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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Bis: MoQel of a Honey-Bee. 



— The model of a honey-bee, measuring 

 43^ feet from head to sting, and 6 feet 

 across the wings, has been received from 

 Paris by the Biological Department of 

 the University of Pennsylvania. It is 

 intended for the instruction of the 

 students. 



The insect is perfectly articulated, 

 and the wings, head, thorax, and abdo- 

 men can be taken apart with the jBngers. 

 Moreover, the head may be opened so 

 as to display the brain within. Every 

 organ, artery, sinew, and tissue has 

 been delicately reproduced, and the bee 

 is to be dissected at lectures by Prof. 

 Charles S. Dolley, for the information of 

 the students. Emile Deyrolle is the 

 maker of this singular model. 



Agricultural Experiments 



are now made in each State annually, 

 and this is what an exchange remarks 

 concerning some of them : 



A part of the $15,000 annually ap- 

 propriated by Congress for agricultural 

 experiments in each of the States, is 

 applied in Michigan to determine 

 whether or not the light, sandy, pine 

 barrens of the northern part of the State 

 can be cultivated profitably. Thus far 

 experiments do not justify the State 

 authorities in advising farmers to occupy 

 these large tracts for agricultural pur- 

 poses. 



As a result of the increased interest 

 in agricultural colleges, Michigan has 

 lost 14 college professors since May 1. 

 At least 50 per cent, of the graduates 

 of the State college at Lansing follow 

 agriculture as a profession. 



In support of the belief that the col- 

 lege has greatly benefited the farming 

 interests of Michigan, it is asserted that 

 its experiments in the line of insecticides 

 alone have been of ten times greater 

 benefit to the farmers of the State than 

 the entire cost of the college. 



Frank I^eslie's Weekly will 

 certainly interest every Methodist in 

 this country, for it gives on its front 

 page, in most attractive style, character 

 sketches of leading scenes at the great 

 Ecumenical Methodist Council now being 

 held at Washington. 



Lrigflitning: killed three men while 

 they were witnessing the manipulations 

 of bees at Lacey Green, England. The 

 British Bee Journal gave the following 

 account of the accident : 



The bee-tent of the British Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association was sent down to the 

 show in question, Mr. Baldwin, the well 

 known expert, being engaged to lecture 

 and manipulate the bees therein. The 

 tent had already been erected, and about 

 3 p.m., a skep of bees for driving pur- 

 poses was brought on to the ground, and 

 placed in a convenient spot beneath a 

 cherry tree, a few yards away from the 

 tent. 



Mr. Baldwin went forward to release 

 the bees prior to using them in the 

 course of his lecture ; he lighted his 

 smoker, and was in the act of stooping 

 down to untie the hive from its floor- 

 board, when there was a flash, and in 

 an instant 14 persons who had gathered 

 beneath the tree were struck down. 

 Three men were killed, and several 

 others more or less seriously injured ; 

 among the latter was Mr. Baldwin, who 

 probably escaped instant death through 

 his stooping position at the moment ; 

 the three men killed having stood close 

 by, watching his movements at the time 

 of the occurrence. 



The narrow escape ourfrieni Baldwin 

 had may be judged from the fact that 

 he was rendered insensible for about an 

 hour, and it was found that the electric 

 fluid had struck him on the side of his 

 head, which was discolored for some 

 distance below the burn. A box of 

 matches he had in his pocket at the 

 time, was also ignited. He was got 

 home next day, and though still weak, 

 besides being a good deal prostrated, is 

 getting on very well, and hopes soon to 

 be quite right again. 



Xlie Buckeye State comes im- 

 posingly to the front in the November 

 number of Frank Leslie's Popular 

 Monthly. The opening page is adorned 

 with a new and admirable portrait of 

 Senator John Sherman, who contributes 

 a scholarly and thoughtful article upon • 

 "Ohio; Its History and Resources." 



If You Have any honey to sell, 

 get some Honey Almanacs and scatter 

 in your locality. They will sell it all in 

 a very short time. 



