Produced by Wayne Hammond and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Transcriber’s Note: Text delimited by underscores is italic. Text delimited by equal signs is bold.] OLDEST BEE PAPER ESTABLISHED IN AMERICA IN 1881 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL 6, 1881. No. 14. OLDEST BEE PAPER ESTABLISHED IN AMERICA IN 1861 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: WEEKLY--(52 numbers) =$2.00= a year, in advance. Three or Six Months at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY--The first and third numbers of each month, at =$1.00= a year, in advance. MONTHLY--The first number of each month, at =50 cents= a year, in advance. ☞ Any person sending a Club of six is entitled to an extra copy (like the club) which may be sent to any address desired. Sample copies furnished _free_. ☞ Remit by money-order, registered letter, express or bank draft on Chicago or New York, payable to our order. Such _only_ are at our risk. Checks on local banks cost us 25 cents for collecting. Free of postage in the United States or Canada. =Postage to Europe 50 cents extra.= _Entered at Chicago post office as second class matter._ CORRESPONDENCE. Interesting Letter from Singapore. The following letter from Mr. Benton, from Singapore, will be read with interest. That city is a great seaport near the Islands of Borneo and Java. Mr. Benton’s search after those large bees--_Apis dorsata_--is a herculean task, and his trip thither will be well worth a place in history. Here is the letter: FRIEND JONES: When in Ceylon I plunged into the jungles, first in this direction and then in that, and followed out every clue that I could obtain; yet although on every side I was told there existed “a large bee,” which the natives call _bambera_, it was not until just before I came away that I ascertained anything reliable regarding the habits and whereabouts of this wonderful insect, which I feel safe in saying is the long talked of _Apis dorsata_ itself; though it was too late for me to get to the places where I could see this bee and still reach this steamer. As I return to Ceylon, and am likely to see _Apis dorsata_ elsewhere also, I comforted myself regarding the disappointment experienced at not seeing this _bambera_ before my re-embarkation. I will speak in the order of their size, of the bees found in Ceylon, giving the Cingalese names used there.