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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



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. Miller, J. A. Green, Prof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane, Louls H. Scholl, 



G. M. DOOLITTLE, R. F. HOLTERMANN, "STENOG." 



CONTENTS OF MAY 15, 1907 



MARKET REPORTS 672 



STRAY STRAWS 685 



EDITORIAL 686 



California Reports 687 



Bigelow and Agassiz Association 687 



Grading- Rules 687 



Reports Called for 687 



Spring, A Backward 688 



Golden Italians and Spring Dwindling 689 



Caucasians and Banats ■ 689 



Jamestown Exposition 689 



Bee, Million-dollar 689 



Irrigation in the West 690 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 691 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 692 



Boultry v. Bees 693 



Swarming, to Prevent 693 



Queen-rearing 694 



Wax-rendering 695 



Weak Colonies, Alexander Plan 698, 715 



Aikin's Wax-separator 698 



Gasoline-engines in the Apiary 699 



Lockhart, F. A 703 



Veils, Miller on 705 



Bees in a Monastery 706 



Muscle Tissue 706 



Corn Regions of Ohio 707 



Sectional Hives 712 



Toads in Apiary. 713 



TOLD BY THE JAY 713 



Comb-honey Canard, To Kill 714 



Nucleus Absconds 714 



Swarm-catcher, Bacon's 715 



Paint for Hives 7 15 



Increase Discussed 715 



Feeding to Stop Robbing 715 



OUR HOMES 716 



Convention Notices 732 



SUBURBAN LIFE. 



This is one of the best magazines among the many 

 which come to Gleanings' desk. It does not pro- 

 fess to be a great authority on practical agriculture 

 but aims to instil a love of gardening in people who 

 live in the suburbs of towns and cities. It does not 

 print wonderful tales of what an amateur farmer 

 can do; in fact, it eschews the financial side of the 

 question, preferring to point out the happiness and 

 pleasures to be derived by folks who live near the 

 city yet manage to have a garden, a few chickens, a 

 horse, a cow, and, above all, a home. 



Every issue is handsomely illustrated from actual 

 photographs, evidently to give its readers ideas of 

 what a home ought to be; and in doing so it serves a 

 very useful purpose in inducing persons of moder- 

 ate means to leave city life with all its depraving 

 allurements and join the noble army of home-build- 

 ers. It may be seen at a glance that it succeeds in 

 its mission. As there are a good many devotees of 

 apiculture among its readers. Suburban Life has a 

 bee department edited by Dr. E. F. Phillips, of 

 Washington, supported by E. W. Alexander and 

 others, which will assure the readers of this journal 

 that it means to publish only what is trustworthy 

 and accurate, at least so far as bee-keeping goes, 

 and we have no doubt the articles on other matters 

 of interest are equally reliable, hence we do not hes- 

 itate to recommend it to our readers. 



The season is now at hand when spraying fruit- 

 trees for fungi and insect pests is the order of the 

 day. There are no better spray-pump makers than 

 the firms who regularly advertise in Gleanings, 

 among whom is the well-known Deming Co., of Sa- 

 lem, Ohio. They were among the first to engage in 

 the manufacture of apparatus for the spraying of 

 trees, and have grown with the industry, doing a 

 large business in the United States and foreign 

 countries as well. Success in fighting insects de- 

 pends on the efficiency of the equipment, as well as 

 on the mixtures employed, and a good deal of money 

 and time is often wasted in using poor spraying- 

 tools often sold by firms who have not made a spe- 

 cial study of this one business. Write the Deming 

 Co. for their catalog. This alone will keep you up 

 to date with all the latest improvements and ideas 

 in spraying. 



We wish to call attention to the advertisement of 

 Howard C. Mills, Camillus, N. Y.. wherein he calls 

 attention to a pasteboard box for the protection of 

 granulated honey. Those who intend to try the 

 sale of this kind of honey the coming season should 

 investigate the merits of this package. Mr. Mills 

 thinks the dealers will more readily stock solid 

 honey, if it is in an extra good package, and his 

 idea is worthy of careful consideration by those in- 

 terested. He offers to mail a sample box for ten 

 cents. 



A KALAMAZOO DIRECT TO YOU. 



We note that Mr. Thompson, the founder of the 

 Kalamazoo Stove Company, has been triumphantly 

 elected to another term as Mayor of the city of 

 Kalamazoo, chiefly because he has been very suc- 

 cessful in giving his city a very efficient and busi- 

 ness-like administration, and also a measure of con- 

 fidence antl respect for the man who has made 

 Kalamazoo famous for its fine stoves and kitchen 

 ranges. 



One of the features of this concern is its offer to 

 pay the freight on all shipments, and it is one of the 

 few stove firms that prefer to deal direct with the 

 public without the aid of a middleman. 



They possess a magnificent stove-plant employing 

 many hundreds of men, so that no one need feel the 

 least hesitation in doing business with them. 

 Doubtless they will do all they agree to do. 



If you are in want of a stove or range it would be 

 well to secure their catalog for careful perusal. 



If you are thinking of purchasing a spraying-outfit 

 for the coming campaign on the insect pests which 

 so materially injure the fruit crops, you can not do 

 better than write for the catalog of F. E. Myers & 

 Bros., of Ashland, very extensive manufacturers of 

 pumps for this kind of work. They are also makers 

 of hay-tools and door-hangers. 



The F. E. Myers & Bros, are so well known in 

 this connection that nothing we can say is likely to 

 add to their well-established reputation for fair 

 dealing and conscientious treatment of their patrons. 



We would ask of our readers, as a special favor, 

 that they always mention Gleanings in Beb Cul- 

 ture when writing to advertisers. You can not do 

 us a greater favor than this. 



