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Published by The A. I. Root Company, Kedina, Ohl» 



E. R. Root, Editor A. L. Boyden, Advertising Mg:r. 



H. H. Root, Asst. Ed. J. T. Calvert, Business Mffr. 



A. I. Ro«t, Editor of Home Department 



Vol. XXXV. 



JUNE 15, 1907. 



No. 12. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips' government bulletin 

 on queen-rearing now appears in French, by 

 M. Mont-Jovet. 



A. I. Root seems to be an enthusiastic 

 preacher of the gospel of outdoor air. Keep 

 it up, Bro. Root. 



Italians, says R. Pincot, ApicuUcur, page 

 113, build cells having a mean diameter of 

 5.5 millimeters, while the natives reach only 

 5.2 millimeters. 



The Irish Bee Journal, one of the bright- 

 est in the world, opens its 7th volume in 

 spick-and-span new dress, and its paper and 

 typography are now in keeping with its con- 

 tents. 



That bees automatically follow any one 

 color when foraging is disproved by see- 

 ing a bee on a hyacinth-bed, visiting in suc- 

 cession all the different colors on one trip. — 

 U. Kramer, Schweiz. Bztg.,-p. 148. [Correct 

 you are. — Ed.] 



I PROPHESY that the "Temperance" de- 

 partinent will not be a permanent feature of 

 Gleanings. "'Cause why?" Because at 

 the rate things are now moving it will no be 

 long till saloons are driven out entirely, and 

 then there will be no need of the department. 



I Bees build their cells not exact hexagons, 

 but with the transverse diameter greater than 

 |the two oblique diameters. Following this, 

 jRietsche makes foundation with cells having 



II transverse diameter of 5.6 millimeters 

 [.220472 of an inch, or 4.5357 cells to the inch), 

 and oblique diameters of 5.45 millimeters.— 

 "\piculteur, p. 113. 



L. E. Mercer is a dangerous man to be 

 unning around loose among bee-keepers, 

 letting examples of extravagance. At the 



Los Angeles convention he was sporting an 

 automobile. I forgave him that extravagance 

 because he gave me a spin in it; but there he 

 is again, top of p. 771, at work with his Sun- 

 day clothes on ! For such extravagance there 

 can be no forgiveness. 



Speculative feeding is the name in Ger- 

 many for what we call stimulative feeding, 

 and an appropriate name it is. Lehrer Cre- 

 mer says in D. Bicnen Zticht, "He who spec- 

 ulates, always risks, and often loses." [Stim- 

 ulative feedlrig in the hands of a beginner 

 maybe and probably is at times "specula- 

 tive;" but in the hands of a veteran there 

 need be no risk. — Ed.] 



Observant bee-keepers can hardly fail to 

 have noted that, when brood-rearing is about 

 to cease, eggs and sealed brood will be found, 

 but no unsealed larva?. Devauchelle {A2n- 

 ctilteur, 142) says this is because the temper- 

 ature in the brood-nest sinks below 80°, 

 hence too cold for the eggs to hatch, although 

 the queen continues laying. He has found 

 the same thing to occur in cold spells in the 

 spring. 



A bee, when it travels afoot, always moves 

 three legs at a time; but it isn't a pacer. 

 The front leg and the hind leg on one side 

 move simultaneously with the middle leg on 

 the other side. [It is probable that not one 

 bee-keeper in a thousand would be able to 

 describe the movements of the legs of a bee 

 in walking. Probably now a good many of 

 us will watch the operation and see if the 

 observation here made is correct. — Ed.] 



In Germany a solution of honey in alco- 

 hol and water is generally used as a lubri- 

 cant for foundation-machines. Cheaper and 

 better, says Kramer {Schweiz. Bztg., 156), is 

 this: Grate raw unpeeled potatoes, and pour 

 on them water quite warm. Stir a few min- 

 utes; strain, and you have the vei-y best lu- 

 bricant. Isn't that practically the same as 

 starch, that has been largely used in this 

 country? [Yes, but not quite so good. The 

 trouble with a starchy lubricant is that it is 

 likely to sour and mildew on the foundation 

 after it is packed in boxes. We would ob- 

 ject to alcohol and water, because the for- 



