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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Bee Hives, &e., Patented in 1869. • 



Patentees. Date of Patent. Invention. 



A.T.Wright Jan. 5, Beehives. 



Theron Webb " 12, " " 



A. T. Wright " 13, 



Juo. Wood " 12, 



B. F. Lee " 1^, " 



C. R. C. Hasten & 



A. D. Van Vleck... " 19, " 



T. S. Eno-lc^dow " J'J, 



Wm. Black , " 2G, 



Jesse Pearson Feb. 2, " " 



James D. Meador " 2. " " 



David S. Gray " 2, " lionse. 



James A. Cameron... " !), " hive, 



A. S. Layton " 0, " ." 



R. P. Buttles " 9, 



J.C.Gaston " 1(5, " " 



G. J. Flansburg " IG, " " 



James P. Praul " IG, " " 



Peter Miller, Jr Marcli 28, " feeder.s. 



J. J. & A. J. Frey... " 2d, " hives. 



G. W. Umbaugh "23, " 



T. F. McCafferty " 30, " " 



Ole Osmundson April 20, " " 



James H. Crandell.... "20, 



Jno. E. Finley May 4, " " 



Chas. E. Spaulding... " 11, " " 



Thomas Atkinson " H, " " 



N. B. Sebring " 18, 



R. B. Starbuck " 18, 



J.-B. Farquhar June 1, " " 



M. Easley " 1, " " 



James M. Robnett " 1, " " 



J. fl. Bassler " 8, " " 



E. B. Redfield & E. 



C. Hubbard " 15, " " 



H. Berix " lo, 



Jno. E. Finley " 1;"*, " 



Solomon Stevens " IT), " " 



Geo. Cnlvert " 22, 



D. G. Watt " 20, 



Jos. Croner " 20, " " 



J. A. Paddock & J. 



S. Estep July G, " " 



S. Vreeland " 20, 



G. A. Robinson " 27, " " 



H. Filsom " 27, 



M. Graliam " 27, " " 



R. S. Torrey Aug. 3, " 



Richard Pearson. ... .. " 3, " " 



Thos. Atkinson " 10, " 



Saml. B. Crawlord... " 10, " " 



T). Collum " 31, 



H. M. Dunham & B. 



Addington Sept. 7, " " 



H. 11. Flick " 21, 



E. K Sliedd " 21, 



L. H. Critchfield Oct. 5, 



H. O. Peabody " 2G, Cetttrifugal ma- 

 chines lor ex- 

 tracting ho- 

 ney from the 



% comb. 



D. Burbank Nov. 9, Bee house. 



G. W. Lowery " 9, Bee hives. 



Riley Sanford " 23, " " 



Jewell Davis " 23, Hives for rais- 

 ing queen bees. 



Patentees. Date of Patent. Invention. 



W. A. Elam " 23, Beehives. 



R. P. Buttles " 23, Bee moth in- 

 strument. 



H. O. Peabody Dec. 7, Centrifugal ma- 

 chines for e.x- 

 tracting ho- 

 ney from the 

 comb. 



Peter Campbell " 14, Beehives. 



W. T. Kirkpatvick... " 14, " " 



Thomas L. Gray " 21, Miller trap for 



bee hives. 



■ [For the American Bee Joui-nal.] 



Bees North and South. 



1. In what latitude in the United States does the 

 bee do best — that is, collect most honey, and of 

 the best quality ? 



2. Why will "bees not collect more honey in the 

 South where the season is longer, tlian in the 

 North ? I have the general impression that 

 their instinct to store Jioney south, is only for 

 their present wants— that is, they do not lay up 

 stores for winter as in the north. Is this so ? 



3. Why is it tliat the largest apiaries in the 

 United States are north of latitude 40°— such as 

 Quinby's, Grimm's, Marvin's and olliers? Will 

 those wlio have experience in different latitudes 

 answer through the Bee Journal, and oblige. 



West Groton, M. Y. 



D. H. COGGSHALL, Jr. 



[For the American Bee .Tournal.] 



Italian Queen and Alsike Clover. 



For the benefit of the public generally and the 

 encouragement of M. J. H. Townley, of Tompkins, 

 Michigan, I would say that liaving dealt largely 

 with him in the purchase of Italian queen bees, 

 I am satisfied that they are bred from the purest 

 and most reliable stock in the United States, 

 being second to none. I have purchased also 

 from various other breeders, all of wliom have 

 pure stock, but have not b(^cn more satisfactory 

 served by any than by Mr. Townley. 



I have also bought from him more than a hun- 

 dred pounds of xVlsike clover seed, out of which 

 I sowed eighteen acres, selling the balance to my 

 neiglibors — all of whom pronounced it to be the 

 genuine article, free from any foul seed whatever. 



As Mr. Townley is striclly honest and very 

 prompt in dealing, orders sent to him will no 

 doubt be properly filled, and purchaser! find that 

 they have made a good investment. 



0. E. WOLCOTT. 



Byron, Midi. 



Antonine the Martyr, in the seventh century, 

 speaks of the honey of Nazareth as being most 

 excellent; and in the present day, bees are 

 extensively cultivated at Bethlehem, for the sake 

 of the profit derived from the wax tapers supplied 

 to the pilgrims. 



