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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



E. R. Root 



Editor 



A. 1. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Department Editors— De. C. C. Millbb., J. A. Green, PBoy. A. J. Cook, J. E. Cbanb, Louis H. Scholl, 

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



CONTENTS OF JUNE 1, 1907 



MARKET REPORTS 740 



STRAY STRAWS 753 



Entrances, Several 755, 756 



EDITORIAL 7.56 



Phillips' Appointment 756 



Wiley, Dr., in the Cabinet 756 



Canals 756 



Forest Reserves 757 



Weather Conditions 757 



Maple-sugar Industry 757 



Syrup and Honey Trade 7.58 



Misbranding 758 



Honey-drips 758 



GLEANINGS PROM PACIFIC COAST 759 



Floods in California 7.59 



Honey from Orange 7.59 



FANCIES AND FALLACIES 760 



Doolittle System 760 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 761 



Feeding Back 761 



NOTES FROM CANADA 763 



Heddon Hive 763 



Overstocking 764 



GENERAL CORRES PONDENCE 764 



Queens, Two in a Hive 764, 772—774 



Entrances, Small 764 



Profits in Bee-keeping 764 



Hives, Sectional 765 



Bees of North Africa 768 



Comb Honey 768 



Carbon Bisulphide for Moths 769 



Candy for Feeding 770 



Extracting-combs 771 



Squirrel Embalmed by Bees 772 



Foul Brood Illustrated 774 



Hoffman, Julius 775 



Comb and Extracted from same Super 776 



Wax-rendering 778 



Wax, Discolored 780 



Labor Song 781 



HEADS OF GRAIN 782 



Carniolans 782 



Feeders Discussed 782 



Alexander Plan Approved '. 782 



Poison of Stings 782 



Sweet Clover 783 



Robber-flies 783 



Sections, Unfinished 783 



OUR HOMES 784 



Gamblers 788 



THE JOYS of wheeling. 



A beautifully illustrated catalog of bicycles that 

 has just reached our desk fills us with a longing for 

 a spin in the sunshine and open air along some 

 pleasant country road. This attractive and com- 

 plete catalog of wheels describes many new im- 

 provements, such as the new improved coaster- 

 brake, puncture-proof tires, and high-grade bicycles 

 at surprisingly moderate prices, ranging from $12.00 

 to $25.00. It also contains general information and 

 statistics that should prove interesting to every 

 bicycle rider. Our readers can obtain this interest- 

 ing catalog free by writing to the Mead Cycle Com- 

 pany, Chicago. 



dress in a letter or on a postal to the General Man- 

 ager of the 1900 Washer Co., Mr. R. F. Bieber, 392 

 Henry Street, Binghamton, N. Y. 



HAVE YOUK WASHING DONE FREE; BIG MANUFAC- 

 TURER OFFERS TO LET HIS WASHER DO FOUR 

 BIG WASHINGS FREE FOR YOU. 



What next? One of our advertisers. Mr. R. F. 

 Bieber, General Manager of the famous 1900 Washer 

 Co., of Binghamton, New York, is so enthusias- 

 tic over the work done by his wonderful Gravity 

 washer that he makes a wide-open, unlimited offer 

 to let the machine do all the family washing for a 

 month on free trial. 



Everybody who has tried his washer has been de- 

 lighted with the work it does. 



He not only takes all the risk of the full month's 

 free trial, but even pays the freight. You do not 

 need to send him any money in advance, nor sign 

 anv bonds, nor make any deposits 



The hard part of the washing is all done by the 

 machine itself. 



Washes a big tubful of dirty clothes spotlessly 

 clean in six minutes! It washes fine lace curtains 

 without tearing them. Yes, and it will even wash 

 carpets! 



Any resiDonsible person wishing to let the Gravity 

 washer do a month's washings as a free test can get 

 a machine on free trial, without being obligated to 

 ke^p it unless perfectly satisfied. 



Mr. Bieber will let you pay by the week or month 

 out of what the washer saves. You can get full par- 

 ticulars of this liberal free-trial offer and " pay as it 

 saves for y u '' plan by sending your name and ad- 



ORGANIZED ANARCHY AMONG BEES. 



American Home and Gardens for June contains a 

 brilliant arlicle by Prof Gaston Bonnier, of the 

 University of Paris, read before the French Associ- 

 ation f^r the Advancement of Science, with the 

 above title. There has been a good deal said about 

 this article in nearly all the bee-papers— more par- 

 ticularly to the discovery of chercheuses, or seekers 

 who look out work for the other bees to do. Prof. 

 Bonnier is one of the brightest minds in all beedom, 

 being the author of several works relating to bees 

 or bee-keeping, so that any thing he has to say is 

 surely worth reading. 



It is certainly very flattering to bee-keepers gen- 

 erally that so prominent a mngazine should devote 

 six large pages, amply illustrated, to the subject of 

 bee-keeping. This has the effect of bringing the 

 subject of honey prominently before a wealthy class 

 of readers who are discriminating buyers, and who 

 do considerable good to bee-keeping generally by 

 their patronage and encouragement. Many readers 

 of American Hcnneft and Gardens keep bees as a 

 hobby: and should you belong in their class you can 

 not do better than join with them and subscribe to it. 



I have been writing to queen-raisers all over the 

 country, and can not get any queens. Now, would 

 it not save us buyers a lot of trouble if queen-breed- 

 ers would say "Queens noir ready," and have them, 

 instead of "I am sorry to say, etc." ? 



Dr. Imus, Zeeland, Mich. 



We pass the hint to our advertisers who have 

 queens to furnish. We would explain further to 

 Dr. I. that the weather has been exceedingly un- 

 favorable all the spring, not only in the North but 

 in southern localities as well. We know, however, 

 that some breeders have queens to furnish with lit- 

 tle delay. We suggest that they make definite 

 statements in our next issue on this point. 



