The Langstroth Fund.— We have re- 

 ceived from C. N. Abbott, Esq., editor 

 of the British Bee Journal, the amount 

 subscribed in England to the fund 

 ($31.37) and this together with the 

 amount subscribed and paid in this 

 country, we have sent to Mr. Lang- 

 stroth, which is duly acknowledged by 

 the following letter : 



Oxford, O., March 2, 1880. 



Dear Friend : Your letter enclos- 

 ing check for $62.62 was duly received. 

 I am still suffering greatly from my 

 head — unfit for any mental effort — and 

 unable to take any interest in my once 

 favorite pursuit. I feel under very deep 

 obligations to you for all the kind efforts 

 which you have made in my behalf. 

 The money so kindly contributed by 

 friends at home and abroad has been of 

 very great help to me. I have received 

 nothing on the subscription except 

 through you. 



Very truly your friend, 



L. L. Langstroth. 



With the amount acklowledged on 

 page 534 of the December Journal, 

 this makes $182.62. There are a few 

 more subscriptions, not yet paid, which 

 we hope to receive soon, and will duly 

 transmit the amount to our afflicted 

 friend. 



igiT Fun, a London comic-paper, for 

 February 4th. contains a cartoon en- 

 titled " the swarming of bees." There 

 are two straw hives on a stand or table, 

 representing the two houses of Parlia- 

 ment and Her Majesty holding a sceptre 

 in her right hand and a frying pan in 

 her left, standing in front of them, 

 saying " Let us hope that there will be 

 more honey and less wax in the hives 

 this season." 



i^- M. M. Baldridge, of St. Charles, 

 111., has made an arrangement with C. 

 O. Perrine, of this city, to take charge 

 of 200 colonies of bees during the com- 

 ing season. The bees at present are 

 near New Orleans, but they will be 

 moved by cars to Illinois early in April, 

 so as to be on hand for the honey crop 

 from white clover and basswood. In 

 the fall the bees will again be taken 

 South, so as to escape the long cold 

 winters of the North. 



igir The Freidevker, a prominent Ger- 

 man paper, published at Milwaukee, 

 Wis., by Carl Dorllinger contains the 

 following notice of Cook's Manual : 



" Cook's Manual of the Apiary holds 

 in America the same high rank, that is 

 accorded in Germany to the book of 

 which Dzierzon is the author; the only 

 difference being that Prof. Cook's 

 Manual combines the profoundness of 

 the German pastor with the superiority 

 of the practical American. The author 

 refers in several instances to Darwin ; 

 and does not belong to that class, which 

 hates everything that is foreign, for he 

 speaks of German naturalists with 

 great reverence." 



igslV 1 A dangerous and infectious dis- 

 ease among bees (foul-brood) is reported 

 from Italy. It is caused by a micro- 

 scopical fungus, and spreads with 

 alarming rapidity. However, winter 

 is not a favorable season for its propaga- 

 tion, and salicylic acid solution is said 

 to be an infallible remedy against the 

 disease." The above is copied from 

 "Nature" (London Magazine) for De- 

 cember 18, 1879, and sent us by Mr. J. 

 Matthew Jones, of Halifax, N. S. We 

 are sorry to learn that this much dreaded 

 disease has made its appearance among 

 the bees in Italy. 



ig^ We have just received a letter 

 from Herrn Andreas Schmid, who for 

 many years has so ably edited the 

 Bienen Zeitung. We regret to learn 

 that he has been ill for some time since 

 we met him at the Austro-German 

 Congress in Prague. He is now con- 

 valescing. 



1^° The Editor of the Bee Journal, 

 has accepted an invitation to be present 

 at the Kock Kiver Valley Convention, 

 to be held at Davis Junction, 111., on 

 May 18th. He will deliver lectures on 

 the subjects selected by the committee 

 of arrangements. 



Honey Cookies.— One pint honey; one- 

 half cup butter ; one cup sweet milk ; 

 two eggs; one-half a grated nutmeg. 

 Beat the eggs and honey together until 

 thev froth, then add the butter and 

 milk ; use yeast powder with the flour. 



