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miles for a lodgement ; and we remember 

 reading a story, well vouched for, of bees tliat 

 flew twelve miles to ibrage in a buckwheat 

 field ! The hosts that were -troublesome at 

 Wenham may, for aught that appears, have 

 come from the neighborhood of Squam Beach 

 or Nahant, or even from the granite hills of 

 New Hampshire ! Grasshoppers in Kansas fly 

 thrice as far. 



But may not some good result from this anti- 

 bee-bellum ? If the action of a j-egular town 

 meeting proves eflectual in preventing depreda- 

 tions by hees from abroad, may not those of ants 

 and roaches be in like manner arrested bj'' a 

 formal two-thirds vote ? By all means, since 

 they have their hands in, let the voters of Wen- 

 ham try the experiment ! 



Foulbrood Again! 



In the concluding portion of the Baron of 

 Berlepsch's essay on foulbrood, given in the 

 March number of the Bee Jotirnai,, there is 

 an unfavorable notice of an article on "the origin, 

 nature, and cause" of that disease, by Director 

 Fischer, published in the transactions of the 

 third meeting of German Agriculturists, in 1865. 

 Against that judgment of the Baron, Mr. Fis- 

 cher protests on the ground that experience has 

 since confirmed and sustained his positions. 

 He further says : — 



" I am able to cause the best colony to be- 

 come foulbroody in the course of a few months, 

 and to cure a diseased colony in a still shorter 

 time. At a suitable season I shall be ready to 

 furnish the proof. The Rev. Mr. Huonder, of 

 Medels-Plata, to whom, under injunction of 

 secrecj^ I communicated my prescription for 

 the cure of his foalbroody stocks, wrote to me 

 on the 34tli of September, that they were re- 

 stored to a healthy condition in the course of 

 three or four weeks. 



" The nature of foulbrood, its origin and 

 cure, are in no respect mysterious, but entirely 

 in accordance with nature, and as intelligible as 

 any other vital phenomena in the case of bees. 

 To many symptoms, hitherto regarded as 

 secondary only or incidental, due prominence 

 and significance are now assigned. Especially 

 interesting are the physiological importance of 

 chyle, and the structure and function of the or- 

 gan secreting that substance, which cannot any 

 longer be regarded as the product of digestion 

 in the stomach. 



" The practical consequences of the insight 

 now obtained, are far-reaching — even apart from 



the proper cure of foulbrood. A gratifying sur- 

 prise awaits that veteran apiarian, Dzierzou, inas- 

 much as the fundamental principle of one of the 

 positions inllexiblj'^ adhered to by him, is now 

 shown to be in strict consonance with a law of 

 nature." 



Director Fischer intimates that he will short- 

 ly communicate to the Bienenzeitung a sketch 

 of his theory. But if he has made so important 

 a discovery, as he alleges, why not take meas- 

 ures to have it tested in a trustworthy manner 

 by some prominent apiarian, if he does not in- 

 tend to make the prescription known at pres- 

 ent? .^___ 



The Kohler Process, 



Great bodies in Europe, as well as in Ameri- 

 ca, proverbially move slow. Fearing that if 

 they relied on the action of Government officials 

 to obtain a reasonable remuneration to Mr. 

 Kohler for his process to secure the pure fertili- 

 zation of Italian queens, when and where com- 

 mon drones abound, the method could not be 

 brought into general use this year, the German 

 apiarians have resolved to make up a sufficient 

 sum by contributions from among themselves. 

 The plan is to have the process communicated 

 to each contributor, by printed instructions, but 

 not to be divulged until such time as shall be 

 agreed upon. This plan was proposed by the Rev. 

 Mr. Kleine, and having been approved by a 

 number of prominent apiarians, subscriptions 

 will be received at the office of the '•'■ Bienemeii- 

 unri'''' in Eichstiidt — each subscril)er to specify 

 the sum he is willing to contribute. It is expected 

 that a satisfactory sum will thus be secured by 

 the first of May. The main purpose is to com- 

 pensate Mr. Kohler, in the first instance, for a 

 discovery so valuable, and then make known 

 the process, iiro bono pithlico. This would be 

 just to the discoverer, and liberal to the bee- 

 keeping community. 



ffi^^We have received from the publishers a 

 copy of the catalogue mentioned below. It is 

 the largest, handsomest, most complete, best 

 printed and most profusely illustrated, that has 

 come under our notice ; and will be fully worth 

 its cost to farmers and dealers in all parts of the 

 country. 



"Allen's Catalogue of Agricultural and 

 Household Implements and Machinehy, 

 Seeds and Fertilizers. — Messrs. R. 11. Allen 

 & Co., 189 and 191 Water Street, New York 

 who conduct the largest business in Agricultur- 

 la and Horticultural Implements, of all Ameri- 



