store the stuff in their surplus receptacles ! 

 A stringent law to protect the honest as 

 well as to punish the dishonest is a public 

 necessity. If the present Congress should 

 fail in their duty, by neglecting to provide 

 such a statute, then let every honest voter 

 exact a pledge of candidates to favor such a 

 measure, before giving them their votes at 

 the coming election. 



Public Honesty needs it ! 



Public Morals require it ! 



Public Health demands it. 



And of necessity such a law ought to be 

 enacted and strictly enforced ! 



Machine for fastening Starters. 



We have received from Mr. W. D. Parker 

 his machine for fastening foundation starters 

 in sections. It is a neat and handy device 

 and will work nicely. The machine may be 

 well understood by the accompanying illus- 

 tration. The machine is fastened to a table 



by two screws, and after sliding the top bar 

 of a box or section under the lever, against 

 the stop, placing the starter % inch in under 

 the lever, raise the lever and atthe'sametime 

 turn the piece of foundation up against the 

 end of the lever, taking it out with a sliding 

 motion and the starter is firmly fastened to 

 the box. 



JgF* Edward D. Rigby, of Peshtigo, Wis., 

 wishes to work in an apiary for a season, for 

 experience. He is handy with tools, and 

 would make himself generally useful. Any 

 one desiring such help should address him 

 at once. 



WW The mortality among bees has been 

 extensive; in many cases amounting to from 

 50 to 75 per cent. Dysentery is the main 

 cause. 



The Albany Co., N. Y., Bee-keepers' Con- 

 vention, will be held at Houck's Hall, 

 Clarksville, May 6th, 1879, commencing at 10 

 a.m. A full attendance is desired. 



H. W. Garrett, Pres. 



T. F. C. Van Allen, Sec. 



JtlPMr. D. S. Given, of Hoopeston, 111., 

 has sent us a sample of the foundation made 

 on his plates, with wires. The wires are 

 pressed into the wax sheet by the action of 

 the plates, after being fastened to the frames. 

 So far as the sample sent us is concerned, the 

 plan is not a success— the wire having cut 

 the wax sheet through. This may have 

 resulted in some measure from the rough 

 handling of the post office employes. He 

 says : 



My plan is to make the foundation right 

 in the frames. I first sew the wire through 

 the frames ; the wax sheet is then placed on 

 the wire and all is put into the machine. 

 The wire is then bedded, fastened in the 

 frames, and the foundation is made all at 

 one snap. Of course, I can make founda- 

 tion as well without frames or wire. The 

 machine works splendidly. A boy 10 years 

 old can run it. The plates are made of the 

 size of the frames, from antimony and lead, 

 made very thin and then bedded on felt. 

 These are fastened on two boards, hinged 

 like a book and are then pressed. 



HP Should any forget our address when 

 on a visit to Chicago, they can easily pro- 

 cure it by consulting the City Directory to 

 be found in almost every hotel and store. 



[GIT A club for the Bee Journal may be 

 sent all to one post office or to as many post 

 offices as there are names in the club. 



Honey Markets. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— White clover, put up in single-comb 

 boxes, in slow demand. Prices paid for such,10(sl2c. 

 When more than 1 comb in a box, 9@10c. Dark, in 

 the comb, slow sale at 8@10c. Extracted Honey, 

 white, 7@'8c. ; dark, 6@7c. 



BEESWAX— Prime choice yellow, 23@25c; darker 

 grades, lG@18c, 



NEW YORK. 

 Quotations.— Best fancy white comb honey, 

 12@15c; extracted, new, 7(g)8c; buckwheat comb 

 honey, 10@12c; beeswax, prime, 25c. 



H. K. & F. B. THURBER & CO. 



CINCINNATI. 

 COMB HONE Y-In small boxes, 10@12c. E xtracted, 

 1 lb. jars, in shipping order, per doz., $2.50; per gross, 

 $28.00. 2 ft. jars, per doz„ $4.50; per gross, $50.00. 



C. F. MUTH. 

 CALIFORNIA. 

 Quotations for comb honey are: White, 9@llc; 

 dark to medium, 7(«8c.; extracted, 4@6c. 

 Stearns & Smith, 423 Front St., San Francisco, Cal. 



VW Samples of the "Metalic Foil Comb 

 Foundation," will be sent on receipt of a 

 three cent postage stamp. All foundation 

 will be guaranteed against sagging in every 

 particular. Mr. A. F. Moon, to whom sheets 

 have been sent writes : "The bees have 

 built up and filled with brood the frames 

 introduced," and adds, " You can rest 

 assured the thing is a success." Jno. Y. 

 Detwiler & Co., 25 Summet-st., Toledo, O. 



