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crop in all parts of our country, 

 there are but few localities where it 

 is grown especially for seed. And, 

 strange to say, it is in these few iso- 

 lated localities that we find red clo- 

 ver queens advertised for sale. Let 

 us further examine into this strange 

 coincidence. It is well known that 

 the seed clov^ is raised as a second 

 especial crop. This second crop is 

 not so full of honey as the first crop, 

 and the heads are much smaller. 

 Now, because my bees work some 

 upon this second crop of dwarfed 

 heads, is it honest for me to advertise 

 in such a manner as to convey the 

 idea that I have bees that will work 

 upon the largest heads of red clover 

 in all localities ? 



Please also bear this in mind : those 

 who raise so-called red clover queens 

 do not report larger yields than those 

 who are not in possession of them. 

 Neither do we learn from those who 

 have purchased such queens, that 

 their yields have been materially in- 

 creased from that particular source, 

 when in fact the yield should have 

 been double the ordinary quantity. 

 While the queens so advertised may 

 be excellent in every other way, we 

 most decidedly call red clover queens 

 a humbug. 



FOREIGN NOTES. 



By Arthuk Todd. 



The name of Luigi Von Sartori 

 is well known in connection with bee- 

 keeping in Italy. Early in hfe he 

 became interested in bees, and 

 studied the German language pur- 



posely to enable him to read the 

 German bee journals. He adopted 

 movable frames and had them actu- 

 ally in use in Italy when Dzierzon 

 took out his patent in Germany in 

 1856. 



In 1863 Sartori published a work 

 on beekeeping, and this was in 

 1880 revised and enlarged, and 

 practically rewritten by him and 

 the Cavalier Von Rauschenfels ; the 

 Count Barbo, president of the Italian 

 bee society, carefully scrutinizing the 

 text previous to publication to pre- 

 vent errors creeping in. 



I have a copy of this volume, en- 

 titled Apiculture in Italy, and it is 

 of great service to me for reference 

 and embellished by many drawings. 



Sartori's bee farm near Milan be- 

 came famous both for bar frame 

 hives, and bees. In 1880 he went 

 to Russia and established a large api- 

 ary near Moscow for the Earl of Pon- 

 tonschin. Previously he had estab- 

 lished an apiary in Egypt for the 

 Khedive. Sartori travelled Europe 

 and Africa extensively to study the 

 habits of bees and the different 

 races. 



The King of Italy decorated him, 

 and so also did the Emperor of Aus- 

 tria, in recognition of his services in 

 the science and practice of that im- 

 portant branch of agriculture termed 

 apiculture. For many years Sartori 

 has been the proprietor of the lead- 

 ing bee journal in Italy entitled 

 L' Apicoltore . 



Like all foreigners, he was careful 

 and slow in adopting new ideas, and 

 when wax foundation was being ex- 

 tensively used in America it was with 

 difficulty I got him to try some made 



