1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



haps, that some of our apicultural readers 

 may not care to read these lay sermons, yet 

 we are of the opinion, judging from the cor- 

 respondence that is streaming in constantly, 

 that three-fourthsof our subscribers consider 

 A. 1 Root's work a very important feature 

 of the journal — not because what he has said 

 may have led to material prosperity, but be- 

 cause it has turned their attention to things 

 far more precious than gold or silver, of a 

 kind that fadeth not away. 



1557 

 Here is the quo- 



BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATIONS IN GERMANY. 



Herewith we present a table showing the 

 distribution of the bee-keepers in liermany 

 who are members of the Bee-keepers' Asso- 

 ciation of Germany, Austria, and Hungary. 

 We are indebted to the Allgcineinc Zeiting 

 fur Bienenzucht for these figures. The 

 members outside of Germany proper are not 

 shown; but these would bring the total up 

 to a little over 100,000. The whole territory 

 eovered by the association is about as large 

 as the region southeast of the Mississippi 

 and south of the Ohio River, leaving out 

 Florida. 



1. Allenstein Association, East Prussia. 607 



2. Baden Association 8442 



3. Baltic Association 1033 



4. Brandenburtr Association 4200 



5. Breslau Association, Silesia 427 



6 Cassel Association 585 



7. Cohurg Association 48 



8. Gumbinnen Association, East Prussia 1600 



9. Hannover Association 4439 



10. Cologne Association 135 



1 1. Konigsberg Association 1400 



12. Mecklinburg Association 20C6 



13. Mecl^linburg-Strelilz Association 295 



14. F'raalifort-on-Main Association 185 



15. Nurnberg Association 25 



16. Upper Hesse Assaciation 930 



17. Offenbach Association 36 



18. Oldenburg Association 1200 



19. Pomerania Association 2874 



20 Posen Association 1548 



21. Hesse-on-Rhine Association 599 



22. Thuringia Association 3100 



23. Silesia Association 6722 



24. Schleswig-Holstein Association 5400 



25. Sch wabstedt Association 60 



26. Startenburg Association 812 



27. Thuringia (2) Association 2342 



28. West Prussia Association 3161 



29. Wiesbaden Association 1100 



Total 55,311 



One of the reasons why bee associations 

 flourish in Europe is because the govern- 

 ment gives them aid and encouragement; 

 besides this, the railroads are owned by the 

 state. w. K. 'm. 



object to the word "glucose." 

 The following clipping from the ^7»c/'("c«» 

 Grocer for Dec. 4 so fully explains itself that 

 it is almost unnecessary to make any com- 

 ment. It is evident, however, that now is 

 the time for every bee-keeper in the United 

 States to register a protest against this sturt" 

 being sold as "corn syrup." Glucose is the 

 proper name for gluuose, and every bee- 

 keeper who reads this ought to write his 

 Congressman or Prof. H. W. Wiley, at the 

 Department of Agriculture, saying that you 

 want glucose labeled under its true name 

 and no other While you are aliout it you 

 might ask other bee-keepers to write, or add 



their names to your letter, 

 tation: 



Any effort of the Department of Agriculture to en- 

 force the use of the term " glucose " in plac-^ of " corn 

 syrup" will meet with strenuous opposition at the 

 hands of the National Association of Retail Orocers. 

 Such is the substance of a letter recently sent by Sec- 

 retary Green, of that organization, to Secretary Wil- 

 son. It reads as follows: 

 Hon. J.\mes Wilson, Secretary op Agriculture— 



Dear Sir— We have just been advised that Dr. Wiley and 

 his associates have aboutdecided to rule that " corn syrup " is 

 to be labeled under the old " glucose " label. I am authorized 

 by the directors of the National Association of Retail Grocers 

 to communicate at once to you our opimsiticin to this change. 



The obno.\ious word " glucose " will iiiatcriany injure or in- 

 terfere with the sale of '■ corn syrup." If, as wesuppose, corn 

 syrup is a healthful product made from corn, then we would 

 ask you to use your influence in leaving it under the brand of 

 '• corn s^'rup "' rather than to change to ■• glucose." 



Yours very truly. John A. Green, Sec. 



With 3.50,000 retail grocers in the land it is very 

 doubtful if the above letter in any way voices the 

 opinion of any other than the directors, 'if glucose is 

 wholesome, prejudice will disappear if it is sold for 

 what it is. w. k. m. 



FASTENING FOUNDATION; NICE WOKK FOR 

 WINTER EVENINGS. 



Evidently there are many who think split 

 sections are something new; but Samuel Sim- 

 mins describes them in his Modern Bee Farm, 

 published in 1887. He also supplied very 

 clear illustrations of them, split on the top 

 and sides. Furthermore he says, "Another 

 plan is to make a saw-cut in the one-piece 

 section as shown, and when folded the foun- 

 dation is readily inserted in such a manner 

 that the most perfect combs are obtained; 

 while for packing to travel long journeys, 

 nothing can excel those worked in this man- 

 ner." That they are practical is proved by 

 the fact that they have been sold on the Eng- 

 lish market for twenty years, it being the 

 practice over there to attach the foundation 

 on all four sides, or at least three sides. Sec- 

 tions so fixed can be handled with much 

 greater ease and satisfaction than those hav- 

 ing foundation left to dangle from the top- 

 bar of the section box. Some go to the ad- 

 ditional trouble of applying melted beeswax 

 with a brush, handling the latter much as a 

 cabinet- joiner handles a glue-brush; but for 

 real satisfactory work, a Van Deusen wax- 

 tube is the best. This is nice work for long 

 winter evenings, and the ladies of the fam- 

 ily can lend a hand to advantage. Supers 

 arranged with foundation so tirmly attached 

 can be handled without extra care; whereas 

 the hot-plate method results in section supers 

 which have to be handled "gingerly" or the 

 foundation will fall out. 



If you have overlooked this method it 

 might be well to look up what Mr. J. E. 

 Hand says on this subject in one of his arti- 

 cles on the Hand system. There can hardly 

 be any doubt that sections with foundation 

 fastened securely on all four sides will result 

 in fewer No. 3 sections and culls. 



Some object, saying that it takes too much 

 time to fasten foundation in this manner; 

 but this is largely offset by the fact that the 

 work is done in the dull season, and much 

 careful handling is saved in the busiest sea- 

 son, when time is m .cy. 



There are other methods of fastening foun 

 dation on all sides. One is to have the sec 



