THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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11^^' The following is a letter from Mrs. 

 Wagner, widow of the late Samuel 

 Waoner, and its contents speak for itsel 

 York, Pa., March 23, 1876. 



Dear American Bee Journal: I 

 would like to state in reference to the 

 patent taken out by my husband, the late 

 Samuel Wagner, for the manufacture of 

 artificial Honey Comb Foundation, that 

 Mr. C. O. Perrine, of Chicago, wrote to 

 me asking for an individual rightto make 

 and use the same, and I answered by say- 

 ing that I did not wish to sell individual 

 rights, but would make him a complete 

 assignment of the whole patent for so 

 much money, cash. Mr. Perrine came 

 here and paid me the price asked without 

 trying to get it for any less. Others have in- 

 fringed the patent for some time but have 

 never oifered to buy it, probably knowing 

 that my age and circumstances would not 

 permit . me to prosecute them. I write 

 this to give a moral weight to a reason 

 why all persons who wish to buy the 

 comb foundation should get it of Mr. 

 Perrine, as there may be those who will 

 still infringe. Yours Respectfully, 



Elizabeth R. Wagner. 



I^' The Southern Kentucky Bee-keep- 

 ers will meet in convention at Smith's 

 •Grove, Ky., on Thursday, June 1st, 1876. 

 We especially invite all bee-keepers to 

 attend or send us communications on any 

 subject they choose. We expect an inter- 

 esting and profitable meeting. 



N. P. Allen. 



A boy that can speak English and Ger- 

 man, from 14 to 17 years of age, and not 

 afraid of bees, can find a steady situation, 

 "by applying to Dr. W. B. Rush, Pointe 



Coupee, La. 



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I^" We have a new lot of fresh melilot 

 clover seed, that we can supply at 25 cents 

 per ft. Postage 16 cents per lb extra, if 

 sent by mail. 



Dr. N. P. Allen.writes us that he ex- 

 pects a good honey harvest this year, and 

 that his bees are doing finely. He adds: 

 "White clover prospects were never bet- 

 ter. I have lost but one stock this winter 

 and that was caused by carelessness. I 

 am proud of the American Bee Journal 

 and read it with pleasure and profit. 



Toices ft*oin Among the Hives. 



[[^"Those having any thing of interest 

 to bee-keepers are invited to send a sample 

 for exhibition in our ofiice. Send descrip- 

 tion and directions for using, and also 

 give us prices. 



Crawford Co., Pa.,— March 10, 1876. 

 — " My bees have wintered splendidly thus 

 far, in-doors." Henry S. Lee. 



Long Island, N. Y.— March 13, 1876.— 

 "Bees have wintered remarkably well — 

 almost without loss. They have had a fly 

 every two or three weeks, all winter long, 

 and to this I attribute their fine condi- 

 tion." D. R. Porter. 



Springfield, O.— March 11, 1876 —" I 

 cannot get along without the Journal. 

 It grows better and better with v-m-.h issue." 

 A. B. Mason. 



Hartford, Kansas. — March If), 1876. 

 — "My bees did well last year after the 

 grasshoppers left in June. I have 46 col- 

 onies. They carried in natural pollen on 

 the 9th of Feb., and every warm day since, 

 from soft maple." Wm. K. Norbury. 



Pointe Coupee, La. — March 3, 1876. — 

 " The fall of 1875 was too wet for honey 

 here and it was a failure. A great many 

 bees have starved. Some are troubled 

 over the dark prospects of the honey 

 market, but all the fears I have are 

 that my bees will not give me as much 

 honey as I can sell. I can now raise 

 honey equal to California in color, and of 

 a much finer flavor, and so far could not 

 fill all my orders. I am fully in for the 

 Centennial Convention to be held the same 

 time as the honey show. We cannot send 

 fancy articles of honey so far by express, 

 we must take them with us. I can't leave 

 my bees in June, bufcan in Sept., which is 

 the most pleasant time of the year. I shall 

 go then and take a full line of samples of 

 honey." W. B. Rush. 



Henderson, Tenn. — March 15, 1876. — 

 "I have lost two stocks this winter that 

 were queenless. The other 16 were as 

 vigorous as in May, previous to this 

 week ; now the snow has been 9 inches 

 deep for a week. My bees have bred all 

 winter. There were but a few days that 

 they could not fly. I had last season, 

 from 14 stocks (4 or 5 weak stocks gave 

 no yield) 225 lbs. extracted honey. 160 lbs. 

 of that was buckwheat. I extracted 

 them clean in August and found in 

 January plenty of honey and bees. Mine 

 are mostly Italians." T. A. Smith. 



SiGEL, 111.— March 9, 1876.—" Of 69 

 hives I have found up to date 2 dead. 

 Both were evidently queenless; swarms 

 of Sept. 65, I winter out doors, in hives 

 which allow five inch straw packing all 

 around, so tliey never become too cold. 

 My hives have an improvement which I 

 believe is new. The front of ni}^ hives is 

 protected by a 4 inch straw bag which 

 rests on a tunnel 4 inches long which fits 



