Strange !— On March 27 we received a 

 postal card, written March 14, reading tlius: 



Fhiend Newman: — " I sent you, Feb. 1st, by reg- 

 istered letter, my subscription for the American 

 Bee JouHNAL, tor 1,ST8, and for Arthur's Home Mag- 

 azine. Have you received it ?" 



As this contained neither name, post- 

 ofiice, county, nor state— and as the post- 

 mark is only a blot, it is impossible to tell- 

 but we think we did not receive it, or the 

 writer would have our receipt. If he will 

 give us his name and post-otiice address, it 

 sliall have immediate attention. 



Cedar FaUs, Iowa, March S, 18T8. 

 Mk. Editor:—" I would V\ke to enquire how those 

 who advise keeping bees in their winter quarters 

 until late in the spring, when forage is plenty, man- 

 age to lieep their bees quiet and in their hives / Our 

 bees, here in Iowa, are very much inclined to get up, 

 rub their eyes, and stir themselves when the tirst 

 warm days come." E. E. Stark. 



Just so; "They all do it," and every- 

 where the same. The only remedy is to 

 keep them cool. A little ice, near by, will 

 cool off the atmosphere quickly. 



Mr. Editor:— " I would like to enquire: 1.— In 

 case onp colony of bees is attected with foul-brood, 

 are not' the other colonies of the apiary liable to 

 take the disease ? 2.— Can hives, that have been 

 effected with foul-brood, be used again with safety; 

 and, if so, what is the process of purifying them V" 



Enquirer. 



1. — They are. 2. — We should not like to 



use such hives; fire will purify them the 



best. 



Noblesville, Ind., March 7, 1878. 

 " I bought 4 colonies last fall; they wintered well 

 in the cellar; a few liave died; the hives inside are 

 very dirty, i. c, have sometliing that looks like 

 crumbled comb. Why did they die ? The hives that 

 I received from you were very nice." 



L. M. Wainwright. 



They were probably queenless, and had 



no brood to raise a queen from. She might 



have been killed while moving them. The 



'dirt" j^ou speak of seems to indicate that 



the combs were broken down, and the bees 



had been engaged in repairing them — hence 



the yellow dirt. 



"When should Melilot clover be sowed? 

 Please say in next Journal." w. z. m. 



Sow in April or May, with any kind of 

 grain, on any kind of soil. The earlier the 

 better. It does not bloom until the second 

 season, generally from July 1 to 10, but it 

 remains in bloom from 60 to 90 days. It is 

 an excellent honey plant. 



We are in receipt of Nellis' Catalogue of 

 Seeds, Plants. Bulbs, &c., for 1878, together 

 with some samples of choice Seeds. He 

 sends a sample of very desirable flower 

 seeds with each catalogue, free to any who 

 write for it. His address is A. C. Nellis, 

 Canajoharie, Y. Y. 



We have received hives from G. W. 

 Zimmerman, J. Oatman &Co., and Sperry & 

 Chandler for our Museum, and intended to 

 have given each a notice this month, but 

 cannot for want of space till our next 

 issue. Also a uni-comb observatorj' hive, 

 from Sperry & Chandler, and several other 

 things, which much interest our visitors. — 

 As we have several other things now on the 

 road, in our next we will make a " chapter " 

 of it, and notice them all. 



^° Friends Dadant have sent us their 

 Circular and Price List for 1878. They 

 intend to import Cyprian, Corinthian and 

 Java bees through Giuseppe Fiorini, in 

 Italy, and will inform our readers in due 

 time about their success with them. 



The Catalogue of Krpetzer Bros. & 

 Stauber's Concord Bee-Hive is on our desk. 

 It contains much information that will be 

 useful to the uninformed, and a complete 

 Price List of the Concord Hive. 



^^ Bees have wintered splendidly all 

 over the country, and everything bids fair 

 for a profitable honey season. The season 

 is fully a month in advance this year. 



. "Correspondents should be careful to 



sign their name, and write their Post Office 

 and State plainly. Many neglect this and 

 lieiice are left to wonder why tiiey get no 

 answers to their letters or postal cards. 



H. Scovell sent us a package, said to con- 

 tain plants- but when it was received, the 

 wrapper only was left. It was i)asted, with 

 the ends open. Such should be wrapped 

 and the ends closed ; aii<l tied up with 

 string, when letter postage is not paid. 



51^" On page 72 it was stated that the walls 

 of friend Dnnliam's bee-house were filled 

 with hvdii— it should have read brase; coal- 

 brase is a (Mie kind of charcoal. On page 93 

 the word "friend " was omitted in the first 

 paragraph of P. II. Elwood's address, after 

 "your country." In his hurry of writing it, 

 the' word was omitted. On page 76, 15th 

 line from top, for the word owners, read 

 ounces; a typographical error. 



New Lisbon, Wis., Feb. 18, 1878, 

 " The bee-keepers of the north-western 

 part of this state met at New Lisbon, Feb. 

 16, and organized the North-western Wis- 

 consin Bee-Keepers' Association, and elect- 

 ed the following otticers: President, J. R. 

 Winkler; vice president, J. Boylan; sec'y, 

 M. S. Clark; treasurer, J. Morrill, All re- 

 ported their bees coming out of the winter 

 quarters in good condition. " M. S. C. 



