 



STRAY STRAWS 383 



Commission Men 384 



Perforations in Zinc 384 



EDITORIAL 385 



Pure-food Question 385 



Death of A. Baumer 386 



Fans, Electric 386 



Connecticut Foul-brood Law 387 



Indiana Foul-brood Bill 387 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 388 



Moving Bees 388 



Automobiles for Bee-men 388 



Paint for Hives 388 



Experiments in Feeding 389 



PICKINGS 389 



Honey In England 389 



Effect of Bees on Plants 390 



TOLD BY THE .JAY 390 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 392 



Buckwheat for Honey 393 



Development of Bee Culture 395 



Good Candy 396 



Wax-production 397 



Hive, Aspin wall 398 



Bee-keeping in Texas 401 



Feeding Syrup in Zero Weather 403 



School-teaching and Bees 404 



Honey-packages 404 



Relation of Entrance to Cluster 407 



Disturbing Bees in Cellars 407 



Wintering with Closed Entrances 408 



Weak Colonies in Spring 407. 



Wet Bee-cellars 410 



Symposium on Alexander Plan 410 



Parker Fastener Imuroved 412 



Bee, New Requirements of 413 



Swarming Question 414 



FANCIES AnD FALLACIES 415 



HEADS OF GRAIN 416 



Frame, New Self-spacing 416 



Honey from Alfalfa 417 



Queen-excluders ,.417 



Cement Foundations 417, 419 



Milkstool Seat 418 



Queen Stings Worker 418 



Sumac and Green Honey 418 



Rats and Strychnine 418 



Cooked Pollen Food 418 



Fly-paper for Roaches 419 



Chick Peas 419 



Bees and Red Pepper 420 



Sugars of Commerce 420 



OUR HOMES 421 



Catalogs Received- 

 Fourth annual circular and price list of bee-keep- 

 ers' supplies, Arthur Rattray, Almont, Mich. 



Four-page list of Ideal W. P. Rocks (Fishel strain) 

 from Dr. C. L. Van Osdol, Dillsboro, Ind. 



Since our last issue we have received the catalogs 

 of two well-known houses, W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co., 

 Jamestown, N. Y., and the G. B. Lewis Co., Waier- 

 town. Wis. 



We call attention to the incubator book offered 

 free by the Racine Hatcher Co., box 114, Racine, 

 Wis We have a copy before us as we write, and 

 urge every poultry-man to get a copy and read it— 

 48 pages. 



A 52-page catalog, well illustrated, many of the 

 cuts in color, from the Electric Wheel Co., Box 95, 

 Quincy, 111., is before us. It is rich in descriptions 

 of wagons and parts suitable for all kinds of farm- 

 work. Write for one of these catalogs. 



MODEL POULTRY FARM. 



If interested in descriptions of different breeds of 

 poultry, and views and descriptions of a model poul- 

 try-farm, send 10 cts. to B. H. Greider, Rheems, Pa., 

 mentioning Gleanings. 



The attention of our readers who are fond of fine 

 teas and coffees is directed to the advertisement of 

 the Rio Vista Trading Trading Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 

 See the classified columns, pages 434-436. This com- 

 pany solicits especially club orders direct from con- 

 sumers. It is worth your while to get their circu- 

 lars. We ourselves have tried a large variety of 

 both tea and coffee from them, and find them very 

 nice and of most excellent flavor. 



Among catalogs received is one from Gordon, Van 

 Tine Co., 101 Case St., Davenpcrt. Iowa, containing 

 illustrations and prices of a vi ry complete line of 

 doors, windows, columns, moldings, millwork, and 

 general house-finishing material. The prices are 



reasonable, and we believe those planning to build 

 will do well to correspond with this house, which 

 makes a specialty of selling direct by correspondence 

 instead of through the trade. They are responsible, 

 and, we believe, reliable. 



We have received from the Empire Manufactur- 

 ing Co., of Quincy, 111., a book. "The Farmer's 

 Handy Wagon," giving 

 pointers of greatest value 

 to any one who uses a farm 

 wagon. They will be glad 

 to send you a copy if you 

 will write them to-day. Ad- 

 dress Empire Manufacturing Co., Box 91-V, Quincy, 

 111. It will be worth your while. 



There is no end of information about newspapers 

 in the American Newspaper Annual (published by 

 N. W. Ayer & Son, Philadelphia, $5.00 net), the 1907 

 edition of which is just out. Catalogued in simple 

 tabulated form are the facts one needs in dealing 

 with newspapers, with particular attention to circu- 

 lations, which are all given in plain figures. 



There are supplementary lists of daily newspapers, 

 magazines, and class publications. A colored map 

 of each State is bound in the book. It also contains 

 for the first time the Advertisers' Telegraph Code, 

 compiled especially for the use of the publishing in- 

 terests and filling a long-felt want in this direction 



New Advertisements. 



The attention of our readers is directed to the 

 quarter -page announcement of the frame-lifter 

 and hive-opener illustrated on page 380. A good 

 many bee-keepers find use for an implement of this 

 character, and to those who are interested in such 

 a tool a consideration of the merits of the Dow 

 frame-lifter is recommended. 



