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The case was put in the upper story at 

 9 a. m.; at 3 p. m. the Dunham founda- 

 tion was worked one-fourth of an inch 

 on each side, the Root foundation was 

 apparently just commenced upon, the 

 thin foundation was about half cut out 

 and abandoned, and the bees had com- 

 menced building comb in the boxes un- 

 supplied with foundation. Another 

 trial: On Saturday evening, July 9th, 

 a half sheet of Dunham foundation was 

 placed in a queenless nucleus with one 

 comb, and an average number of bees 

 for one frame. On the following Sat- 

 urday evening the bees had drawn out 

 the foundation nearly full thickness, 

 and within one and a half inches of the 

 bottom bar, and filled and partly sealed 

 with honey. 



Acknowledgments. 



Messrs. C. W. & A. H. K. Blood have 

 sent us a frame of foundation, prepared 

 as described in their correspondence, p. 

 358. The frame is nearly American in 

 size, and the foundation is very evenly 

 and prettily drawn out from top to bot- 

 tom on both sides by the bees. It 

 shows no sign of sagging, nor distorted 

 cells. Upon close inspection, we ob- 

 serve the queen has utilized nearly 

 every cell by depositing an egg in it. 



From Mr. G. P. McDougall, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., we have received a 68-page 

 pamplet, entitled '"Secrets of Bee- 

 Keeping, or How to Make Money with 

 the Honey Bee." The book is well 

 written, and filled with matter of gen- 

 eral interest to the bee-keeper, espe- 

 cially the beginner. The paper is not 

 so good as should have been used for a 

 text-book, nor is the press-work on our 

 sample copy very creditable. The 

 price is put at 50c. by mail. 



We are under obligations to Mr. J. 

 D. Hutchinson, 50 Gordon St., Glasgow, 

 Scotland, for copies of the prize-list of 

 the Caledonian Apiarian and Entomo- 

 logical Society for honey, hives and 

 bees, to be held at Perth, Scotland, July 

 29th to Aug. 1st, 1879, in connection 

 with the Highland and Agricultural 



Society's Show. The list is very ex- 

 tensive, embracing everything con- 

 nected with the apiary, and honey and 

 its uses, and the prizes very liberal. 



Messrs. Everett Bros., Toledo, O., 

 have our thanks for the Premium List 

 and Rules and Regulations of the Tri- 

 State Fair, embracing Ohio, Michigan 

 and Indiana, to be held at Toledo, O., 

 Sept. 8-13, 1879. 



From Mr. F. C. Smith we have re- 

 ceived the Premium List of the North 

 Georgia Stock and Fair Association, to 

 be held at Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 20-26, 1879. 



From the Secretary we have received 

 the Premium List, Rules and Regula- 

 tions of the Grand Exposition of the 

 Agricultural Society of Delaware, to be 

 held at Dover, Del., Sept. 22-27, 1879. 



The Premium List for the tenth an- 

 nual exhibition of the Industrial Asso- 

 ciation of Southwestern Wisconsin, to 

 be held at Mineral Point, Wis., Sept. 

 2-5, 1879, has been received. 



The above Premium Lists are all 

 quite comprehensive and the premiums 

 offered in the various departments very 

 liberal. The typographical execution 

 is creditable on all of them. We are 

 sorry to observe the importance of the 

 bee-keeping interest does not receive 

 the consideration it deserves. Less 

 horse-racing and more honey would re- 

 dound more to the prosperity of the 

 country. 



From the White Manufacturing Co., 

 Madison, Ind.. we have a sample Palace 

 Bee Hive and a catalogue. This com- 

 pany manufactures bee hives and honey 

 extractors and deals in apiarian supplies 

 generally, The hive sent us is very 

 large in size and elaborate in finish, 

 and we hardly understand how they 

 can be manufactured and sold for $11 

 each. A critical examination of the 

 hive will be left for the editor, Mr. T. 

 G. Newman, upon his return from 

 Europe. 



We have a photograph from Mr. A. 

 E. Wenzel, Callicoon, N. Y., of his 

 "Boss Bee Hive," patented April 17, 

 1878. The photograph gives three views 

 of the hive : 1st. Summer rig ; 2d. 



