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!»«'«•»" Cliristnisis.— The weatber has 

 been warm, aud the suu has shone out 

 strongly between the showers, so *that the 

 bees have been able to fly quite frequently. 

 The winter cannot be a long one now, be- 

 ing cut short at one end. The following 

 letter fi-om Mr. youngman shows how the 

 bees sjient Chi-istmas in his apiary : 



L.4KEVIEW, Mich., Dec. 25, 1889. 



It being quite warm to-day, and the sun 

 shining, the bees had a merry Christmas. 

 There has been no cold weather, and very 

 little snow up to date, and it will be a short 

 winter for the bees, and if they are well 

 provided with stores, one may almost in- 

 sure their wintering well. Bees went into 

 winter quarters rather light in stores, as the 

 honey crop was lighter than usual, the 

 stores being almost bare of comb honey. 



Last season was the most remarkable for 

 swarming ever known here. Bees abscond- 

 ed to the woods in great numbers. A great 

 many trees were found and cut. Some 

 were found in logs and hollow roots. I 

 have 3 swarms taken from as many trees, 

 all at one time. S. J. YorNGMAx. 



undoubtedly been used the present year. 

 Let it be remembered that, although this 

 firm are the largest manufacturers of comb 

 foundation in the world, they are by no 

 means alone, and outside of a number of 

 other manufacturers, there are hundreds 

 of liee-keepers who make their own comb 

 foundation, even if theii' number is more 

 limited than it was at first. 



This 35,053 pounds, if cut into sheets the 

 right size for i''^ sections, and the sheets 

 piled upon one another, would make a pile 

 16,702 feet high, or over three miles; or if 

 placed at the end of one another, they 

 would make a line of beeswax 154 miles 

 in length. 



Exposition at Tieiina iii 1800.— 



An Agricultural Exhibiticm is to be held in 

 Vienna from May to November, 1890, un- 

 der the auspices of the Imperial Royal 

 Agricultural Society of Vienna. 



The object of this exhibition is to give as 

 complete a representation as possible of the 

 actual condition of the Agriculture, For- 

 estry, Horticulture, Gardening, Bee-Cul- 

 ture and Irrigation, and to promote and 

 diffuse a knowledge of the latest inventions 

 and di-scoveries relating to those subjects. 



A large number of important premiums 

 in money as well as in medals, is assured 

 the firms of the various industrial circles, 

 which may spur them to do their best in 

 the coming contest. 



i^onie A««toiiisliiii&r I'isiires.— The 

 firm of Chas. Dadant & Son report having 

 made and sold 59,551 pounds of comb 

 foundation during the season of 1889. Of 

 this, 34,498 pounds was brood foundation, 

 and 25,053 pounds surplus foundation. 



The 34,498 pounds of brood foundation 

 could fill 210,520 Langstroth brood frames, 

 or 21,052 ten-frame Langstroth hives; and 

 if only one-inch strips had been used, there 

 would have been enough to make guides 

 for 168,416 hives. This number of .sheets, 

 S-X1614 inches, if piled on top of one 

 another, would make a pile 2,924 feet 

 high, or nearly three times the height of 

 the Eiffel tower. If placed at the end of 

 one another, they would make a line nearly 

 55 miles in length. 



The 25,053 pounds of "thin" and "ex- 

 tra thin " foundation would fill 3,605,512 

 sections 4 '4x4 '4 inches. This will give an 

 idea of the extent of the production of 

 comb honey in the United States, for most 

 for this comb foundation has been sold in 

 this country, and the greater part of it has 



Xli«- Officers and Honorary members 

 of the International for the present year 

 are as follows : 



President— R. I,. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 

 First Vice- Prea.— Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 

 Secretary— C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, Ills. 

 Treasurer— Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, Ills. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS, 



,T. B. Hall, Woodstock, Out. 

 O. L. Hershiser. Buffalo, N. Y. 

 E. K. Root, Medina, O. 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, Lansing, Mich. 

 Mrs. L. Harrison, Peoria, Ills. 



ADDITIONAL NAMES OF MEMBERS. 



E. L. Gooia, Brantford. Out. 

 W. H. Shapler, Brantford, Ont. 

 S. T. Pettit, Belmont, Out. 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



*P. W. Vogel, Lekmanshofel, Prussia. 

 Kev. George Kleine. Luethorst, Prussia. 

 *Andreas Sohraidt, Eichstadt, Bavaria. 

 Rev. John Dzierzon, Karlsmarkt. Silesia. 

 *Iiaron A. Von Berlepsch, Munich, Bavaria. 

 Baroness L. Von Berlepsch, Munich. Bavaria. 

 *Prof. C. T. E. Von Siebold, Munich, Bavaria. 

 *Major F. Von Hruschka, Dolo, Italy. 

 Dr. A. Dubiui, Milan, Italy. 

 Visconte De Saliceto, Milan, Italy. 

 Rev. L. L. Langstroth, O.tford, O. 

 *Samuel Wagner, Washington. D. C. 

 »M. Quinby. St. Johnsville, N. Y. 

 L. Gerster, Berne, Switzerland. 

 *T. W. Woodbury. Mount Radford, England. 

 Mrs. F. A. Dunham, Do Pere, Wis. 

 T, F. Bingham, Abronia, Mich. 

 E. Bertraud, Nyon, Switzerland. 

 Frank R. Cheshire. London. England. 

 Rev. Wm. P. Clarke, Guelph, Ont. 

 Prof. C. V. Riley, Washington, D. C. 

 Hon. Edwin E. Willets, Lansing, Mich. 

 'Deceased. 



Honey Almanac. 



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Each alternate page is an illustrated 

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Here is what is said of it by those who 

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The Almanacs are making business lively. 

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Its 32 pages are filled with interesting 

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 mission of bees in fertilizing the flowers, 

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 fruit-growers' best friends. 



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Exc<'H«"iit Paste. — To make paste 

 that will stick honey-labels to glass, tin, 

 etc., take two ounces of clear gum arable, 

 one ounce and a half of fine starch, and one- 

 half ounce of white sugar. Pulverize the 

 gum arable, and dissolve it in as much 

 water as the laundress would use for the 

 quantity of starch indicated. Dissolve the 

 starch and sugar in the gum solution. Then 

 cook the mixture in a vessel suspended in 

 boiling water, until the starch becomes 

 clear. The cement should be as thick as 

 tar, and kept so. It can be kept from spoil- 

 ing by dropping in a lump of gum camphor, 

 or a little oil of cloves or sassafras. This 

 cement is very strong indeed, and will stick 

 perfectly to glazed surfaces, and is good to 

 repaii- broken rocks, minerals or fossils. 



Sectional Committee tor Rear- 

 ing oflJees. — Chairman, Mr. Hermann 

 Bernges, late forest manager, editor of the 

 Bienenvater (Bee-Father). Second Chair- 

 man, Mr. Jos. Kamptner, house-proprietor 

 at Unter-Dobling. Secretary, Mr. Alois 

 Scholtys, officer of the Imp. R. Court aud 

 first lieutenant. Editor, Mr. Anthony 

 Pfalz, editor of the Imkerboten aus Oes- 

 terrclch, bee-master at Deutsch-Wagram, 

 Austria. 



