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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 





CONDUCTED BV C. II. DADANT. 



L'APICOLTORE. 



L'Apicoltore is an Italian periodical pub- 

 lished monthly by the Central Association 

 of Milan, for the encouragement of bce- 

 culture. 



It is edited by Count Miscounti di Sal- 

 iceto with an able corps of contributors. 

 The September number is now before us. 

 It is as usual replete with good articles on 

 bee-topics. 



On the lirst page we find a document 

 that may be -worth reading ; it is a letter 

 from the well known revolutionary Gen- 

 eral Garibaldi. ^Ve quote : 



The President of the Central Associa- 

 tion having heard that General Garibaldi 

 is interested in bee-culture, had sent him a 

 copy of the journal L'Apicoltore. In an- 

 swer he has received the following letter 

 Avhich he publishes with pleasure. 



Caro Signor Presidente: — Your.iournal 

 L'Apicoltore is a previous treat for me. 

 Bee-culture is now my favorite business. 

 I am gratefully yours, 



G. Gakibaldi. 



Caprera, Aug. 17th, '74. 



The second article iu this paper is by 

 F. Clerici. It is one of a series of articles 

 describing and classifying the honey yield- 

 ing flowers of Ital}'. Mr. Clerici has so 

 far classified and described in the Apicol- 

 tore, 185 diflerent honey-yielding plants, 

 with occasional engravings. This same 

 writer is the engraver of the 30 anatomi- 

 cal chromos describing the external and 

 internal organs of the bee, queen and 

 drone, which had been drawn from mi- 

 croscopical studies by Count G. Barto. 



The third article is a letter from P. 

 Grass! on the question of foul brood. In 

 this article we see u descrii)tion and en- 

 graving of the insect (Phora incrassate) 

 that feeds on the diseased lavra. It is 

 there represented in the three stages, lavra, 

 chrisalis and perfect insect. There is al- 

 .so an engraving of a fungus engendered 

 on a foul brood (melittis melittophorus.) 



We see a little further an article on hon- 

 ey employed in the manufacture of wine ; 

 then a (luestion and answer department. 

 But the best dej^artment of this paper is 

 undoubtedly the department of "new imb- 

 Jieations of bee-culture" under the direc- 

 tion of Dr. Dubini. In this department, 

 we find every month, translations from 

 l)ee-i)apers in all parts of the world, Ger- 

 many, Switzerland, England, France and 

 America. There the Italian bee-keejier 

 can lind all the new ideas or new discov- 



eries abroad, faithfully reported. Dr. 

 Dubini searched everywhere and nothing 

 escapes his search. And many of our 

 American writers have been published 

 abroad unawares. The names of Gallup, 

 Isovice, Langstroth, Doolittle, Adair, Mrs. 

 Tupi)er and many others, are seen by the 

 side of the names of Berlepsch, Dzierzon, 

 Hurschka, Leuckart, Mona, and even 

 Hamet. 



In the present number we find transla- 

 tions for the National Agriculturist and 

 Bee Journal from the Apiculteur of Par- 

 is, from the British Bee Journal, from 

 the RucJier dii Slid Quest, and from the 

 Bienenzeitung. 



LApicoltore is doing a good work, it is 

 stepjiing towards progress. Long may it 

 live ! 



A Proposition. 



I see readers of the Amekicax Bee 

 Journal have asked more than once for 

 some plan to keep syrup from granulat- 

 ing, honey from candying, or either from 

 souring. I bought a receipt for just such 

 a purpose and can dispose of it as I please 

 as there is no patent for it ; and as I paid 

 |30 for it in full, can do as I think fit. 

 Now I am willing to do all I can for bee- 

 keepers (as far as my means will allow) 

 and if any one will raise money and send 

 me a fine imported Italian queen, of this 

 season's importation, I will give this 

 receipt to be published in the American 

 Bee Journal. The queen to be sent in 

 a nucleus hive, well stocked with bees 

 and honej'^ for to do them two weeks. 

 This receipt I can vouch for, for I have 

 given it a thorough trial and never failed. 

 Should any of the bee-keepers send the 

 queen (a fine one only will be received) I 

 will make it public, and it is worth $5 to 

 any man who keeps honey, as it adds 

 greatly to its sale. Dr. AV\ B. Bush. 



Simpson's Store, Pa. 



Granulated Honey. 



The Jews of IMoldavia and the Ukraine, 

 prepare from honey a sort of sugar which 

 is solid and as white as snow, which they 

 send to the distilleries at Dantzie. They 

 expose the honey to frost for three weeks, 

 Avhere sun nor snow can reach it, and in 

 a vessel which is a bad conductor of 

 caloric, by which jjroeess the honey be- 

 comes clear and hard, like sugar.- — Sevan. 



A Request. 



Will the contributors to the Ameuicax 

 Bee Journal please mention what patent 

 hive they use, and oblige, 



S. C. Edcjekield. 



