Bees Marking their Location. 



Mr. F. W. Karnatz, the superinten- 

 dent of one of the Chicago parks, says 

 that in March, 1864. he was living in 

 Goslar, Hanover. A friend having pre- 

 sented him with several colonies of 

 bees in straw hives, he placed them in 

 a corner of his garden and built a shed 

 over them. Several days after this he 

 removed the hives to another place, but 

 the bees returned to the old location, 

 and clustered. He saw it, and went 

 to the spot and while standing, looking 

 at them and meditating as to what he 

 should do with them, they clustered 

 under his coat. He took them to their 

 new location, shook them down in front 

 of the hives and they remained. He 

 wants to know why they should have 

 thus clustered under his coat V In all 

 probability when Mr. Karnatz first 

 placed the hives there, he stood admir- 

 ing his new friends as they came out of 

 the hives. In marking their location 

 they marked him ; the little fellows, 

 upon finding themselves homeless 

 wanderers, not having re-marked their 

 new location, and discovering Mr. K. 

 standing, perhaps, in the same spot, 

 and " meditating " upon the scene, they 

 clustered upon his person. When he 

 took them to their hives and shook them 

 down in front, they joyfully accepted 

 the situation, re-marked that location, 

 and pursued the even tenor of their 

 way. 



igiT We have received a six- inch comb 

 foundation mill from C. Olm, whose 

 advertisement may be found on another 

 page. It is one containing all the latest 

 improvements. The samples of comb 

 foundation made on it are equal to any, 

 and the price is only $15. It has double 

 gearing, making it stronger and more 

 durable, and capable of standing any 

 ordinary strain to which it may be sub- 

 jected, and the crank may be turned 

 either way without injury. The rolls 

 are so "cut,"' that the foundation has 

 no "weak"' way as did the first ma- 

 chines made. It is exactly alike, no 

 matter which way it is run through the 



machine. The rolls are ••cut " by a new 

 process, which makes all rolls exactlj 



alike, so that, should one roll become 

 damaged a new one can be substituted 

 and will work exactly right. At least 

 this is what Mr. Olm claims for the new 

 process. 



Peet's queen Cage.— Mr. T. O. Peet 

 has sent one of his Combination Queen 

 Cages, which he has designed for ship- 

 ping and introducing queem. Mr. 

 Peet says : " Please examine it, and 

 also the method of putting up for ship- 

 ment through the mails, as it forms a 

 double-wall, as .required by the new 

 law. We think it is just the thing — 

 what do you think of it ?" 



We will cheerfully give our opinion . 

 In the first place, it contains a bottle, 

 and as glass is unmailable in any shape, 

 that will not do. 



In the second place, the new ruling 

 of the postal department requires it to 

 have " double wire or perforated 

 tin screen for cover, after the manner 

 of the one submitted by Prof. Cook. 1 ' 

 Mr. Peet's has only one wire screen and 

 is enclosed in a perforated paste-board 

 box. To attempt to use such, will sub- 

 ject us to another reverse ruling of the 

 postal department. 



Mr. Peefs cage is nicely made, and 

 but for the new requirements of the 

 postal authorities, would be a first-rate 

 thing. It is to the interest of all to be 

 particular not to endanger the newly- 

 acquired advantage of using the mails 

 for transporting queens. Mr. Peet will 

 see this point, at once. 



As there is no patent on the cages 

 approved by the department, and all 

 are at liberty to make them, who choose 

 to, why take any risks, by attempting to 

 use others ? We can see no good reason 

 for so doing. Attention is directed to 

 the letter of the Assistant P. M. Gen- 

 eral on another page. 



lgg°We are wintering over quite a num- 

 ber of the Pometta imported queens. 

 Those who want them early, can be ac- 

 commodated from the Journal apiary. 



