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A Letter from Dr. Dzierzon. 



The following letter will be read with 

 interest : 



Carlsmarckt, Jan. 22, 1879. 



Mr. Newman ; Dear Sir.— You have for 

 sometime had the kindness to send me the 

 American Bee Journal, but I have not 

 derived as much pleasure from reading it as I 

 should, had I been more proficient in the 

 English language. I have, however, exam- 

 ined with interest the many very excellent 

 articles and illustrations, which it contained. 



I wish now to inform the readers of your 

 axcellent Journal concerning an article of 

 comb-foundation, which is lined with thin 

 wood, and made by Mr. O. Von Corswant, 

 in Grieswald, on which he is trying to secure 

 a patent, from the Imperial Patent Office in 

 Berlin. 



Mr. Otto Schultz, of Buckow, who has for 

 years, been experimenting in order to get 

 the partition walls for comb, has sent a 

 petition asking the Commissioner not to 

 grant the patent. The Commissioner has 

 referred the matter to me. I told him that 

 Mr. Schultz was not right. The patent on 

 his invention could not be granted because 

 some parties from Frankenthal, Bavaria, 

 and Mr. Frankendorf, in Switzland, had 

 applied for patents on similar inventions. 



It cannot be denied that great credit is due 

 to Mr. O. Von Corswant, for improving the 

 invention of Mr. Otto Schultz. The central 

 walls which the latter makes are of wax, 

 and when it is built out, it is notsuperior to 

 natural comb ; but Mr. O. Von Corswant 

 has hit upon the lucky idea of putting thin 

 wood in the center, covering with wax on 

 both sides, and then having the cells built 

 out on it. In this way the comb will be 

 stronger, making it almost impossible to 

 break it, but formerly, while extracting, 

 «ombs often broke to pieces. Of course, 

 these central walls will be put in such places 

 where the honey is to be stored, and where 

 the extractor is to be used. 



Mr. Otto Schultz will find ready sale for 

 his invention ; his comb being very good, 

 even should the patent be granted to Mr. O. 

 Von Corswant, which may be already done. 

 I thought it my duty to speak well of the 

 invention of Mr. O. Von Corswant in my 

 letter to the patent office. I am indeed, ex- 

 ceedingly pleased to be able to do a favor 

 for a citizen of the town which gave the 

 delegations to the Bee Congress such a wel- 

 come, last September. 



I am yours, very truly, Dzierzon. 



LeMalmaison, Aisne, France, Jan. 21, 1879. 



Dear}Editor:— If the American Bee 

 • Journal is valued and welcomed in the 

 United States of America— it is even more 

 welcome in Europe. We have no journal 

 that can compare with it. It is with great 

 impatience that I await its arrival, and it 

 is welcomed here most cordially. I remain 

 your obedient servant 



L'Abbe L. DuBois. 



Foreign Items. 



GLEANED BY PRANK BENTON. 



In the December number of UApicoltore 

 (Milan, Italy) are copied four articles from 

 the American Bee Journal. 



An Old Linden Tree.— "On the Kocher, 

 in Wirtemberg, there stands near Neustadt 

 a linden tree which is now 680 years old. 

 Its branches reach out so as to cover a space 

 having a circumference of 400 feet, and in 

 1871 they had 106 supports. More than 

 twenty generations have passed away dur- 

 ing it's existence. Thousands have been 

 born and buried whilst the tree which their 

 ancestors planted puts forth new leaves and 

 blossoms each spring." 



"LApicoltura in Italia."— This is 

 the title of an Italian work on apiculture 

 composed by L. Sartori, Professor of apicul- 

 ture in Milan, and A. de Rauschenfels, of 

 Palermo. It contains 520 pages, with 114 

 illustrations. I will let an Italian, one of 

 the highest authorities in such matters, Dr. 

 Angelo Dubini, well known through his im- 

 portant apistical publications, speak of the 

 work of his countryman. In L' Aplcoltore, 

 the journal of the Central Society for the en- 

 couragement of apiculture in Italy, Dr. 

 Dubini reviews the work and closes with the 

 following : "We find we have only given a 

 summary instead of an analysis of this clas- 

 sical and immense work ; but this could not 

 be otherwise, even should we so desire, 

 without reproducing the whole hook. Italy 

 may be proud of this production by two men 

 so thoroughly informed in reference to the 

 theoretical portion as well as skillful in the 

 practical part of the art of managing bees. 

 We are convinced that foreign apiculturists 

 themselves will be attracted by this Italian 

 publication, which treats of all that is known 

 concerning apiculture and its practical ap- 

 plication, and that we will soon see this 

 magnificent work translated." 



Premiums at the Paris Exposition.— 

 "It is six weeks since, in an open session, 

 the naming of the awards at the Exposition 

 Universelle took place, but VOfflciel has not 

 yet published the names of those who re- 

 ceive awards. It is true, there was published 

 on the 21st of October, a list of those men- 

 tioned in the announcement referred to, ma- 

 king an octavo volume ; but this list is 

 imperfect. While waiting for VOfflciel to 

 enlighten the public, and for the medals to 

 be struck, the names of foreign apiculturists 

 (Class 83) mentioned in the semi-official list 

 are herewith presented : 



"Gold Medals— Apicultural Society of 

 Milan, Italy ; Society for the Development 

 of Bee-Culture in Bohemia,Austro-Hungary. 

 Silver Medals— Abbott, London, England ; 

 G. Neigh bour& Sons, London, England; Ru- 

 dolph Mayerhoeffer, Prague, Austria; Baron 

 of Kothschutz, Posendorf, near Laibach, 

 Austria; Luigi Sartori, Milan, Italy; Pietro 

 Pilati, Bologna, Italy. Bronze Medals— F. 

 Creina, Turin, Italy ; Dr, Orazio Martino, 

 Villetta, Italy; Pietro Pilati, Bologna, Italy; 

 Borrissovski, Moscow, Russia ; Freywirth, 

 Riga, Russia."— L'Apiculteur. 



