turning up the hives to work witli them 

 does not intei'fere with the labor of the 

 bees, since this bee-keeper works witli his 

 bees from 3 to 6 o'clock in tiie morning, and 

 from 7 until 9 o'clock in the evening; and 

 the speaker advised no one to handle stoclis 

 at any other time. 



Herr Rabbow, of Howendorf, referred to 

 the cheapness of tlie hive as a very impor- 

 tant element, claiming that bee-culture 

 will be followed extensively only when 

 hives become very cheap, lie considered 

 top-opening hives far more preferable. 



Dr. Dzierzon stated that with movable- 

 comb hives, one could operate without 

 hinderauce to the bees, and particularly 

 recommended, as the best time to handle 

 bees, that portion of the day when they 

 are Hying most briskly. 



Herr Frey, of Nuernberg, stated that the 

 high price of movable-comb hives is what 

 prevents their general adoption. He then 

 described a hive whose walls were of wood, 

 surrounded for winter with a packing of 

 straw, or moss. 



Herr Mayerhoeffer, editor of Der Bienen- 

 vatcr, reports the discussion and then 

 makes the following remarks: 



" One thing was forgotten. The form of 

 the hive must facilitate the greatest possi- 

 ble production of honey; and this is the 

 case only with hives where the room for 

 surplus honey is given in the direction that 

 the bees are naturally inclined to store it, i. 

 €., above the brood chamber. This is par- 

 ticularly the case in the jiroduction of comb 

 honey, for warmth is necessary, and that is 

 secured only when it ascends from the 

 brood chamber into the surplus honey 

 department. Opening hives at the top is 

 always preferable to side-opening. Among 

 all forms, the two American liives, the 

 King hive and tlie Langstroth hive, appear 

 to me to nearly meet the requirements men- 

 tioned. Both of them are storing-hives, top- 

 opening, and with removable honey-cliam- 

 bers. The American bee-keepers long ago 

 attained clieapness in the manufacture of 

 hives; a complete Langstroth hive, with 10 

 frames, is furnished, ready to nail together, 

 at about a half dollar, or I florin, Austrian 

 money." 



There were about 300 members present at 

 the 2'2nd " Wandcrversdrnmhing deiitsch- 

 er unci vesterreichischer Bienenunrthe" 

 held in Linz. Of course they had a glori- 

 ous time. Count Visconti di Saliceto. editor 

 of L'A'picoltore, of Milan, had 200 Italian 

 queen bees, and 30 swarms on exhibition. 



Der Bicnennnter aus Boahmen, (Prague), 

 for Nov. and Dec, contains the translation 

 of a long article on "Wintering Bees," by 

 Chas. Dadant; and the Oct. number repro- 

 duces one on the same subject, by another 

 American bee-keeper. 



In Austria there is a law requiring 

 sugar-retiners to close the doors and 

 windows of their manufactories and 

 store-houses, by means of wire-clote, in 

 order to prevent bees from entering 



and perishing there. Here, the refiners 

 employ the wire-cloth to retain the 

 bees, when the latter have entered the 

 manufactories, and to facilitate their 

 destruction. — UA-picuUem\ Paris. 



GLEANED BY 



W. J. Andeews, - Columbia., Tenn. 



Chattanooga, Tenn , Jan. 28, 1878. 

 " My bees are in splendid condition. 

 Hives are all full of stores. Nearly all 

 have commenced brood-rearing. One 

 colony has its second set of brood, 

 capped. Maples are in bloom here, 

 and it seems right curious to hear the 

 hum of the bees, in the trees at this 

 season, (midwinter). I am 'fussing' 

 with my bees nearly every day. After 

 studying over it, I am convinced that 

 it is much the best to have the cap, or 

 upper story supported by a strip, say 

 1 inch from the top, all around, out- 

 side the wire. It will keep the moth 

 out of the cap, and that is a big item.— 

 If the cap is supported by a strip, 

 nailed inside the cap; unless it is all 

 around, it will let the millers into it, 

 and then they will till it witli eggs, to 

 the distruction of many pieces of unpro- 

 tected comb. With the present pros- 

 pect, I shall be able to double my 

 number of colonies by the time clover 

 blooms, and get a good yield from that 

 source. Am delighted "witli the pros- 

 pect." S. C. Dodge. 



Cave Spring, Ga., Feb. 9, 1878. 



"I want to put my honey up in such 

 a shape that 1 can sell it. "N^ery few 

 people use honey in Georgia, but I 

 think it is owing to the shape it is in. — 

 It is a very common thing, about the 

 middle of May, to see men with water 

 buckets, with a cloth tied over them, 

 walking our streets with honey to sell. 

 It is taken from tlie old log or box 

 hive; new comb, old comb, young bees 

 and honey, all well mixed, and fer- 

 menting ! I think this is the reason 

 why our people do not use more honey. 

 J. S. Davis. 



[That is just what has killed the sale 

 of honey in* hundreds of places — the 

 slovenly way in which it has been 

 offered for sale. But when put up in a 

 tempting manner, the old demand, 

 much increased, however, will, no 

 doubt, be found for good honey, in 

 marketable shape, — Ed.] 



