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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 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. MiiiLER, J. A. Green, Prot. A. J. Cook. J. E. Crane, Lottis H. Scholl, 



Q. M. DOOIilTTLB. R. F. HOLTERMANN, "STBNOG," W. K MORIUSON. 



CONTENTS OF NOVEMBER 1, 1907 



HONEY MARKET 1354 



STRAYSTRAWS 1367 



Sheep in Apiary 1367 



Queens. Dr. Miller's l*» 



EDITORIAL 1368 



Honey made of Bees 1368 



Honey, Weber's Report 1369 



May Disease of Bees 1369 



Plural-queen System 1369, 1385 



Colonies in Pairs 1369 



Mercer, I> E., in Medina 1369 



Bee Paradise of Texas 1370 



Stings for Rheumatism 13-0 



Labels, Wording on 1370 



Season in England and France 1371 



Glucose 13^} 



Parthenogenesis Questioned 1371 



Dealer, Profits of 1371 



Sugar, Invert, for Honey I37i 



Clover, Sweet, in Australia ...... ..^...1373 



GLEANINGS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. ..1373 



Rust, Wheat and Asparagus ■••;•• 1^!^ 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 1374 



NOTES FROM CANADA 1375 



Pure Food in Canada 1376 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1376 



Brood-rearing in the Spring 1376 



Sparling, J. W 1377 



Exhibiting at Fairs 1379 



Extracting-supers, Shallow 1380 



Honey-flows in Fall 1383 



Clover, White Italian 1385 



Weak Colonies, Building up 1386 



Foul Brood 1386 



Bee Cellars 1387 



HEADS OF GRAIN 1388 



Entrances to Hives 1388 



Temperature, Constant 1388 



Wire Cloth over Opening 1388 



Honey, Candied, Fatal 1388 



Wintering in Damp Cellars 1389 



Cart, Two- wheeled, for Hives 1389 



Swarm Flies 12 Miles 1389 



Superspding in Winter 1389 



Sex of Eggs, what Determines? 1389 



Comb with Chilled Brood 1390 



Swarms, Length of Flight 1390 



Queens Fight under a Tumbler 1390 



Hay on Cellar Floor 1390 



Castor Bean for Honey 1390 



OUR HOMES 1391 



Labor ffroubles 1391 



High-pressure Gardening 1383 



Mulberries 1393 



Saloons and Taxes 1394 



Fighting Mothers 1394 



Whisky, Good and Bad 1394 



Barbados, Intemperance in 1394 



THE YOUTH'S COMPANION. 



Have you read our advertisement of the Youth's 

 Companion? If you have not, we wish to point out 

 that all good American boys and girls read this fa- 

 mous journal. No matter what station in life fre 

 children of America may be placed in, they all read 

 the Y uth's Companion on a common level ; and 

 their parents read it too. 



The subject-matter of its pages is so carefully se- 

 lected that we never heard of a complaint from any 

 one about the reading-matter. Equally great care 

 is used in selecting the advertisements, so that, ta- 

 ken all together, it may be used as a model for all 

 young people's napers for all countries as well as 

 ours where the English language is spoken. 



Nothing could be more appropriate by way of a 

 birthday or Christmas present than a subscription 

 to this periodical. It is unnecessary to ask if the 

 recipient will appreciate it. There is no doubt 

 about that, so go ahead if you wish to present 

 something nice to a bright young niece, nephew, 

 cousin, or young friend. ,, .. , ..v. 



You probably have a lively recollection of the 

 time when you received as a Christmas present a 

 year's subscription from Uncle John or somebody 

 else; and how eagerly you looked forward to the ar- 

 rival every week of the weekly number ! 



On the principle that it is more blessed to give 

 than to receive, we hope all who should do so will 

 go and do likewise. Keep the practice up. It is a 

 good one. To the older folks who wish to keep 

 young, nothing better can be thought of than a pe- 

 rusal of the Youth's Companion; and not for next 

 year alone, but for all the years that are to come. 



THE AMERICAN BOY. 



There have been many journals for boys started of 

 late years, many of which have died; but one which 

 had striking merit in it has succeeded in creating 

 for itself a unique place in the hearts of our boys. 

 We allude to The American Boy, advertised else- 

 where in this journal. 



We have watched its steady growth for some 

 time past with pleasure, as it has a clean moral tone 

 about it which is commendable, and yet it is a real 

 boy's paper, full of adventure and dash. No molly- 

 coddle business is allowed in The American Bov- 

 The result is, it has a fine circulation, and it desires 

 more; hence our offer to club with it at $1.65. If you 

 are looking around for a real boy's paper which is 

 all right in every way we beg to suggest this peri- 

 odical, as in this way it does not cost much, and yet 

 it fills the bill for a truly boy's paper, such as a live- 

 ly healthy boy hankers after. You may let the boy 

 himself be the judge, and send for a sample copy. 



A boy likes pluck and grit, and the stories in The 

 American Boy have plenty of both ; but at the same 

 time there is nothing rowdy or rough. It caters 

 also to the boy who wants to invent and make 

 things, and most boys want to do that. Please 

 consider the offer made, and decide soon, because 

 the average boy does not appreciate long wants. No 

 boy is made that way. Perhaps you will leave the 

 consideration of the offer to him as suggested. You 

 can take Gleanings while he takes The American 

 Boy, and then we believe every thing will be satis- 

 factory all around. 



The celebrated firm of mill-makers, Wilson Bros. , 

 of Easton Pa., have again placed their usual adver- 

 tisement with us this season. This concern has a 

 world-wide reputation for its mills, which are made 

 for many purposes. They have large factories, and 

 are perfectly reliable in every way, so that no one 

 need hesitate to do business with them at long 

 range. Their catalog is always sent for the asking. 



Elsewhere in this issue the reader will find the 

 advertisement of the National Biscuit Co., a con- 

 cern which buys, for spot cash, whole trainloads of 

 honey. Such a company as this hardly needs any 

 introduction to our readers; and we hope that any 

 subscriber who has honey to sell, of the particular 

 kinds which they use, will at once enter into corre- 

 spondence with them. 



