Vol. XV 



Chicago, Illinois, April, 1879. 



Contents of this Number. 



Editor's Table. 



Editorial Items 145 to 150 



Honey Show in London, England 145 



The Gilbert Section-box 145 



Huntley's Bee-Feeder 145 



How to use Separators 14(j 



Foundation in Surplus Boxes 146 



Nailed Sections vs. Dovetailed 14tj 



Vice President for Maine 14fi 



Glass Decomposed by Honey 140 



Permanent International Exhibition 147 



Rag-burning Tube for Smokers 147 



The Poggenpohl Hive 147 



Scovell's Bee-Smokers 147 



Thou shalt not Adulterate 148 



Machine for Fastening Starters 150 



Given's Foundation Plates 150 



Foreign Notes : 



Bee-Keepers' Register Book 151 



Bee-Culture in Denmark and Australia 151 



Feeding Bees for Profit 152 



Foreign Items 152 



Our Letter Box : 



C. C. Funk, L. N. Miller, O. VV. Spear, J. A. 

 Waterhouse, N. P. Allen, G. W. Horner, J. 

 T. Williamson 153 



M. Bailev, A. E. Norman, F. A. Snell, W. H. 

 Settle 154 



F. VV. Chapman, Louisianian, P. Dunken, D. 

 Kepler, S. Fish, A. H. Hare 155 



J. H. Kby, J. Boerstler, A. M. Rhodes, J. A. 

 Talbot, R. M. Argo. C.S.Hubbard, G. Garlick 15t; 



R. L. Aylor, L. T. Mobberly, J. D. Ward, Wm. 

 Clement, C. Brunke, E. Greenaway, W. P. 

 E vritt, J. E. Moore, L. E Brown 157 



P. J. Kline, J. E. Hunter, D. D. Palmer, Hiram 

 Roop, E. J. Hinshaw, W. H. Green, Morris 

 & Eno, M. E. McMaster, J. L. Wolcott, Val- 

 entine & Son. A. W. Steers, E. L. Owens. . . 158 



Correspondence : 



The Hive " I Prefer" 15!) 



Glucose: Answer to Dr. Foreman 159 



Comb Foundation in Surplus Boxes 160 



Best Bee Pasturage 161 



The Shrew, or Bee Mole 161 



Atmospheric Bee Feeders 162 



Standard Langstroth Hives 163 



Wintering, Adulteration, &c 163 



Sugar in the Nectar c if Flowers 164 



An Improvement in Hives 165 



New Method in Hiving Bees 166 



The Raspberry as a Honey Plant 167 



From November to May 167 



Experience with Comb Foundation 16'.) 



Improvement in Bees 169 



Bee-Keeping as a Specialty 1T0 



Why Honey is Slow Sale in Market 171 



How Bees Mark their Location 112 



Conventions : 



Clark County, O., Convention 173 



Lancaster County, Pa., Convention 173 



North-western Ohio Convention 174 



Eastern Nebraska Convention 176 



NaturaH'S. Artificial Swarming 176 



Southern Michigan Convention 178 



Sanilac County, Mich.. Convention ITS 



N. W. Illinois and S. W. Wis. Convention 178 



Addison County, Vt., Convention 178 



Central Michigan Convention ., 180 



|plii0r's laMe. 



IW Through the courtesy of the Rev. R. 

 H. Peel, Secretary of the " British Bee- 

 Keepers' Association," we have received the 

 Premium List of " The Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England." The London Exhibi- 

 tion will be held from Monday, June 30, to 

 July 7. This is one of the principal Agri- 

 cultural Fairs of England, H. R. H., the 

 Prince of Wales, being President of the So- 

 ciety. Prizes of £25 sterling are offered for 

 bees, hives and honey. These prizes will no 

 doubt result in a good display. 



mgp Mr. Fred Huntley, of Webster City, 

 Iowa, has sent us a bee-feeder, which he has 

 made in the shape of a shallow frame, 1)4 

 inches wide, 2)£ inches deep, and as long as 

 the hive requires, to hang like an ordinary 

 frame in the hive. It is hollow, and has 

 thick factory-cloth fastened over the bottom, 

 through which the feed is drawn down by 

 the bees. It is practically the same as the 

 Dunham feeder, but is made of wood instead 

 of tin. It has a cork-hole in the top for 

 pouring in the feed. 



(H2TMr. E. H. Wynkoop, Catskill, N. Y., 

 has sent us a section for surplus which he 

 calls the Gilbert Section. He says it is 

 patented by a Mr. Gilbert of that town. It 

 is similar to the one made by Lewis & Parks, 

 though not nearly as nicely made, and is 

 but a trifle thicker than the ordinary berry- 

 box material. The corners are gouged out 

 and then it is bent to place. Dr. Southard, 

 of Kalamazoo, Mich., has used such for sec- 

 tions for years. Mr. Wynkoop has made 

 arrangements to make and sell these sec- 

 tions. They can be produced cheaply, but 

 we prefer something having a little more 

 strength for comb honey. 



