Vol. XV. 



Chicago, Illinois, August, 1879. 



No. 



Contents of this Number. 



Editor'* Table. 



Editorial Items 337 to 347 



National Convention Essays 337 



Bee and Honey Show in England 338 



Vice President for North Carolina 339 



Long-Distance Shipping Cage 340 



Comb Faundation 340 



Acknowledgments 341 



Okra— Gumbo 342 



Prospects for the Future 342 



Hints About Honey Exhibits 343 



Bee-Keeping— Its Magnitude 343 



The Senses of Bees 344 



Wild Bees and the Indians 345 



Beeswax 345 



Do Bees Make Honey ? 346 



Little Johnny on Bees 340 



Work among Bees— Effect of Stings 347 



An Extraordinary Bee Hive 347 



Foreign Notes : 



Comb Foundation 348 



Timorese Honey Hunters 349 



Correspondence : 



Apiary Work for August 350 



Singular Experience in Swarming 351 



Emerson Binder, Honey, etc 352 



Bees in the Shenandoah Valley 352 



Honey Dew on the Tamarack 353 



Honey Prospects in Virginia 354 



Experience with Large Hives 355 



Bee Enemies in Texas 385 



Letter from Kansas 356 



Using Empty Frames 357 



Apiculture in Florida 357 



Wired Comb Foundation 358 



Bees Deserting their hives 359 



Bee Moths and Italian Bees 360 



California Honey Evaporators 360 



How to Prepare Bees for Shipping 361 



The Bee's Cell 361 



A Worker's Account of Itself 362 



How to Know Bobber Bees 362 



Successful Wintering of Bees 363 



Popular Illusions 363 



Euonymus as a Honey Plant 364 



Treatment of Foul Brc id 364 



Conventions : » 



Texas Association 365 



Muscatine, Iowa 365 



Northwestern III. and Southwestern Wis 367 



Oar Letter Box : 



W.Williamson, H. Stout, John Boerstler, A. 

 Reynolds, W. J. Willard, A, W. Hale, Otto 



Halblieb, Edwin Pike 



J. R. Crumpacker, C. F. & F. Smith, A. Reyn- 

 olds, A. Vanderwerken 



J. M. C. Taylor, R. C. Taylor, C. W. Tavlor, A. 



J. Kane, E. R. Douglass 



T. B. Quinlan, Thos. 8. Fraser, G. B. Seeley', 



A. N. VanCamp 



J. F. Montgomery, H. C. Bailey, John Murrav. 



A.J.Cook ... 



St. Joe, E. A. Davis, G. M. Porter, E. Liston, 



W. J. Skidmore, Miller*. Hollom, S. M. Old- 

 ham, J. A. Thomas2 



R. W. Keene, M.D.; Peter James, J. B. Dines, 

 C. S. Newsom, W. P. T., J. L, Smith 



N. Davis, Nelson Perkius, James A. Daniel, R. 

 Dart, Solomon Bricker 



H. W. Roop, S. Ruggles, R. C. Taylor 



Iplxtor's iaMe. 



National Convention Essays. 



Since the July issue of the Journal, 

 Prof. Cook has changed the subject for 

 his essay, which was announced to be 

 "Wintering Bees, Physiologically Con- 

 sidered." In view of there being sev- 

 eral dissertations on wintering bees, he 

 has announced for his subject, " Com- 

 parative Length of the Tongues of 

 Different Paces of Bees." The follow- 

 ing additional announcements have 

 also been received : 



"Moving Bees"— N. P. Allen, Smith's 

 Grove, Ky. 



" The Next Progressive Step "—Frank 

 Benton, Lansing, Mich. 



" Wintering Bees, Theoretically and Prac- 

 tically considered"— H. H. Flick, Lavans- 

 ville, Pa. 



"Miscellaneous Topics"— M. M. Bald- 

 ridge, St. Charles, 111. 



" Foul Brood ; its Dangers and its Cure." 

 — Clias. F. Muth, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



"Bee Forage in the South."— Dr. J. P. H. 

 Brown, Augusta, Ga. 



i^To those engaged in harvesting 

 and other occupations tending to cre- 

 ate thirst, we recommend a trial of the 

 following preparation, which we find 

 in a recent number of the Western Ru- 

 ral. We have not tried it, but have no 

 doubt it will make a very palatable and 

 healthful drink in hot weather : 



Take 12 gallons of water, 20 lbs. of 

 honey and six eggs, using the whites 

 only. Let these boil 1 hour; then add 

 cinnamon, ginger, cloves, mace and a 

 little rosemary. When cold add one 

 spoonful of yeast from the brewer. Stir- 

 it well, and m 24 hours it will be good. 



