

Death of Dr. Jared P. Kirtland. |^tarkjetmg ^OMCX^. 



Another of the " shuiing liglits" of the 

 last decade has passed awaj*. One by one 

 the pioneers give place to tlieir successors 

 in apienltura! science, Avhothongh none tlie 

 less enthusiastic than "tlie fatliers, " in 

 scientific explorations and energy are "not 

 a whit behind " tlieni. 



The following speaks for itself: 



Editok Jour.NAi.: — The deatii of tins 

 eminent man needs a notice in tlie columns 

 of The Bee Journal. We tind tlie fol- 

 lowing resolutions passed, at a recent meet- 

 ing of the Farmers' Club, of the American 

 Institute: 



" Resolved, that we have heard, with pro- 

 found regret, of tlie death of Dr. Jared P. 

 Kirtland, of Cleveland. O. Our eminent 

 naturalist, especially distinguished for his 

 investigations in the orchard, vineyard and 

 garden, whose contributions to science h.ive 

 been recognized in both this country and 

 Europe, and who was a noble man in all 

 the relations of life." 



We will add to the above list— the apiary. 

 For more than a half century, Mr. Kirtland 

 has taken a lively interest in bees, keeping 

 tliem more for pleasure than profit: and 

 while following his professien, he always 

 found time to "doctor" his bees, always 

 (juick to note improvements and adopt 

 tliem. lie quickly recognized the frame 

 hive and its merits, and the Italian bee 

 gave him great pleasure. N. Cameuon. 



Lawrence, Kansas. 



E^" Friend Oldt has sent us a model of 

 his improved hiving apparatus. He is very 

 fair in his terms. He now makes the fol- 

 lowing offer: 



"On the receipt of $1.50, I will send by 

 mail free, to any address, a model (made of 

 black walnut) of my Hiving Apparatus.— 

 Examine it; if it does not come up to your 

 expectation, return it in good order, inside 

 of two months, and your money will be 

 returned. " 



This will give those who wish to test the 

 apparatus before buying, a chance to do so. 



Chinese Mustakd as a Honey Plant. 

 —Perhaps one of the very best honey pro- 

 ducing plants is tall Chinese mustard. It 

 remains in blossom a very long time, seems 

 to yield honey continuously, is equally 

 vigorous to resist drought, or wet, and 

 flourishes in all soils. It may be sowed any 

 time from May 1st to middle of June— the 

 earlier the better. It will seed itself— its 

 greatest drawback; yet, it is far less troub- 

 lesome as a weed than common mustard. — 

 It should be planted in drills, a foot apart, 

 for ease of cultivation. An ounce will plant 

 a space of one rod by four. 



We can only till a few orders for this seed. 

 Price, per ounce, 20c.; quarter pound, Toe, 

 postpaid. 



This departraent will be devoted to items of 



interest concerning Packinc, Selling and 



Shippins Honey and Beeswax. 



"The Betsinger Prize Box." 



Friend Betsinger, being annoyed because 

 the box containing the .honey to which was 

 awarded the Gold Medal, in New York, has 

 been called the Doolittle box, desires us to 

 publish the following: 



" I desire j^ou to call it tlie Betsinger Prize 

 Box, in large print, above the comments I 

 desire you to make, and to inform the many 

 readers of the American Bee Journal 

 that I am the inventor of said box, and 

 wherever it is mentioned, my name may 

 ajipear before it, just as the first frame hive 

 is called the Langstroth Hive. 



" This box is held in cases, containing 

 two or more boxes, with wood or tin sepa- 

 rators. It is not patented, and is free to all, 

 to make and use, providing it is called by 

 my name. Glass is .5x0 in., one-sixteenth 

 less in width — ei\cli glass is fastened by two 

 tin points. N. N. Betsinger." 



Of course The American Bee Journal 

 wants that every man should have his due 

 — " Honor to whom honor," etc., and it 

 would not for the world, even, countenance 

 a robbery of that honor. So we will here 

 give a few facts from history. 



In the Family, Farm and Garden, a 

 work published by E. G. Storke, of Auburn, 

 N. Y., in 18(30, on pages 305 to 307, is an 

 illustrated description of section boxes, in 

 frames, without separators. L^sed on botlj 

 sides of the brood chamber as well as on 

 top. This arrangement was patented by E. 

 W. Phelps, April 6, 1852 and Nov. 9, 1858. 



In answer to the query in our last Jour- 

 nal on page 5, Messrs. Barker & Dicer say: 



" We made our first section box (as we 

 now use them) in the spring of 1873. Our 

 patent was granted Jan. 7, 1873, and covers 

 all sectional boxes made with two wide and 

 two narrow pieces, so arranged that they 

 form openings between each section. We 

 made sectional boxes several years before 

 that, but considered them imperfect till we 

 invented those covered by our patent in 

 1873." 



We have the original patent papers on our 

 desk and find it precisely as stated by 

 friends Barker & Dicer. 



In a " Circular and Bee-keepers' Guide," 

 issued by Geo. T. Wheeler, Mexico N. Y., 



