drops without in any way sustaining it. 

 I -will report further in the future of 

 my experiments ; but another plan lias 

 given me perfect results, and this I be- 

 lieve, will l>c very largely adopted. 



I soldered 5 pins by their heads to a 

 piece of fine brass wire at intervals of 

 about 1 inch or a little more, and then 

 turned the wire at the end to a right 

 angle, so that the arrangement looked 

 not unlike a tiny rake head with 6 

 teeth. Half a dozen of these were pre- 

 pared, and when the foundation (I use 

 that Mr. Raitt supplies— I mention this 

 as it is best known amongst us) had 

 been waxed in the frame and the pins all 

 cut down toabout half an inch in length, 

 the turned ends of the wire wentover the 

 top bar at regular intervals, and the 

 cut pinswere pressed through the foun- 

 dation, as it stood on the board used in 

 waxing. The whole was lifted, and so 

 linn was it that while the frame was held 

 horizontally the foundation kept its po- 

 sition. It' was given as before to a 

 strong colony. When half w 7 orked the 

 little rakes were removed, and the fine 

 holes each left were invisible in an 

 examination made half an hour af- 

 terwards. The comb is most perfect, 

 no disposition to turn at the corners — 

 the one fault of all foundation I have 

 ever seen — the rakes preventing any 

 movement. I can only now add I shall 

 name these wire arrangements " foun- 

 dation rakes. 

 Acton, London, England. 



Translated from L'Apicoltore by Chas. Dadartt. 



Journey to Cyprus and the East. 



GUISEPFE FIORINI. 



On Thursday. Xov. 13, 1879, at 2 p. m., 

 I bade farewell to my family, and started 

 for Venice, Mestre,Trevisa, Udine.and 

 reached Trieste at 1 a. m.of the follow- 

 ing day, In the morning I wrote tomy 

 wife, and to Count Barbo, informing 

 him of the journey I had just underta- 

 ken. At 12 o'clock punctually the 

 steamer Austria, on which I took pass- 

 age, raised her anchor and sheered off. 



We roasted along Tetra and Dalma- 

 tia. It was an uninterrupted succession 

 of small villages and of charming pano- 

 ramas, and a continual display of all 



that is beautiful and smiling in nature. 



As I had not vet traveled by sea. but 

 from Venice to Chiagga, through the 

 lagoons, I was delighted by so marvel- 

 lous a sight, which detained me till 5; 



ami. after supper. I returned to my 

 place, where I remained till the night 

 had heroine so dark that I had to repair 

 to my cabin, where 1 dreamed of Cyp- 

 rian bees and bee-hives. 



On Sunday we coasted Lissa, where I 

 sent a sad salutation to the valiants of 

 1866, who died so miserably, but not 

 quite in vain. 



On Monday, 17th, at 7 a. m., we 

 reached Corfu, where our anchor was 

 lowered. There the Greeks hastened 

 with fruits, grapes and a great quantity 

 of oranges and woodcocks. I sawvery 

 little of the island, for in less than 2 

 hours the merchandise having been un- 

 loaded and boarded, the anchor was 

 raised, and the Austria resumed her 

 journey. On Tuesday forenoon the sea 

 (quiet so far) threatened to become 

 stormy. The storm was foreseen by 

 the seamen, and the preparations be- 

 gan. For some time the height of the 

 waves increased, the wind blowed and 

 the passengers suffered. I was among 

 the most fortunate, yet I had to pay my 

 tribute to the treacherous element. At 

 daybreak on the 19th we passed by the 

 Island of Candia. Then the sea began 

 again to be agitated, and it was stormy 

 till Thursday, the 20th, when we arrived 

 at the port of Alexandria. An Arabian 

 pilot came in his skiff and took posses- 

 sion of and directed the ship. We 

 landed at 9 o'clock. 



I have no room here to describe the 

 place and the clothing, but how can I be 

 silent about the feelings of a traveler 

 seeing such a quantity of white dresses, 

 of angular profiles of the proud inhabi- 

 tants? What a battle of skiffs and 

 steamers ! What a forest of commer- 

 cial ships from every nation ! What 

 numbers of workmen'! What a strange 

 mixture of voices and languages ! What 

 active life, which announces the neigh- 

 borhood of a great business center — 

 Alexandria ! After landing, how not 

 notice such a fantastic aggregation, so 

 different from ours. The palm, the date- 

 trees, the banana. 



After the examination of the pass- 

 ports, I reached the land in company 

 with an acquaintance made during the 

 journey. We took a carriage drawn by 

 two Arabian horses, rather small, but 

 which rushed witli great speed. Either 

 by the skill of the driver, or by the good 

 training of the horses, they trotted witli 

 an admirable gait, and maintained the 

 same speed in the middle of people, 

 baggage, wagons, carriages, etc. At last 

 we reached a hotel in front of the post- 

 office. 



After dinner, I inquired if there were 

 any bee-keepers in the city. There were 

 none but in distant villages. Yet. when 

 passing by an umbrella store, I went in 

 to purchase one — a necessary implement 

 in that country— and noticing that the 

 seller spoke French, I made new in- 

 quiries and was directed to Pierre 



