for packing material. This has the advantage of permanency, and 
when four colonies are packed in one case the cost of packing each 
colony is less than it would be if they were cased singly. Some use 
a rather temporary affair of slats and slaters felt. The essential 
is that sufficient packing shall be used and that it shall be applied 
early enough and left in place late enough in the spring. Bear in 
mind that it is not possible to put on too much packing and no 
harm can come through excessive packing. 
The packing should be applied immediately after the first killing 
frost in the fall and left in place until the last killing frost in the 
spring. 
PERIODICALS AND PUBLICATIONS 
In all probability there has been no change in the response of 
bees to their environment in the last thousand years, but the manner 
of guiding their activities to man’s profit has and is still under- 
going changes. For this reason a beekeeper needs to keep abreast 
of the changes by making use of the current literature on the subject. 
There are two excellent beekeepers’ journals: “The American 
Bee Journal” published monthly at Hamilton, Illinois, and “Gleanings 
in Bee Culture” also issued monthly, from Medina, Ohio. 
Two old bee books, because they so thoroughly discussed bees, 
have been reprinted and can be had at beekeepers’ supply stores. 
They are “Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee” and “Mysteries 
of Beekeeping Explained,” by Quimby. There are a number of good 
modern works on beekeeping. One of the best for the beginner is 
Dadant’s “First Lessons in Beekeeping.” There are also “Beekeeping,” 
Phillips; “Fifty Years Among the Bees,” Miller; “A BC & X Y Z 
of Beekeeping,” Root; “Advanced Bee Culture,” Hutchinson, and 
“Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee” revised by Dadant. 
The United States Department of Agriculture has published 
bulletins on beekeeping which should be thoroughly studied by every 
beekeeper who wishes to get the most from his bees, either of pleasure 
or profit. These can be had by addressing a request to your Congress- 
man at Washington, D. C., and are as follows: 
Farmers’ Bulletin 447 “Bees.” 
Farmers’ Bulletin 1039 “Commercial Comb Honey Production.” 
Farmers’ Bulletin 695 “The Outdoor Wintering of Bees.” 
Farmers’ Bulletin 1012 “The Preparation of Bees for Outdoor Wintering.” 
Farmers’ Bulletin 975 “The Control of European Foulbrood.” 
Farmers’ Bulletin 1084 “The Control of American Foulbrood.” 
Farmers’ Bulletin 1198 “Swarm Control.” 
Farmers’ Bulletin 1215 “Beekeeping in the Clover Region.” 
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