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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Washington, September, 1872. 



All communications and letters of business should 



be addressed to 



GEO. S. WAGNER, 



Office of the American Bee Journal, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Our readers will read with pleasure the interesting 

 letters of Mr. Dadaut, published in another part of 

 the Journal. 



We publish in this month's Journal translations of 

 two very able articles on the " Theory of Wintering 

 Bees." We will endeavor next month to give some 

 further translations on the same subject. The true 

 mauner of wintering bees has been attracting in Ger- 

 many a great deal of attention, and given rise to 

 some discussion. We hope that the results will be 

 such that we will soon be able to winter our bees with 

 certainty and safety. 



The time is approaching when beekeepers will hold 

 their conventions. We trust that those beekeepers 

 who are members of associations will see to it, that 

 they are conducted in the interests of bee-culture, 

 and not in the interest of some patent-right men 

 who wish to use the association as a meaus of ad- 

 vertising their patents. Just such conduct as this has 

 brought no little disrepute upon beekeepers' associa- 

 tions. The only objects of the association should be 

 the interchange of each other's experience, and the 

 discovery of the best methods of conducting bee- 

 culture. 



We have received inquiries from Ohio, asking 

 whether the Patent Office had granted a patent for a 

 bee opiate. Upon inquiry at the Patent Office, we 

 iind that there has been ; and in explanation of what 

 to some may appear strange, we would say that the 

 Patent Office is required to grant a patent for any 

 new combination of materials made for the purpose 

 of accomplishing some spccilic purpose, but that they 

 in no case enter into a decision as to the merits or 

 worthlessncss of the combination. We give below 

 the specification referred to,' stating, at the same time, 

 that it is patented, and cannot be used unless the 

 right is purchased from the patentee or his duly au- 

 thorized agents. As to its worth or worthlesmess. 

 we give no opinion. 



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, 

 Alexander Y. Rozenbury, of Waterloo, Indiana. 



Letters Patent, No. 115,1U7. Bated May 23, 1871. 



Improvement in Composition for Stupefying 

 Bees. 



The schedule referred to in these letters patent and 

 making part of the same. 



To all whom it may concern : 



Be it known, that I, Alexander T. Rozenbury, of 

 Waterloo, Ue Kalb county, in the State of Indiana, 

 have invented a new, useful, and improved composi- 

 tion, or opiate, for stupefying bees ; and I hereby 

 declare the following to be a full and exact descrip- 

 tion thereof. 



The nature or essence of my invention consists in 

 the composition or opiate for stupefying bees de- 

 scribed in the following specification : 



To enable others skilled in making compositious to 

 make and use my invention, I will proceed to name 

 the several ingredients, and describe the mode of 

 mixing them. 



I put into a bottle or jus', that will hold one gallon, 

 half a gill of the oil of anise, half a gill of the oil of 

 peppermint, seven-eighths of a quart of alcohol, and 

 mix them well together, and then add two quarts of 

 water and one table spoonful of white sugar, and mix 

 the whole thoroughly together. 



To use this compound, put fifteen or twenty drops 

 npou some rotten wood, or other material that will 

 burn and make a smoke, and set it on fire, and blow 

 the smoke into the hive, which will stupefy the bees 

 so that they may be removed, or their comb taken out 

 of the hive without the danger of being stung by the 

 bees, and without injuring the bees, as they will re- 

 vive again on being exposed to fresh air, or by blow- 

 ing air into the hive. 



Having described my new composition, or opiate, 

 for stupefying bees, and tbe mode of compounding 

 and using it, 



I claim as my invention : — 



The above-described composition, or opiate, for 

 stupefying bees, compounded in about the above pro- 

 portions specified. 



A. Y. Rozenbury. 



Witnesses : — Jas. S. Best and Amos Hale. 



Our beekeeping friends will readily pardon our de- 

 parture from the bee-line of the Journal when they 

 read the extract given below, and will join with us in 

 wishing Col. Joseph Leffel and wife much happiness. 



Marriage of One of the Smallest Men in the 

 World — A Petite Pair — The Cekemonies and 

 Circumstances. — Col. Joseph Leffels is known by 

 everybody in this vicinity. He is diminutive iu 

 stature, but remarkably active and vigilant in busi- 

 ness, so much so that by faithful and earnest atten- 

 tion he has amassed a considerable competency. He 

 is one of the bee kings of this country, and his suc- 

 cess in the management of these industrious insects 

 has been the subject of much comment among the bee 

 fanciers. 



Col. Leffel is 45 inches high, weighs 55 pounds, 

 and is oS years old. From these figures it may be 

 kuown that his stature is diminutive. The colonel 

 sports a handsome moustache and imperial, and un- 

 like the other diminutives of Thumb, Nut, Dot, et. 

 ah, his face is manly and his features strong. His 

 mii*d is fully developed, strong and vigorous as 'his 

 years demand. It is strange that the colonel should 

 live to this age a batchelor, but such is the case. 

 The blandishments of the female sex have been 

 thrown aside, and immersed in the cares of business, 

 he has had no time to devote to the pranks of Cupid. 

 But where is the heart that has not at some time suc- 

 cumbed to the smiles of woman. To love is human, 

 to marry divine. The lady whom Col. Leffel selected 

 as partner of Lis joys and sorrows is Miss Evaline 

 Beasley, a young lady who is but five or six inches 

 taller than himself, weighs 75 pouuds, and is 23 years 

 of age. 



The wedding took place last evening, at the rcsi- 



