the Prison is the celebrated covered 

 Bridge of Sighs, where so many went 

 over never to see daylight again. At 

 Venice we witnessed the Eoyal Regatta, 

 and saw the Queen of Italy award the 

 prizes. 



We cannot dwell on such things even 

 of so much interest. Near the city of 

 Rome there is the largest apiary in 

 Italy— the proprietor,Andres Turtuferi, 

 at Romagna Cesena, having 1,200 colo- 

 nies of bees. Near Bologna, Signor 

 Pietro Pilati has five apiaries and a fine 

 lot of bees. We enjoyed a very pleas- 

 ant visit with him, as well as from 

 Herrn Lucio Paglia, who also has an 

 apiary at Castel S. Pietro de l'Emilia, a 

 village 15 miles distant. 



At Milan we made the acquaintance 

 of Signor Alfonso Visconti de Saliceto, 

 the editor of L'Apicoltore, the Italian 

 bee paper, and Count Gaetano Barbo, 

 a descendent from one of the ancient 

 illustrious families of Italy, and Presi- 

 dent of the Central Society d'Apicol- 

 tore d'ltaly. The former is descended 

 from the ancient aristocratic family of 

 that name— to his ancestors belong the 

 glory of building the great Milan Cathe- 

 dral, the largest marble structure in the 

 world— a fine large photograph of which 

 he has presented, in company with 

 Signor Barbo, to the American Bee 

 Journal Museum. We dined with 

 these gentlemen on Sept. 1st, and took 

 breakfast with Count Barbo and his 

 mother on the 2d of Sept. These meals 

 were of the true Milanese style, where 

 our friend, the Count, was rather 

 " imaginationeous," there is nothing of 

 "the kind in the Milanese manner of pro- 

 viding for the human stomach. 



At Milan are several good apiaries— 

 Count Barbo, Visconti di Saliceto, Dr. 

 Dubini, and Signor Sartori being among 

 the most extensive — the latter also 

 manufactures and sells all kinds of 

 apiarian supplies. 



AUSTRIA. 



Leaving Italy by the way of Verona, 

 one of the strongest fortified cities of 

 Italy, having also a well-preserved Ro- 

 man amphitheatre, with seats for 24,- 



000 persons, we passed through the 

 Tyrol, over the Alps to Munich, Germa- 

 ny, which is one of the pleasantest 

 cities of Central Europe, with fine pub- 

 lic buildings and numerous parks 

 adorned with statuary. Prom thence 

 we went to Vienna, the capital of Aus- 

 tria, a city of modern buildings and 

 parks, as well as fine old historic attrac- 

 tions. Here we met Herrn Karl Gatter, 

 mentioned in our little pamphlet, 

 " Honey as Pood and Medicine," a very 

 pleasant and genial gentleman, as well 

 as Mr. Edward Drory, who was for some 

 years connected with the Bordeaux bee 

 paper in France, and who is still much 

 interested in bee-culture. 



Prom Vienna we journeyed to Prague, 

 the capital of Bohemia, which is a 

 commercial city of considerable impor- 

 tance and of many historic events. 

 Here we saw the Crown Prince of Aus- 

 tria, and the Imperial Castle. The 

 Crown Prince's Secretary is much in- 

 terested in bees, and has several colo- 

 nies in the Imperial gardens. He is a 

 genial gentleman and a progressive bee- 

 keeper. Here, also, we met Herrn Ru- 

 dolf Mayerhoeffer, the editor of the 

 Austrian Bienenvater, and Secretary of 

 the Austro-German Congress. He is 

 an energetic man, and received us very 

 cordially. Prof. Marsher also lives here , 

 and is an enthusiast on bees and bee- 

 culture . We made many very agreeable 

 acquaintances in Prague, and shall long 

 remember our visit to that city. 



THE AUSTRO-GERMAN CONGRESS. 



The festive opening of this Congress 

 took place on Sept. 7th at 10 a. m., at 

 Prague, and was honored by the pres- 

 ence of His Excellency, the Hon. Baron 

 Von Weber, Governor of Bohemia, and 

 who formally opened the Exhibition. 

 Among the noted apiarists present 

 were the world-renowned Rev. Dr. 

 Dzierzon ; the Hon. Augustus Schmidt, 

 editor of the Bienen Zeitung ; the Baro- 

 ness, widow of the late celebrated 

 apiarist, the Baron of Berlepsch ; the 

 distinguished Herrn Emil Hilbert; 

 Herr Prof. Dr. Butlerow, of Russia; 

 Prof. Louis Ritter von Sartori, of Milan, 



