Vol. XV. 



Chicago, Illinois, October, 1879. 



No. 10. 



Contents of this Number. 



Editor's Table. 



Editorial Items 433 to 441 



Bee-Culture in Continental Europe 434 



The National Convention for 1879 438 



The National Convention 439 



Exhibits for the Convention 440 



" Blasted Hopes" in Southern California 440 



Preparation for Winter 440 



Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Union 441 



Buckwheat for Bees 441 



A Mississippi Apiary 441 



Dunham Foundation Machine 476 



Apiarian Supplies for Europe 476 



Correspondence : 



Northern Michigan for Bee-Keeping 442 



"Petoskey" 442 



Experiments with Eggs and Larvae 443 



Uniting and Introducing 444 



Apiarian, or Apiarist ? 445 



Apiarian, or Apiarist ? 446 



" Linn" 446 



Honey in England 447 



Bee Profits 448 



Notes from Georgia 448 



Duplicating Queens 449 



Doolittle's Honey Report 449 



Experiments with Foul Brood 450 



Queen-Introducing Cage 451 



Apiculture in Florida 452 



In Memoriam 453 



Extracted Honey 454 



New Mode of Transferring 454 



Manual of the Apiary, etc 456 



Arrangement of Combs 456 



Prospects for Honey 457 



The Use of a Bee Smoker 458 



Nebraska Bee-Keepers' Association 458 



Amateur Bee-Keeping 458 



From Western Illinois 459 



Hints on Wintering Bees 459 



Oar Letter Box : 



W. D. H., Solomon C. Perry, J. W. Eckman.. . 461 

 C. G. Gibbard, E. M. R., L. C. Whiting, J. P. 



West, R. M. Osborn, John H. Smith 462 



Wm. R. Howard, Mrs. M. A. Helm, George B. 



Wallace, C. A. Graves 463 



J. B. Ide, Harold Fisk, David A. Knoll 464 



W. H. S., C. A. Graves, H. McWilliams, M. D. . 465 

 H. H. Bloom, W. H. Newsom, J. T. Wilson. ... 466 

 G. B. Olney, S. G. Haile, D. G. Webster, John 



R. Lee, R. M. Anderson 467 



M. H. Wolfer, H. W. S., J. F. Montgomery, T. 



B. Blake, B. F. Mathers.J. S.Goodwin 468 



Howard Betterley, G. W. White, L. Fatzinger, 



O. R. Goodno, Charles G. Ferris, J. L., W. D. 



Wright 469 



Nathan Davis, David Rice, Sr., H. A. White.. 470 



Foreign Notes : 



Bee Show at Perth 470 



Caledonian Apiarian Society 472 



The Late Abbe Collin 472 



Comb Foundaiion— No. 6 472 



Bee-Keeping in Algeria 473 



Lausanne, Switzerland, Conventio n 474 



Austro-German Convention 474 



Dzierzon and Berlepsch 475 



igl^At the Prague Bee and Honey 

 Show, there were 226 exhibits includ- 

 ing over 10,000 items. 



i^ The Editor received many more 

 invitations to visit prominent apiarists 

 than he could possibly accept, while on 

 his European tour. This he regretted, 

 but as he was under obligations to be 

 home to the National Association, on 

 the 21st instant, his stay could be pro- 

 longed no more. 



i^° Honey was exhibited at Prague 

 from Palestine, Greece, from the 

 ancient and celebrated Mt. Hymettus, 

 from Hungary, Italy, Russia, as well as 

 Austria and Germany, Denmark, Hol- 

 land, &c; but we found none that sur- 

 passes the white clover and basswood 

 honey of America. With our varied 

 and unsurpassed amount of bloom, 

 America need not hesitate to exhibit 

 its honey side by side with that of any 

 country on the face of the earth. 



i^° We enjoyed an excellent visit at 

 Prague with the Rev. Dr. Dzierzon, 

 Herr Augustus Schmidt, Prof. Sartori, 

 Herr Vogel, Herr Hilbert, Prof. But- 

 lerow, Herr Gatter, and a host of other 

 leading apiarists of Germany and 

 Austria, as well as with that Honor- 

 able lady, the widow of the late Baron 

 of Berlepsch, who speaks fluently 

 several languages and is an accom- 

 plished, and very agreeable as well as 

 distinguished lady. 



