I. C. & H. P. Sales have sent us a sample 

 of the Dunham Comb Foundation. The 

 machine makes very thin bases to the cells 

 and high side walls. The sample sent is 

 a very good article, and quite a credit to the 

 inventor— a woman ! 



Mr. C. G. Ferris, of Mohawk, N. Y., has 

 sent us a smoker made with a Bingham bel- 

 lows, and the Quinby tube,fastenings to the 

 bellows and valve. There is no new princi- 

 ple about it. 



We have some queen cages, &c, but must 

 defer their notice till our next issue, for 

 want of room. 



IS 5 " Mr. G. M. Doolittle has sent in nearly 

 300 subscriptions for the Bee Journal for 

 1879— the largest club yet. 



" The Blessed Bees," that interesting 

 work by John Allen, is kept for sale at this 

 office, and will be sent postpaid for $ 1.00. 



I IHP We have ordered some of the finest 

 queens to be obtained in Italy, and expect 

 to be able to fill orders in May for them. 

 Price, $5.00. Selected ones $6.00. 



Jgp~A petition against adulteration of 

 food, with several thousands of signatures 

 has been forwarded to Congress from Chi- 

 cago, but unless there be an extra Session, 

 we fear it will be of no use for this year. 



'From the last number of Gleanings 

 we conclude that Novice will soon place 

 himself in line against the use of glucose. 

 The Bee-Keepers' Magazine is out squarely 

 against its use, and we feel sure that within 

 a short time Gleanings will be on that side 

 too. 



Mr. D. D. Palmer again advertises his 

 Sweet Home Raspberry in this number of 

 the Journal, and has issued a nice colored 

 fruit plate of it. The raspberry is an ex- 

 cellent honey-producer and Mr. Palmer has 

 a very choice "variety" of it, which he 

 calls the "Sweet Home." 



$3P The Fourth Edition of Prof. Cook's 

 "Manual of the Apiary " will be published 

 about April 1st. This is recognized as the 

 standard work on apiculture and is meeting 

 with a large sale. We have received orders 

 for it not only from England, but also France 

 and Germany. 



WW Where is the Bee-Keepers' Exchange 

 for January ? Has it not yet made its ap- 

 pearance ? 



Jt^-Many catalogues have been issued 

 this year for the sale of apiarian supplies — 

 but prices fluctuate so much that they can- 

 not take the place of advertisements in the 

 Bee Journal. 



I3P Honey is the natural food for bees. 

 If you have disposed of all your crop and 

 need more for feeding this spring, we can 

 supply it by the barrel or can. 



I^" Reports are coming in confirming our 

 fears, as expressed last month, that there 

 would be great loss of bees in wintering. 

 Those unprotected, are especially depleted. 

 Dysentery has played great havoc in many 

 Northern States. 



Since the publication of our expla- 

 nation entitled "Facts are stubborn things," 

 on page 87, we have had considerable corres- 

 pondence with the officers of the N. W. 

 Ohio Convention and Mr. Everett ; the re- 

 sult is a satisfactory adjustment of the affair 

 —Mr. E., withdrawing his claim to having 

 it published that he took the award over all 

 the others not entered for competition. 



The cause of the difficulty was from a 

 misinterpretation of the facts for want of 

 " more light." The action of the Convention 

 and the delay of sending the Report, when 

 fully explained, does not appear as it did to 

 us, at that time. The Secretary it seems 

 was absent from his home, and it was for- 

 warded to him for his signature, the snow 

 blockade causing some of the delay. The 

 Convention (as complaints were made) 

 could do no other than appoint a committee 

 to investigate. The publication of this in 

 the minutes was unnecessary and calculated 

 to do harm, but as neither Mr. Everett nor 

 the Convention had authorized this, they 

 were not reponsible for it. We are now 

 satisfied that they had nothing to do with 

 the "secret scheming" mentioned by our 

 correspondent. Nearly all the members of 

 that Convention are friends of the A. B. J., 

 and of course we did not intend to reflect on 

 them, or any one else. We simply tried to 

 present the facts to prove that there was no 

 cause for ill-feeling. We hope the with- 

 drawal of the objectionable clause by Mr. 

 E., will end such feeling on all sides; it 

 certainly does with us. 



