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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug 15 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



R. Root 



Editor 



A. I. Root 



Editor Home Department 



H. H. Root 



Ass't Editor 



Department Editors— Da. C. C. Miller, J. A. Gbbbn, Pbob-. A. J. Cook, J. E. Crank. Louis H. Scholl, 



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



CONTENTS OF AUGUST 15, 1907 



HONEY MARKET 1066 



STRAY STRAWS 1067 



Swarms, Time of Issuing 1068 



EDITORIAL 1069 



Fairs. Encouraging 1069 



Stings and Lockjaw 1069 



Swarms, Length of Flight 1070 



Cropforl907 1070 



Honev, Price of 1070 



Cily Council v. Bees 1070 



Goldensfor Hardiness 1071 



Forests, Our National 1071 



Irrigation for Bee-keepers 1071 



Chemistry of Wax 1073 



FANCIES AND FALLACIES 107S 



Sulphur Needed for Moths 1073 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLTTTLE 1074 



GLEANINGS FROM PACIFIC COAST 1076 



Entrance, One 1076 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 1077 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1078 



Things Not to Do 1078 



Bray, Moses M 1081 



Whitewood for Hives 1083 



Selection of Breeding-qu'^en 1084 



Bee-keeper Seven Years Old 108.5 



Hives, Sectional, Hand on 1086 



Honey-flow, The 1088 



Hives, Deep v. Sectional 1089 



TOLD BY THE JAY 1091 



HEADS OF GRAIN 1091 



Clipping, How Done 1091 



Hive-lifter ' 1092 



Shipping Honey 1092 



OUR HOMES 1093 



Tuberculosis 1095 



Bathing 1096 



Secrets. Selling 1096 



Hens, Making them Lay 1096 



Sweet Clover, Yellow 1097 



Chestnuts, Japanese 1098 



Dandelion Cow 1098 



A PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT. 



One of the sights of the United States at present 

 is the mammoth sign of the Oliver Plow Works at 

 South Bend, Indiana. This sign is composed of 

 3200 electric lamps arranged to read "OLIVER 

 PLOW WORKS." The word " plow." however, is 

 represented by a plow 59 feet in length. The whole 

 length of the sign is 25C feet, and it requires an en- 

 gine power of 165 horses to produce the necessary 

 electric current, or as much as is usually required 

 to light a town. Each letter is IS feet high and 14 

 in width; and. being situated on the ridge of a high 

 building, can at night be seen a vast distance by 

 travelers on the great railways that converge to- 

 ward the city of Chicago. 



Perhaps nothing shows the spirit of the age so 

 much as this sign. There is nothing fantastic about 

 it, and it only states a fact which all buyers of plows 

 should know, that the famous Oliver plows are made 

 there. Nothing is said in praise of these plows— 

 they are supposed not to need any prajse, and in 

 any event thev speak for themselves. The pi-opri- 

 etors are satistipd that an intending purchaser of a 

 plow will investigate the merits of the Oliver; and, 

 having satisfied his own mind, will order one, hav- 

 ing regard only to the excellence of the material 

 and workmanship put into these plows. Evidently 

 we are coming to the golden age when every thing 

 will be sold only on superior merits. 



A good many of the illustrations are new. Some of 

 the old ones are from new engravings. 



It will have the latest "kinks" in queen-rearing, 

 increase, manipulation of power-driven extractors, 

 wax-rendering, and the weight of it will be consider- 

 ably increased. The price of the book is $1..50 post- 

 paid. At this price it is one of the cheapest books 

 ever published, considering its size and the amount 

 of labor expended on it. 



We have aimed to produce a work that the practi- 

 cal bee-keeper will want constantly on his desk to 

 refer to in time of need. We should be glad if our 

 old friends would kindly mention the fact that we 

 will have a new book out very soon, to all those who 

 may be intending to make a purchase of a bee-book. 



A NEW ABC. 



The new edition of the A B C of Bee Culture is 

 progressing rapidly, and there is every probability 

 of its making its appearance by the first of Novem- 

 ber, possibly sooner. Lack of help prevents us from 

 getting along faster, much as we should like to. 

 However, it has progressed so far we can book 

 orders for it. To facilitate the work on the new edi- 

 tion we had to suspend progress on our booklets 

 which a number have called for. 



The revised edition is in many respects a new- 

 work, having a large amount of entirely new mat- 

 ter and new illustrations. It will be considerably 

 larger than the last edition, containing as it does so 

 much new matter. For example, it has new articles 

 on honey, sugar, nectar, glucose, bee-law, foul-brood 

 laws, and diseases of bees, which one party (and he 

 knows) says are alone worth the price of the book. 



CARTONS FOR COMB HONEY. 



In casing your fancy comb honey for market you 

 will find it quite an advantage to inclose each section 

 in a carton before placing them in the case. Sections 

 packed in the Dan:^enbaker style of carton may be 

 packed in the regular-sized shipping-cases; but the 

 folding cartons which entirely inclose the section re- 

 quire more room, and, consequently, larger cases to 

 take them in. We are now ready to supply cartons 

 made from a better grade of stock and more artistic 

 printing than the ordinary style listed in our cata- 

 log. Samples and prices furnished to those inter- 

 ested, on application^ 



HONEY PACKAGES AND LABELS. 



We call attention to the honey-packages, both of 

 glass and tin, on other pages of this number; also to 

 the inside front cover page of the July 1st issue for 

 labels. We are offering some new designs in labels. 

 If interested in ordering, send for complete label 

 catalog, of which a new edition has just been com- 

 pleted. If you have choice honey to sell, put it on 

 the market in neat ard attractive form, and it will 

 find readier sale. 



CATALOGS RECEIVED. 



A twenty-page catalog of Sladen bees, queen bees, 

 and appliances has just been received. Mr. F. W. 

 L. Sladen, Ripple Court Apiary, England, makes a 

 specialty of extra golden queens which he has been 

 breeding and improving for many years, this work 

 being established by him nearly twenty years ago. 



