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DEE CULTUBE 



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E. R. Root, Editor A. L. Boyden, Advertlslns: Mgr. 



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



A. I. Root, Editor of Home Department 



Vol. XXXV. 



OCTOBER 15, 1907. 



No. 20 



F. Greiner, p. 1261, supposes top and bot- 

 tom of a 1| section are 1| wide. Are they 

 not li? But perhaps even that is narrower 

 than necessary. 



J. M. Roth says that, when a queen car- 

 ries her wings tightly closed, it indicates 

 strength. Wings spread out indicate weak- 

 ness.— iyeyj^;. Bzig., 130. 



The Leipz. Bztg., 143, recommends feed- 

 ing above to supply stores, and below for 

 stimulating. [We fail to see that it would 

 make any difference from which point the 

 food was given. — Ed.] 



Golden bees were severely condemned 

 at the great German bee convention as poor 

 workers, and with tongues no longer than 

 other bees. But does any one in this coun- 

 try claim long tongues for the goldens? 



R. A. Burnett talks sense, p. 1272. What- 

 ever harm has been done by fear of adultera- 

 tion, vastly more harm has been done in 

 some places by bee-keepers themselves throw- 

 ing on the market such miserable stuff under 

 the name of honey. 



Lycopodium sprinkled on old combs, as a 

 substitute for pollen in spring, is highly rec- 

 ommended in Europ. Bzcht., page 126. Dr. 

 Pilgrim says it is eagerly sought by the bees 

 when other substitutes are neglected, and its 

 lightness makes it comparatively cheap. 



The simplest and best plan of uniting, 

 says Aug. Kamprath, Bienen Vatcr, 232, is 

 to shake the bees to be united at the entrance, 

 and let them run in. first making sure that 

 they are well filled with honey. [This cer- 

 tainly helps to make the moved bees stay in 

 their new location.— Ed.] 



Switzerland is less than half as big as 

 Ohio, and the Swiss Bee-keepers' Union num- 

 bers 6838 members. If we did things on the 

 sarne scale here, in proportion to population, 

 Ohio would have an association of more than 

 8000. and the JMational would number 164,000. 



The masterpiece of bee culture, accord- 

 ing to Rev. Luger, Deutsche Bzcht., 131, is 

 not wintering nor yet springing, buc queen 

 culture. Every bee-keeper should be able 

 to rear best queens for his own use. [Is it 

 not rather all three? One is about as impor- 

 tant as the other. — Ed.] 



German journals are jubilant, and well 

 they may be, over the organization of one 

 giand association of German-speaking bee- 

 keepers, "Z'e/- Deutsche Imkerbund."' num- 

 bering 100 000 or more (makes our National 

 look like 30 cents). Each member pays i 

 cent into the treasury. [Such organizations 

 are possible in Europe on account of the 

 compactness of the population and the short 

 distances of travel. — Ei>.] 



"I never learned the knack of using the 

 little springs to hold the frames and sections 

 snugly together, " says F. Greiner, page 1262. 

 I wonder if it wouldn't pay you to learn, 

 Bro. Greiner. I value them more highly all 

 the time. They adjust themselves to the 

 space, and, whether tight or loose, they hold 

 all together, whereas the wedge sometimes 

 takes hard work to force in, and sometimes 

 shrinkage allows it to drop out. Another 

 important item: The straight stick wedged 

 in diagonally makes a pocket in which the 

 bees congregate and refuse to be dislodged; 

 whereas all is open with the spring. One 

 spring does for each super. 



I wonder if there is not just a little dan- 

 ger that the eucalyptus may prove an Eng- 

 lish sparrow to California bee-keepers. Prof. 

 Cook says, p. 1253, that the bees "are likely 

 to find a banquet spread in the eucalyptus 

 groves at any and all seasons." That's nice 

 for the bees, but how about other honey be- 

 ing flavored with eucalyptus? A little of 

 such a pronounced flavor ought to go a long 

 way; and if it is present at all seasons will 



