1^ Judge Andrews, of McKinne5^ 

 Texas, sent us word about the middle 

 of the month, to look out for a "red- 

 hot epistle'' from him on the '' purity 

 of the queens," «&c., as noted on page 

 151 of the Journal for May ; but so far 

 it has not put in an appearance. Texas 

 is just the place for a red-hot shot to 

 emanate from, but we are far enough 

 North to allow of a little "cooling''' be- 

 fore it reaches us. " So mote it be." 



i^The Indiana State Fair takes 

 place at Indianapolis, Sept. 30, 1878.— 

 We have received a copy of the Cata- 

 logue, and notice in class 33, a premi- 

 um of $5 for "the best display of 

 honey ;" $3 for " the best 5 pounds of 

 honey in comb;" and $2 for "the best 

 sample of cake, home made." Now 

 let our friends in Indiana make sure of 

 the latter premium for " Honey Cake." 

 Take enough to feed the judges with 

 it, and it will " take 'em," sure. For 

 the comb-honey premium, some white 

 clover honey in prize boxes, nicely 

 glassed, will captivate the judges, if 

 they depend upon " their senses '' 

 rather than " rewarding favorites." 



1^ A correspondent, after weighing 

 many different sized boxes, has figured 

 out their relative contents, as follows : 

 " A box wiien filled with newly made 

 comb-honey, well sealed over, will con- 

 tain 3 lbs. of honey to every 100 cubic 

 inches of space contained in the box.— 

 Thus a two-inch box, 5i inches wide, 

 and 6i deep— the prize box— outside 

 measure— will contain 66 cubic inches 

 of space, and will consequently hold 2 

 lbs., box included. This rule^ holds 

 good with any size of boxes— with the 

 exception that the larger sizes of boxes 

 will contain a trifle in excess of this 

 estimate." 



1^ Henry Alley, of Wenham, Mass., 

 has just sent us some very fine Italian 

 queens. They came by mail (letter 

 postage), and were received in excellent 

 order. They are of bright yellow, and 

 appear to be in every way first-class. 



" A Land Flowing with Milk and 

 Honey." — The Intelligencer, of Belle- 

 ville. Ontario, goes into ecstacies over 

 the success of our friend, Mr. W. C. 

 Wells, of Thurlow, Ontario. By 

 quoting the text at the head of this 

 article, he must really think that Cana- 

 da is a modern paradise — 



" A land of promise this : 

 Long looked for, by the good." 



Well; we don't object, especially 

 when the Intelligencer can report any- 

 thing so good as the following : 



" On Friday last he extracted the 

 honey from a hive, and then put it on a 

 platform scale. The hive gained in 

 weight, on Saturday, 25i lbs.; on Sun- 

 day, 30 lbs.; on Monday, 12i lbs.; and 

 on Tuesday, 5i lbs. In all, in 4 days, 

 72i lb. of honey extracted from one 

 hive. This is actual gain by weight.— 

 Mr. Wells has other colonies which did 

 as well as this one, but this gain was 

 by actual weight. The large quantity 

 of cheese we ship is well known. We 

 are entitled to say this is a ' land flow- 

 ing with milk and honey.' " 



1^ In a private letter, received just 

 as we are going to press, Prof Cook 

 remarks : " I wish you could see my 

 class of 30, working with the bees.— 

 They do it like veterans." Of course 

 we would like to visit the College, and 

 hojie to, at some future day, but we are 

 so busy now as to have but little time 

 to devote to nourishment, recreation or 

 sleep. For several months, passers-by 

 have marked the office of the Jour- 

 nal, as they are returning from places 

 of amusement "along towards the 

 midnight hour," by the light on our 

 desk burning so brightly. 



We did not intend to say this— but 

 that one class of " three " (not 30) also 

 " work like veterans" at the Journal 

 oftice apiary. They, like all other stu- 

 dents, are enthusiastic on bees; their 

 devotion never tires, never ceases. We 

 invite the Professor to come and see 

 our class. Being in a city, we always 

 have quite a crowd to witness the ma- 

 nipulations with our bees. It is a new 

 thing, here. 



