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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



E. R. Root 



Editor 



A. 1. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



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

 G. M. Doolittle, R. F. Holtkrmaun, "Stenog." 



CONTENTS OF MAY 1, 1907 



MARKET REPORTS 596 



STRAY STRAWS 611 



Hive-carriers 612 



EDITORIAL 612 



Foul-brood Law in Pennsylvania 613 



Foul-brood Law in Minnesota 613 



Pure-food Law in Massachusetts 613 



Planting Trees for Posts 613, 615 



Syrup, Price of 613 



Wrappers for Gleanings 613 



Alfalfa with Yellow Blossoms 613 



Heddon's Invention 614 



Bee Exhibit at Jamestown 614 



Malted Honey 614 



April Weather 614 



Pure-food Law in New Jersey 614 



Vanilline 615 



Honey as a Food 615 



Honey to England 615 



Forest Reserves 616 



Bees and Smelter Fumes 616 



Queens, Plurality in Hive 617, 618 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 618 



Spraying in Bloom 618 



Brood-chambers, Deep or Shallow 619 



NOTES FROM CANADA 619 



Clipping Queens 620, 621 



Basswood Pollen 620 



Extractors 620 



Flowers that Give Light and Heat 620 



Pollen-clogged Combs 620 



GLEANINGS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.. ..621 



Queens Mated in Confinement 621 



Planting for Honey 621 



Queen-excluders 621 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 622 



GLEANINGS FROM FOREIGN FIELDS 623 



Facts about Bees 624 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 624 



Prices on Honey, to Get Better 624 



Bee-keeping in Colorado 625 



Sumac 626 



Gregory Brundage 629 



Canadian Souvenirs 631 



Glass Hive. Double-walled 632 



Wax-rendering 635 



Hatch Wax-press 636 



Fence Separators 638 



Zinc, Queen-excluding 639 



Bees and Orchards 640 



Swarming Controlled 641 



Sweet Clover 642 



Danzenbaker Hive 642 



Alexander Plan with Weak Colonies 643 



Swarming 644 



Moving Bees 644 



HEADS OF GRAIN 645 



Breeding from Pure Races 645 



Comb Attached to Separators 645 



Wiring Hoffman Frames Vertically . . 646 



Salt for Bees 646 



Ants at Hives 646 



Alexander Feeder 647 



Honey, Reason not Bought 647 



Propolis and Borax 647 



Rats, To Kill 647 



OUR HOMES 648 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 649 



Paradise Apple 650 



SPECIAL NOTICES 665 



I do wish you could send Gleanings by mail 

 without rolling it up. Rolling spoils its beautiful 

 appearance so much. Why not send " in flat," like 

 the government bulletins ? It would be much pret- 

 tier, and nicer to read. E. B. Clark, 



April 6, 1907. Waxahachie, Texas. 



Before this time most of our readers will have 

 noticed that we have sent one or two issues in flat 

 wrappers as above suggested. We have had the 

 matter under consideration for some time, and, af- 

 ter a careful trial of several different methods, we 

 decided to make a further trial of this method to all 

 of our subscribers. 



We should like an expression from our readers 

 generally as to the comparative merits of the two 

 methods of wrapping, whether the magazine rolled 

 or wrapped flat reaches destination in the better 

 condition. 



Since the above was written we have received the 

 following from one of our Canadian subscribers: 



Your issue of the 15th inst. to hand in fine condi- 

 tion. I am much pleased that you have adopted 

 mailing in flat. It is now a de luxe, a pleasure either 

 in the hand or on the table. F. J. Miller. 



London, Ontario. 



We frequently read letters from our various ad- 

 vertisers, expressing themselves as greatly pleased 

 with the returns obtained from the advertising they 

 do in Gleanings; but not often does a publisher 

 hear a more favorable opinion of the value of his 

 paper than that which our representative was privi- 

 leged to hear a few days ago. In conversation with 

 a newspaper man who knew nothing of Gleanings 

 personally, he said: "Gleanings must be a great 

 paper, very near to its subscribers." "Why so?" 



, of the- 



our representative inquired. " Mr.- 

 Agency, says that he knows of but few papers that 

 bring so good returns as your paper does. The 

 other day he told me that it really pays better than 

 many papers having a circulation of many times 

 your own." It was our representative's pleasure to 

 hear the same statement from the advertising-agen- 

 cy representative only an hour later, and in both in- 

 stances the information was given voluntarily. 



Our subscribers who appreciate the changes we 

 have made to better Gleanings during the last few 

 years are urged to give our advertisers liberal sup- 

 port, and to mention Gleanings whenever writing 

 them. Furthermore, while we exercise every care 

 to keep our columns free from any objectionable ad- 

 vertising, and to admit none but those who will deal 

 fairly with our subscribers, should it happen that 

 such are admitted, we shall be glad if they are re- 

 ported at once to us, that we may investigate the 

 matter and allow none to remain but those who 

 should be admitted to our columns. 



WHAT A new advertiser SAYS. 



I received the frame-lifter all right, also your let- 

 ter mentioning Mr. Jackson, of Ridgeville, Ohio, as 

 a man likely to buy. I did not take the matter up 

 with him, because I have had orders so much faster 

 than I expected, that I have been unable to keep up 

 with them. Gleanings is certainly a great adver- 

 tising medium. Chas. E. Dow. 



Plymouth, Mass., Apiil 16. 



See Mr. Dow's advertisement on page 380, March 

 15th issue. 



