were always iii excess of his strength. 



lie had been in very delicate health 

 for many years, and succumbed after 

 an attack of pleurisy, culminating in 

 congestion of the lungs, of less than a 

 fortnight's duration, at his residence at 

 Ealing, on Sunday, the 27th June. His 

 deatli will be a very great loss to the 

 cause of bee-culture and science in gen- 

 eral. 



Help for Foundation Manufacturers. — 

 Mr. F. W. Chapman, of Morrison, 111., 

 has sent us a device for the more rapid 

 manufacture of comb foundation, which 

 is applicable to all the mills in use. It 

 is well known that when the smooth 

 wax sheet is entered between the metal 

 rolls to receive the cell impressions, 

 that on emerging from the other side 

 the machine has to be stopped and the 

 sheet separated from one of the rolls to 

 which it adheres with great tenacity, 

 before the sheet can be completed ; and 

 so of all the sheets, causing a great 

 waste of time and patience. Now, Mr. 

 Chapman's appliance does away with 

 all this bother, and has the great merit 

 of being readily applied by any one, 

 and costs next to nothing. Mr. C. tloes 

 not propose to get the device patented, 

 but offers it to any manufacturer of 

 foundation for a small sum. Mr. Oat- 

 man and others, who have sent for and 

 used it. pronounce it just the thing, and 

 wonder why they had not found it out. 

 — Bee-Keepers 1 Magazine. 



Ne"W Postal Arrangements.— On and 

 after July 1, 1880, under an agreement 

 between the United States and British 

 governments, packets of samples of 

 merchandise may be exchanged in the 

 international mails between the two 

 countries up to 12 inches in length, 8 

 inches in breadth, 4 inches in depth, 

 and 1l' ounces in weight. 



young queen will fly out several 

 times if the weather is favorable ; if she 

 tails to become fertile in 10 days, she is 

 less inclined to fly out. She generally 

 comes out when from 3 to 6 days old, 

 between 1 and 3 o'clock in the after- 

 noon. 



fetter graiwer. 



Another Bee-Keeper Gone. 



St. Charles, 111., July 20, 1880. 

 Mr. W. L. Gordon, of Shreveport, La., 

 died May 29, of chronic diarrhea. Mr. 

 <;. was an intelligent and enthusiastic 

 bee-keeper, and, at the time of his 

 death, had 2 apiaries of about 100 colo- 

 nies each. He was intending to make 

 bee-culture a specialty on quite an ex- 

 tensive scale— being located in one of 

 the best honey districts in the south. 

 He purchased" one of his apiaries last 

 spring of Dr. C. R. Carlin,now of Find- 

 lay, Ohio, he being compelled to leave 

 the South on account of failing health. 

 M. M. Baldridge. 



One-Third of a Crop of Honey. 



Hersey, Mich.. July 19, 1880. 

 The white honey harvest has closed, 

 with about % of a crop. Bees scarcely 

 made a living through" the white clover 

 bloom. Basswood was of short dura- 

 tion, and honey very thin; too much 

 rain. T. T. Delzell. 



District Convention at Chicago. 



Byron, 111., July 14,1880. 

 I was pleasexl to notice the call for a 

 District Convention at Chicago. I think 

 Ogle County will be represented by 

 from 6 to 10 bee-keepers. Please say in 

 the next Bee Journal, whether you 

 will exhibit the Cyprian queen and bees 

 at the September Convention at Chi- 

 cago, and will Mr. D. A. Jones be in 

 attendance. Both Mr. Jones and the 

 Cyprian and Holy bees would be very 

 interesting to those who desire to im- 

 prove their bees. I do not think that 

 we shall have more than *.<of a full crop 

 of honey this season. A. Rice. 



[We fully expect Mr. Jones, and now 

 have samples of the Cyprian and Holy 

 bees. — Ed.] 



Poor Prospect for Honey. 



Chebanse. 111., July 3, 1880. 

 I have lost 3 colonies by dwindling 

 since my last report. My 1 tees are work- 

 ing but little in boxes. White clover is 

 plenty, but scarcely a bee is to be seen 

 working on it. Basswood is in full 

 bloom. Bees are working moderately 

 well on it. At no time this season has 

 there been more bees flying from my 30 

 colonies than should from 10. I have 

 had no swarms yet. This is general as 

 far as I can hear. The prospect is poor 

 for honev. Reuben Havkns. 



