Charles City, Iowa, Jan. 30, 1878. 

 " A man, by the name of Harrison, came 

 lieretliis winter, professing to be a scientific 

 apiarist, from Independence, Iowa,— but in 

 reality beins a regular dead beat. He pro- 

 fessed great things, but when cornered, left 

 for parts unknown, having boarded with a 

 widow here and failed to pay his bill." 



Lkvi Sutliff. 



Waupaca Co., Wis., Feb. 19, 1878. 

 "No snow. Not one day's sleighing, so 

 far this winter. Bees flying every few 

 days. Doing well, I tliink. I have part on 

 summer stands, protected by a box, with 1 

 foot of chatf all around and over them.— 

 More are in a small room in the cellar. Do 

 not like to risk too many out of doors, as I 

 believe the cellar the best place for bees in 

 this northern country. This winter is the 

 only one I ever saw so mild. Usually we 

 have from 20 to 60 days continued cold, and 

 most of the time about zero, and often from 

 ;i0 to 40° below." J. E. Bkeed. 



Monmouth, III., Feb. 18, 1878. 

 " I put 125 colonies in the cellar Dec. 3, 

 and they will remain there some time yet. 

 The temperature has ranged from 42 to .56°. 

 They seem to enjoy it, as though it was a 

 long '* sunmier night," Some have a pint 

 of bees at the entrance. Tiiey had 40 to 60 

 Rs. of honey to the hive." T. G. McGaw\ 



Columbus. Kan., Feb. 18, 1878. 

 " I have on my place aboutSOO, cultivated, 

 eight years old, soft maple trees; a great 

 many of them are now in full bloom, and 

 are literally swarming with bees in search 

 of pollen. We have two prairie plants in 

 full bloom; very valuable tor pollen. Two 

 vears ago, my bees gathered it in January,- 

 but it was frozen to death in February." 



H. SCOVELL. 



Madison, Ind., Jan. 13, 1878. 

 "I called the roll, in my apiary, last 

 week; all answered to the knock. 1 use the 

 Faulkner hive, with frame 10x16}^ inches, 

 and surplus room for 216 lbs. of box honey, 

 around and over the brood chamber. This 

 space I pack with straw or chaff, and win- 

 ter on summer stands. I use White's 

 extractor — the best I ever saw. When ex- 

 tracting is over, I have no straining to do, 

 but draw it off and store away. Many bees 

 are dying in this part of the state; I am not 

 fully satistted as to the cause; many bees 

 left the hives during the warm weather of 

 last month, and never returned; those left, 

 died among the brood combs and honey." 

 B. V. McKlNLEY. 



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Division Boards.— Several have written 

 us, stating that Mitchell has a patent on 

 division boards, and asking if they would 

 be safe in using them. In order to get at 

 the real facts, we wrote N. C. Mitchell ta 

 state his claims. He has sent us a copy of 

 his patent, which decides the matter be- 

 yond controversy. 



After describing his invention, in full, he 

 sums up by saying, " What I claim as new 

 and desire to secure" by letters patent, is: 



1. The herein-descrihed hee-hive, consisting of the 

 comb-frames (\ pnrtitidiis D. in-nvided iritli theruhher 

 or woolen strip Ii.oikI Iikih <(, uliiliiiii pint funiis c, and 

 jars E:ii'hentlir Ki'i-crul imrls «/•(■ itn-dinied to operate 

 substantially as herein deseribed. and for tite purpose 

 set forth. 



2. In a bee-hive constructed as herein described, the 

 partition D, provided with the woolen or rubber strip Z> 

 and lugs o, substantially as and for the purposes set 

 forth. 



In order to patent anytliing, there must 

 be a comhinntlon of parts — one piece can- 

 not be patented. Hence Mr. M. claims a 

 board with lugs, (i. e., movable irons, screw- 

 ed on it, to raise or lower it at the bottom), 

 and a woolen or rubber strip at the sides. 



Those wishing to use a plain division 

 board can do so without the least interfer- 

 ence from this patent. 



t^^We have received a pair of Comb 

 Foundation plates of C. Finn, Des Moines» 

 Iowa. They make, by passing sheets of 

 wax between the plates, comb foundation 

 8x8, 5 cells to the inch. They cost .'810 for 

 the pair. He is also getting up son)e plates 

 for drone size, 6x6, which he will be able to 

 sell for about $7. For a small and cheap 

 device, these plates will answer the purpose 

 — but cannot be expected to equal the 

 higher priced machines. 



