foreign W^oUs^ 



GLEANED BY FRANK BENTON. 



A new edition of Dr. Dzierzon's 

 work, " Rational Bee-Culture, or The- 

 ory and Practice of the Silesian Bee- 

 Keeper," has appeared. 



"With the title, Schlesische Bienenzeit- 

 tmg, the apiarian society, of Silesia, 

 Prussia, has recently founded a journal 

 to be devoted to bee-culture. 



Two foreign journals say that the 

 chimney swallow destroys large num- 

 bers of bees. Similar statements may 

 be found in the works of Virgil, Nikol, 

 Jacob and Yon Berlepsch. 



i^A. Gadillot, Bordeaux. France, 

 writes: " The French produce very 

 fine honey, but as far as the style is 

 concerned, they are away behind" that 

 of the United States. I therefore hope 

 for a fine exhibition from the U. S., at 

 the Paris AVorld's Fair." 



" With him who possesses no knowl- 

 edge of bees, or natural fitness for the 

 work, bee-culture succeeds only as 

 long as the bees thrive of themselves 

 without culture. When this is no 

 longer the case, the usual verdict is:— 

 ' I have no more hick with bees.' '■ 



G. Dathe. 



Errata. — On page 40, of the A3ier- 

 ICAN Bke Journal for January. Herr 

 Cori is made to say, "■ I like the liberty 

 of expressing my views here," instead 

 of "I take the liberty, etc." Instead 

 of $1825, a decimal point between the 1 

 and the 8 makes the annual salary of S. 

 H. Rykeus $;1.8.52, a sum that would 

 likely no more than supply that worthy 

 native of Holland, and his family with 

 a fair amount of salt for the year. 

 ■»■ ■ ^ ■ » 



The apiarian journal, formerly 

 known as Der MscEssische Bienen Zuech- 

 ter appeared in January, mider the 

 title, I)er i/7.sa^s.s'/s'c/; Lothringhche Bien- 

 enzuechttr {L''ApicuJteur Alsacieii Lor- 

 rain), with the annovmcement that the 

 apiarian societv of Alsace, and tliat of 

 Lorraine, had been miited, and with a 

 hearty greeting to all the members of 

 the Society of which it is the organ, to 

 its numerous contributors, and to its 

 exchanges. Success to this interesting 

 periodical. 



Baron Von Berlepsch. 



In a memorial of Baron Yon Ber- 

 lepsch, R. Mayerhoeffer, editor of Bien- 

 envater, of Bohemia, remarks: 



" Berlepsch's apistic and general 

 knowledge was colossal ; he was an 

 admirable master of the ancient lan- 

 guages, Latin, Greek, and even He- 

 brew. What a pity he lacked the 

 knowledge of modern languages ! His 

 views were narrowed, for he was 

 deprived of the apiarian knowledge of 

 other cultivated people ; he valued too 

 highly that of the Germans; and so, 

 unwittingly, he helped to increase the 

 German bee-keepers' self-esteem, for 

 which, however, he received few 

 thanks." 



In closing, Herr MayerhoefEer says: 

 "If we glance over the work of Ber- 

 lepsch, we must admit that it consti- 

 tiites a marked epoch — not only for the 

 bee-culture of Germany, but also for 

 the whole bee-keeping world. Ber- 

 lepsch will ever be held in remem- 

 brance, for he has reared for himself a 

 monument that outlasts marble and 

 iron. As long as bees exist and man 

 cultivates them, so long will the name 

 of Berlepsch be heard." 



At its coming session, the Agricul- 

 tural Society, of France, will order a 

 silver medal for the discovery of the 

 most etlicacious and easiest method of 

 decreasing the brimstoning of bees. — 

 The most certain way of getting rid of 

 the practice of smothering bees, as well 

 as getting rid of briars, dog-grass, etc., 

 is to scatter information widely. — 

 What would throw the most light upon 

 the subject would be the publication of 

 a succinct treatise on the rational 

 method of managing bees, to be circu- 

 lated extensively. In the year 1777, 

 rAcadeniie imperUde et royale des scieyices 

 et belles-letters of ]3russels, wishing to 

 extend apiculture, brought up the 

 question of the best metiiods in the 

 cultixre of bees. They gave time and 

 means to the subject. In 1779, there 

 appeared three works, which are still 

 of greater value than some pretentious 

 books, published in our day. These 

 works were put in print, and their cir- 

 culation was secured by fixing the price 

 low. The Agricultural Society, of 

 France, which contains all the promi- 

 nent agriculturists, has here a good 

 example to follow. — L^Apiculteur. 



Artificiai. Pollen.— The British Bee 

 Journid, in referring to the kinds of flour 

 wliich can be used as substitutes for pollen, 

 gives the preference to tliat made from peas. 



