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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug 1 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



E. R. Root 



Editor 



A. I. 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. Crank. Louis H. Scholl, 



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



CONTENTS OF AUGUST !, 1907 



HONEY MARKET 996 



STRAY STRAWS 1007 



Eggs in Shallow Drone-cells 1008 



Death of Stachelhausen 1009 



Foul-brood Inspection for Missouri 1009 



Honey-labels • 1009 



Weather Conditions 1011 



Bee-ranges, Exclusive 1012 



NOTES FROM CANADA 1013 



Combs, Pollen-clogged 1013 



Wings, Clipping 1013 



Bees,Better 1013 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 1014 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 1015 



Woodpeckers 1016 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1016 



Feeding Back Extracted Honey. 1016 



Sections, Extracting 1017 



Germans, Credit due them 1018 



Honey-comb, Bigelow on 1019 



Banater Bees, Benton on 1024 



Sectional Hives, Hand on 1025 



HEADS OF GRAIN 



Balling, Strange Case of 



Nucleus, Keeping Contented 



Flight-hole in Chambers Device 



Churchill's Uncapping-can — 



Golden Italians, Bad Showing 



Concrete Hive-stands 



Entrance Feeder, Boelte's 



Cry of Drones 



Queens, Two in a Hive 



Cans, to Fill 



Comb Honey Withou*- Separators.. . 



Robbers, to Trace 



OUR HOMES 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING. 



Sweet Clover 



Dandelions for Greens 



Maple Syrup in Ohio 



Hens, Secrets abouD 



Parcels Post 



Temperance 



Wright Brothers' Air-ship 



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THE INDUSTRIOUS HEN. 



This is the leading poultry journal of the South 

 published at Knoxville, Tennessee, in the hot-bed of 

 poultrydom. It is a handsome 9x12 magazine of 50 

 to 80 pages, printed in colors, and the best that comes 

 to our table. Its corps of writers are thoroughly 

 trained and practical men and women, and its one 

 dozen on more departments are each presided over 

 by an expert in his line. It publishes more original 

 poultry news, beautifully illustrated, than the ma- 

 jority of poultry journals, besides its many pages of 

 departments, as follows: Turkey, water-fowls, pig- 

 eons. Angora goats, bees, dogs, pet stock, nut cul- 

 ture, veterinary, dairy, hogs, and boys. Any one of 

 these departments is worth the subscription price, 

 50 cents. 



Perhaps you may have overlooked the advertise- 

 ment of the Myers lock-stitch awl on another page, 

 yet it has to do with one of the neatest and cleverest 

 inventions for farm use ever brought before the 

 public. Small as it is, this awl makes a lock stitch 

 just as a modern sewing-machine does. It is in- 

 valuable for repairing shoes, harnpss, carpets, sails, 

 gloves, mittens, saddles, robes, comforts, fur coats, 

 and similar articles. It costs a dollar, but it is easy 

 to see how it can very easily save a dollar in mak- 

 ing repairs, to say nothing of the saving of time and 

 trouble in carrying a thing to town to have it mend- 

 ed. It should captivate every farmer in the land. 

 The C. A. Mvers Co. are anxious to secure agents of 

 the sale of the lock-stitch awl in all localities east 

 of the Mississippi. Their address is 6537 Woodlawn 

 Av., Chicago, 111. Write them, mentioning Glean- 

 ings. 



We desire to call attention again to the advertise- 

 ment of the Ohio Cooker Co., of Toledo, O., who are 

 making a bid to secure the services of competent 

 persons to push their steam cookers in all localities 

 not now covered by their agents. They claim to 

 have a good thing for all housekeepers who desire 

 to lessen the labor and drudgery of the kitchen, more 

 particularly during the trying months of summer, 

 when to go near a stove is quite uncomfortable. It 

 is also claimed these utensils require much less at- 

 tention, as there is no danger of burning the food 

 while other duties are being attended to. 



We think there is no question that the modern 

 steam cooker is a very valuable adjunct of a home 



kitchen, and a very large number have been sold, 

 and the demand is constantly increasing, both in 

 this and other lands. Possibly the reader has test- 

 ed one at home, and is, therefore, in position to 

 speak with authority on the matter. Any one who 

 has actually tried one ought to make a good sales 

 agent to others, and we believe the company will 

 make such a one a liberal offer. The better way in 

 any case would be to write to the company, asking 

 for terms before the territory is taken up. Please 

 mention Gleanings in replying to all advertise- 

 ments. 



NOT giving a square DEAL. 



Sometimes we receive complaints like the follow- 

 ing: " You claim that all the advertisements in your 



journal are responsible. Now, I sent to the 



queen-breeder for two untested queens, and he sent 

 me two queens, and one died before it got out of the 

 cage, and the other was not much better than a 

 yellow-jacket, and that did live long enough to lay 

 a few eggs and then died. I wrote him about it, and 

 then he sent me a black queen, and that has one 

 wing cut off, so that must be an old queen. I did 

 not take notice of the other two, if they had their 

 wings cut off or not, but surely they were old queens. 

 So he has my money and I have nothing for it. Now 

 do you think that an honest man': I think such a 

 man should be crossed off the list." 



In this case we know the breeder very well, and 

 the kind of stock he puts out, and entertain a high 

 opinion of both. It is clear the queens were sent, 

 and both arrived alive; but on complaint he sent 

 another. This we think shows an earnest desire t ■) 

 give a square deal, as he was not obliged to replace 

 a queen which arrived alive. As to the color, opin- 

 ions differ, but a great many want bright-yellow 

 queens. In this case the breeder thought he would 

 satisfy his customers better by sending leather-col- 

 ored stock, as the buyer wanted them for honey 

 production. All the way through the breeder did 

 his best, even going to the trouble of clipping the 

 queen's wings gratis, and yet his customer was un- 

 satisfied. It seems clear to us there is no ground 

 for our interference with this deal, but it is evident 

 one correspondent does not understand the meaning 

 of our guarantee. We do not hold ourselves respon- 

 sible for these little differences of opinion. II we did 

 our troubles would never end. 



