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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Washington, July, 1870- 



In compliance with the request of many new 

 subscribers, we insert this mouth cuts illustrative of 

 Mr. Alley's modification of the Laugstroth hive, 

 with a description of its construction and arrange- 

 ment, iJrepared at our instance by Mr. Alley. 



The " Bienenstock" is a German monthly devoted 

 to bee-culture, published at Allentown, Pa., by Joseph 

 Kilian, at $1.50 a year. Though it has reached us 

 irregularly and late, and the third number failed en- 

 tirely, the paper appears now to have got fairly under 

 way, and well merits a liberal patronage from Ger- 

 man bee-keepers — of whom there is a large number 

 in the United States. 



The " Poultry Blxletin," is a new monthly 

 issued in New York, by the Executive Committee of 

 the New York State Poultry Society, at SI a year. 

 It is in competent hands, and must be interesting and 

 valuable to all who keep poultry, whether for pleasure 

 or profit. 



Death of James T. Laugstroth. 



We are pained to hear, as this number of the Jour- 

 nal goes to press, of the death of James T. Lang- 

 STKOTH, the only son of the Rev. L. L. Langstroth, of 

 Oxford, Ohio, which occurred at Greenfield, (Mass.,) 

 on the 14th instant. We had learned that he was 

 very ill, and it was not probable he would recover or 

 long survive, but were not prepared to hear so soon 

 of his death. We regret that he was cut off thus 

 early in his career of usefulness, and sincerely con- 

 dole with his bereaved parents on their irreparable 

 loss. 



Though we have selected and translated for this 

 number of the Journal, two ai tides on the modes of 

 securing large crops of honej^, it is with no desire or 

 expectation than American bee-keepers should adopt 

 either iu detail in their practice, or follow them em- 

 perically. Our purpose is rather to illustrate by ex- 

 ample some of the chief principles involved, that 

 these being once clearly apprehended may serve to 

 guide beginners intelligently in their operations, leav- 

 ing them Iree to make such modifications or devia- 

 tions as shall, on reflection, seem to them expedient 

 or likely to prove advantageous. 



We intended last month to say that we shall be 

 pleased to receive further communications from 

 Southern correspondents. We need more information 

 concerning bee-culture in the "sunny South," where 

 it should be making more progress than it appears to 

 be doing. It is hard to understand wliy it is thus 



laggard in a section of country where bee pasturage 

 is so abimdant, so diversified, and so prolonged. 

 May it not be because most of the more intelligent 

 class of the community there have not hitherto given 

 the subject deserved attention — have not in fact, 

 made it a study ? It may be that, for the South, some 

 peculiar mode of management is needed — a special 

 adaptation of what has been gained from experience 

 and observation. If so, frequent and full discussion 

 of the methods and processes prevalent there in 

 practice, would probably elicit suggestions leading to 

 a beneficial change. 



From a recent careful enumeration it api:iears that 

 in the City of Nuremberg and the eighty-four villages 

 in the immediate neighborhood of that city tltree 

 thousand and five hives of bees are kept. Of these 

 eleven hundred and eighty are movable comb hives, 

 and the remainder ordinary box or straw hives. 



Bees in Bavaria. 



According to the official returns for the year 1863 

 (the latest published), the number of colonies of bees 

 in the kingdom of Bavaria, was as follows : — 



Upper Bavaria 53,G65 



Lower Bavaria 31,43.5 



Bavarian Palatinate 21,074 



Upper Palatinate 2;3,S01 



Upper Franconia 1(1,100 



Middle Franconia 25,703 



Lower Franconia 28,307 



Suabia and Neuburg 34,874 



Total 'J33,139 



0^= IlEARTn <& Home for this week (dated June 

 25th), contains the first of a series of sketches en- 

 titled Jdhro Throop^s Night Thoughts, by John 

 Thomas, who is no other than Petuolelm V. Nasbt 

 The great humorist will take an honest country boy 

 to the city, conduct him through the usual experience, 

 and restore him to his home a sadder and wiser boy, 

 satisfied that the peaceful, honest, and temperate life 

 of the farmer is the best and safest life that can be 

 lived. This is a lesson greatly needed at this time, 

 and Nasbt is the man to teach it. 



CORRESPONDENuE OF THE BEE JOUENAL. 



Natcuez, Miss., May 31.— I believe it is acknowl- 

 edged by apiariaus that next to movable frames, 

 ranks the invention of the honey extractor. Some- 

 time since, I ordered one from Mr. J. L. Peabody, 

 Airden, 111., which reached me on the 19lh of April 

 and was at once put in use. I am highly pleased witli 

 it, it came fully up to my expectations, and would 

 recommend it as being superior to any I have yet seen 

 constructed on any other plan.— Last year 1 had in 

 use one made after the first designs published, and 

 used it successfully, but have now cast it aside. I 

 would suggest, however, that the wire cloth used 



