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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 9, 



properties and virtues of honey," were taken up and dis- 

 cussed. 



W. S. Hart thought that his honey, that was evaporated 

 by the sun, was fully equal to that of other bee-keepers, and, 

 judging from the samples of his honey that were exhibited, 

 the evidence was very conclusive. It was the general opinion 

 of those present that all honey-packages should be nicely 

 labeled, and leaflets attached, giving the properties and vir- 

 tues of pure honey. 



The next question was: "Is it practicable to introduce 

 instruction in bee-culture into our common schools ?" 



Frank Benton stated that entomology was taught in 

 Washington schools. Mrs. Harrison said that Natural His- 

 tory in the Peoria, 111., schools included a study of bees. 



BEE-DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



" What experience have you had in bee-diseases, and how 

 have you treated them '?" was asked. 



Mr. Poppleton said that he thought he had lost 10,000 

 pounds of honey from damage to his colonies by bee-paralysis. 

 Others present considered it of minor consequence. The gen- 

 eral opinion was that no remedy yet proposed hit all cases. 



A. F. Brown said that foul brood had made its appearance 

 in Florida, and that he had lost 288 colonies. He treated 

 ten, but failed, and finally burned the lot. 



J. J. Keith, of Georgia, said he had cured foul brood by 

 fumigating the colony with pitch-pine. 



(Continued next week.) 



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The Rev. L. L. Langstroth ]SIemorial. 



Gleanings for Dec. 15, is a Langstroth number, a dozen 

 pages being filled by leading men from both sides of the Atlan- 

 tic, with tributes of well-deserved praise to the man we all de- 

 light to honor. Some extracts follow : 



LANGSTROTH'S invention — THE MOVABLE FRAME. 



Langstroth's name is closely connected with his invention, 

 and this has certainly placed bee-keeping upon an entirely dif- 

 ferent footing to what it occupied before the advent of the 

 frame hive. There has been a great deal of controversy as to 

 who was the original inventor of the frame principle. It was 

 not till 1851 that Langstroth invented his hive, and frames 

 had already been in use some years previously. They were, 

 however, not of any practical utility, for the hives containing 

 them were complicated, or so exceedingly expensive that they 

 could be looked upon only as luxuries for rich amateurs rather 

 than hives to be used by bee-keepers for business purposes. 



It was not till 1851 that Langstroth invented his frame 

 hive, which, from its simplicity, cheapness, and practical 

 adaptability to the purposes required, has conferred a lasting 

 boon on bee-keeping. There are no doubt some who think 

 other methods are quite as good; but a very large and daily 

 increasing number of bee-keepers on this continent of Europe 

 recognize that the principle introduced by Langstroth — and 

 first published by him in 1852, in his book on the honey-bee — 

 is the correct one. The opening of the hive at the top, the 

 perfect interchangeability of the movable combs, and the lat- 

 eral movement of the frames, have given the bee-keeper the 

 most perfect control over his bees, and have more than justi- 

 fied Langstroth's expectations when he wrote the note in his 

 diary in 1851, that, "The use of these frames will, I am per- 

 suaded, give a new impetus to the easy and profitable manage- 

 ment of bees." 



There are not many bee-keepers of the present day who 

 can look back 40 years or who know how Mr. Langstroth was 

 treated, even by^those who were quick to perceive the advan- 

 tages to be derived from his invention ; or how they pilfered 

 his best ideas, and even patented them, and how he was de- 

 frauded of his just dues. Nor do they know that these in- 

 fringements of his rights led to costly litigation which swal- 

 lowed up all his well-merited gains. As one of your own wri- 

 ters (Prof. Cook) has written in Gleanings: " This whole mat- 



ter is the dark page in American bee-keeping history, and we 

 gladly pass it by without further comment." — Thos. Wm. 

 Cowan, editor of the British Bee Journal. 



LANGSTROTH REVERED THE WORLD OVER. 



The name of Langstroth is known and revered, not alone 

 in North America, but in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, 



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and even in Russia, where the French edition of " Langstroth 

 Revised" has been translated into Russian, in which language 

 it has reached its second edition. Many apiculturists having 

 described the qualities of our lamented friend, it suffices me to 

 say that my son and I are happy to have been deemed capable 

 by him to put his book — which was so far in advance of the 



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