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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 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. Green, Prof. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crane, Louis H. Scholl, 



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



CONTENTS OF JULY 1, 1907 



HONEY MARKET 876 



STRAY STRAWS 887 



EDITORIAL 888 



Dzierzon and Movable Frames 888 



Food Legislation in tfie South 888 



Nails in Nail-spaced Frames 888 



Yellow Bees, Hardy 888 



Molasses as a Food 889 



Sugars. Dangers of 889 



Inspectors in Canada 889 



Food Show in Boston 890 



Commission Men and Bonds 890 



Alfalfa Cured when Green 890 



Locations for Bee-keepers 890 



Territories. New, for Bee-keepers 891 



Hive Lumber 891 



Syrup and Molasses from the Tropics 891 



Alsike, Introduction of 892 



FANCIES AND FALLACIES 893 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 894 



Supersedure Queens 894 



GLEANINGS FROM FOREIGN FIELDS 895 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 896 



Increase, v. Buying 896 



Hives. Sectional 897 



McNeill's Apiary 900 



Spraying Blossoms 900 



Bees in a City 902 



Clover Not Secreting Nectar 903 



Sheep in the Apiary 904 



Combs. Saving 906 



Foul Brood in the Tropics 907 



Uncapping-combs ; 909 



HEADS OF GRAIN 91 1 



Soda for Stings 911 



Ventilated Bottom-boards 912 



Fastening Foundation in Hot Weather 912 



Clipping, How to do it 912 



Bees Carrying Candied Honey 912 



Hive-carrier as Comb-carrier 912 



Uncapping-knives with Scalloped Edges 912 



OUR HOMES 913 



HEALTH NOTES 915 



Cold Feet 913 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 916 



Sprouted Oats 916 



TEMPERANCE 917 



Stainless Flag 917 



Temperance in Uncivilized Countries 917 



Whisky for Consumptives 918 



THE JOS. HORNE CO. 



We know the lady readers of Gleanings will be 

 delighted to know that the Joseph Home Co., of 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., has announced elsewhere in these 

 columns its annual summer clearance sale. This 

 supplies the economically minded house-keeper with 

 an opportunity to supply her household wants at 

 the lowest prices obtainable for new goods. 



This firm is desirous that its out-of-town custom- 

 ers should make their annual visit now to this great 

 establishment, and they think monev can be saved 

 by so doing; and the twin cities of Pittsburgh and 

 Allegheny are well worthy of a visit to persons who 

 have never been there before. In this way custom- 

 ers may keep in touch with a great firm of suppliers 

 of nearly every thing required for the household. 



HATS FOR BBB-KBBPBRS. 



At this season of the year bee-keepers are on the 

 outlook for a soft easy-fitting hat to which they 

 wish to attach a bee-veil for use on all occasions. 

 Nothing comes nearer to filling the bill than a Mex- 

 ican palm-leaf hat, such as is offered regularly in 

 our columns by the Francis E. Lester Co., of Mesilla 

 Park New Mexico. For summer wear, these hats 

 are almost ideal, as they are easy on the head, and 

 protect the neck and face from the sun. These 

 hats are made by the native inhabitants of our 

 Southwest, where the sun beats down as fiercely as 

 it does anywhere on earth; hence their long expe- 

 rience has evolved something which exactly suits 

 the demands of a tropical summer. The Francis E 

 Lester Co. make a specialty of native work of all 

 kinds— Indian carpets, pottery, drawn work, blank- 

 ets etc It is needless to say these things are in- 

 teresting and instructive to all who take an interest 

 in our native American races. These Indians have 

 an ideal of beauty which is quite artistic, and, need- 

 less to say, they use no shoddy materials in any 

 thing they make. The latter point is worth con- 

 sidering. 



MICROSCOPES FOR BBB-KEBPBRS. 



Many bee-keepers would Jike to know more about 

 the honey-bee and its anatomical make-up, but have 

 been deterred by the high price of a microscope suit- 

 able for such work. At present most bee-keepers 

 take on faith what the text-books say about bees, 

 and are quite unable to prove any thing for them- 

 selves. This deficiency has been met by Dr. Lyon, 

 of Rye, N. Y., who is hifhself a bee-keeper, by his 

 portable microscope, expressly constructed for bee- 

 keepers' use. This is not a toy but a full size mi- 

 croscope, such as is used by physicians and scien- 

 tists, and has standard size objectives. This enables 

 one to become closely acquainted with the beauti- 

 ful pollen grains of flowers, etc. For a person who 

 has had no experience with modern microscopes, 

 this is just the thing, for a compound microscope 

 costing a lot of money requires a great deal of skill 

 to manipulate, and really requires the services of an 

 expert instructor. Dr. Lyon claims his microscope 

 is vastly simpler to use, and powerful enough for all 

 practical purposes, to a bee-keeper. It may be 

 noted that the instrument is guaranteed on the 20th- 

 century plan, so that a dissatisfied purchaser may 

 have his money back. See ad. on page 885. 



BOOTS AND HERBS. 



Many of our readers are so situated that they Can 

 readily secure medicinal roots and herbs. For them 

 there will be considerable interest in the advertise- 

 ment of J. L. Hopkins & Co., 100 William St., New 

 York. This firm has a factory for the grinding and 

 preparation of roots and herbs into medicine, and 

 therefore our readers who have done business in 

 this line will have the privilege in future of dealing 

 direct with the manufacturer. If you do not have any 

 thing on hand to offer them, write any way, enclos- 

 ing 5 cents, and acquaint yourself with their require- 

 ments. Probably something grows in your locality, 

 from which money can be made We ask particu- 

 larly that our southern and tropical readers take 

 particular notice of this advertisement, as there is 

 an almost endless list of medicinal plants. 



