. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THOMAS Q. NEWMAN, Voinill, MarcH 2,188], Mr. M. F. Xatman, whose letter ap- peared with our commeots on page 83, writes an explanation and apology. He did not intend quite as much as his words im- plied, and he meant it more in jest than in earnest. His explanation is quite satis- factory. Fayette Lee, of Cokato, Minn., has sent us a model of a tin bottom (like a pan) for orates, to prevent the leakage from daubing grocers' counters. It is a very nice thing, but we fear would be too expensive for general use. The Costs in the case of Mcintosh v


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THOMAS Q. NEWMAN, Voinill, MarcH 2,188], Mr. M. F. Xatman, whose letter ap- peared with our commeots on page 83, writes an explanation and apology. He did not intend quite as much as his words im- plied, and he meant it more in jest than in earnest. His explanation is quite satis- factory. Fayette Lee, of Cokato, Minn., has sent us a model of a tin bottom (like a pan) for orates, to prevent the leakage from daubing grocers' counters. It is a very nice thing, but we fear would be too expensive for general use. The Costs in the case of Mcintosh vs. Harrison thus far amount to about one thousand dollars. If the case were carried to the Supreme Court, the costs would be an additional twelve hundred dollars. So says the Canadian Bee Journal. Passed Aivay.—Speaking of the " death record " of the most renowned apiarists of Europe during 1886, the Bulletin of our friend Nyon, Switzerland, says : Switzerland deplores, among others, the removal by death, of M. Mona; Italy, Mr. C. FumagalU, the author of a hive largely in use among Italians; France, M. Jules Madare, President of the Sooiote de la Som- me, and M. Maurice GIrard, a distinguished entomologist and author of a valuable book on bees ; Scotland has lost her James Ander- son, a veteran of Scotch apiculture, who, in his day, was remarkably successful with the Stewarton hive ; und. lastly, Russia has seen the passing away of Dr. A. Butlerow, Pro- fessor of Chemistry and of Medicine at the St. Petersburg University. Dr. Butlerow was the promoter of modern bee-keeping in Kussia, and his works are considerable, among which is a Russian translation of Berlepech's book. The deceased doctor was also founder of a school of apiculture. We formed the acquaintance of Dr. But- lerow when attending the Austro-German Bee-Keepers' Convention at Prague, Bo- hemia, in 1879. The Czar of Russia had commissioned him to confer a " decoration " upon Dr. Dzie


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