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DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



VoL XVIII. 



Chicago, IlL, August 2, 1882. 



No. 31. 





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THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial— 



Editoriiil Items 48i 



Death uf Edward Townley .'.'.'' 481 



BeeswMx and Pollen 481 



Sweet Clover 4,si 



" Silver LininKs" Apain ,.'. 482 



Italiunizine an Apiary 482 



Aiuoug' Our Exchanges- 

 Apiculture in German V 483 



Healthfulness of Honey 48:i 



Pollen and Dysentery ' "' 483 



Bee-KeepiuB in Egypt '., 483 



The l^abor a Bee Performs 483 



Attractive Packaces 483 



The Transportation of Bees to India 4x4 



Bee Notes for August 4.s4 



Bee and Honey ijhow in England 484 



Correspondence — 



Apis Mellitlca— Its Poison 485 



Cheap Queens. Light Bees, etc 485 



A Licsson from the Bees 486 



Sundry Items from New York 487 



Bee-Keepinc in Massachusetts 487 



The Bee-1'astures of California 488 



Convention Notes — 



Local Convention Directory 489 



Convention Notices 489 



Selections from Onr Letter Box— 



Will it Pay 7 490 



My Sfas<m's Worl( this far '. '. 490 



Drones as Comb Builders 490 



Disiosition of Bees 490 



Transferring "!!!!!'..!!',' 490 



Entomological .''".'.','.','.'.'.'." 490 



Poor Hnne-y Season ". 490 



Hanging Broad Frames 491 



Bee Stings for Deafness 49] 



A Large Yield in Maine 491 



■Worst Season Ever Known 491 



More Motherwort 491 



No Honey Yet '."..!!!!..!! 491 



Not Discnuraeed '..'.!!!'.!!! 491 



Colored Bee-Keepers 491 



This Year is" Badder" 491 



Hay for Shading 491 



Prospect Yet Good 491 



Death of Edward Townley 



Mr. J. W. Winder, Thibodeaux 

 La., writes us that much rain prevails , 

 in Louisiana, and tlie honey crop is [ 

 short in his section. He also sends 

 us a clipping from the Cincinnati I 

 Times-Siar, announcing the death of i 

 Edward Townley, who was the author 

 of a book on the management of bees, 

 and was enthusiastic in his devices 

 for the production of honey : 



Another old citizen of Cincinnati 

 lias just departed this life, and this j 

 time it is the venerable Edward ' 

 Townley, who died at his residence 

 on Mt. Auburn at 5:30 last evening. 

 Mr. Townley was born in Elizabeth, 

 New Jersey, in 1S02, making him at 

 the time of his decease 80 years of 

 age. He came to this city in 1848, and I 

 established a good business as a car- 

 penter and builder. He began the 

 cultivation of bees and the manufac- 

 ture of honey and built up probably 

 the largest trade in this industry to 

 be foundin the State. Mr. Townley has 

 lived a quiet life at his cosy place on 

 Mt. Auburn for many years, perform- 

 ing liis duties as a neighbor and 

 friend with conscientious fidelity. 

 His death removes a citizen for whom 

 all entertained respect. He leaves 

 four children, John. Edward, Eugene 

 and Kate. The sons are all 'well i 

 known and successful business men 1 

 of this city, Mr. Ed. Townley being 

 Secretary of the Eureka Insurance 

 Company, and Mr. John Townley 

 President of the Commercial Insur- 

 ance Company. 



^° Dr. J. AY. Norris has issued a 

 call for a State Convention of bee- 

 keepers, to be held in Oregon City, 

 Ore., on Wednesday and Tliursday, 

 Oct. 2-5 and 26, 1882, at which the at- 

 tendance of all interested in bee-keep- 

 ing is invited. 



Bee.swax and Pollen. 



Mr. Henry Hibbard, Pecatonica,Ill., 

 writes as follows : 



I send a sample of wax, and wish 

 you to state through the next Bee 

 Journal, or by letter, what is the 

 cause of its being in this shape. I 

 sent 45 pounds to be made into foun- 

 dation ; 13 pounds was my own wax, 

 tried out witli wax extractor, and 32 

 pounds I bought of a man that I liave 

 every reason to believe perfectly 

 straight and reliable. He said that it 

 was made up in a clean kettle and 

 dipped off of water. It was a good 

 quality of wax— dark-yellow and 

 tough, and pronounced nice wax by a 

 number of bee-keepers. I sent it off 

 to be manufactured into foundation, 

 and received in return, 20 pounds of 

 foundation, and the balance such stuff 

 as I send you in a box. I am puzzled 

 to know why the wax did not work up 

 into foundation the same as that re- 

 ceived with from one to two pounds 

 shrinkage, as it has done before. 



The sample sent us is pollen, and 

 was the settling or .sediment at the 

 bottom of the cakes. It is not un- 

 common to see nearly ij of a cake 

 with this sediment, especially where 

 it is skimmed wax. With the wax 

 extractor this sediment scarcely pre- 

 vails, and the wax is worth 3 to 5 

 cents more per pound, unless the bot- 

 toms of the cakes of skimmed wax 

 are liberally scraped. Of course, we 

 cannot know to what extent this pol- 

 len prevailed in your shipment to the 

 manufacturer ; but we have seen 

 many combs which contained less 

 wax than pollen. 



Sweet Clover. — Good reports are be- 

 ginning to come in regarding sweet 

 clover. H. W. Garrett, Coeyman's 

 Hollow, N. Y., in a private letter of 

 July 26, says: "Sweet clover is now 

 in full bloom, and my bees are harvest- 

 ing with a rush." We expect to hear 

 many good words for it before the sea- 

 son is through. 



