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llius .-ilTordiiii;- (li(> lu-cs ;iii oxc(>ll(Mit 

 opportniiily for const nictiiii;- rolls (hat 

 nuiy l»o easily romovod. 



Alfalfa, spooially accliiiiatod for 

 cold cliiiiatos. will ho s(miI (o all appli- 

 cants l)y .Mr. Win. C. .Vikon, of An.i;- 

 M-in. California. He has a quantity of 

 seed that was grown in the hi.gh al- 

 titudes of Nevada, a cold section 

 where it is frequently 20 and HO de- 

 firees below zero. Koi- 2.") cents, to pay 

 for the cost of seed, and the postage, 

 he will send enough to sow a plat from 

 no to 100 feet square. Directions will 

 1)0 sent Avith the s(>ed. I make in(Mi- 

 tiou of this as I think that the scat- 

 tering of the alfalfa may result in 

 good. 



A Honey Knife will cut more 

 smoothly if it is kept standing in a 

 dish of water. If left out in the air 

 the honey upon the knife dries down 

 to a certain extent, something like so 

 much paste, and makes the knife 

 stick. If put into water, the water 

 dissolves off the honey and leaves the 

 knife clean and smooth. In the sum- 

 mer when the honey is fresh and thin, 

 or direct from the hive, there may not 

 I'p so much gained hy keeping the 

 knife in water, but when the honey is 

 cold and stiff it makes a big differ- 

 ptice. The water in which the knife 

 IS kept may be used in making vine- 

 gar. 



and published The Ree-Keepers' 

 Handy Monk. He has now brought 

 out a book of nearly HO pages devoted 

 entirely to describing improved queen 

 rearing methods. The title is "Improv- 

 (Ml Queen Rearing."' It gives in a 

 nutslu>ll the methods that the author 

 has found best and most protitable. 



It gives the reciuisites of a breeding 

 queen, and te'ls where and how she 

 ought to be kept. Tells how^ to secure 

 the best of cells, the kind of bees that 

 build them; how to form nuclei to the 

 best advantage; to get rid of unde- 

 sirable drones, and secure plenty of 

 good ones; the use of tobacco smoke; 

 how to care for cells and virgin 

 queens; how- to introduce queens; how 

 to ship them; what to do with nuclei 

 in the fall. etc. I don't know the 

 price of the book, but I should guess 

 it might be about 30 cts. 



MR. Atl^EV'S NEW BOOK ON OUEEN 

 REARING. 



Henry Alley, of Wenham, Mass.. is 

 probably the oldest queen breeder in 

 this country. He has not only seen 

 many years, but much experience as 

 ■1 queen breeder. For several years he 

 edited and published the American 

 Apiculturist, at which time he wrote 



Take advantage of your advantages. 

 For instance, I have a knowledge of 

 photography, have a good camera, and 

 my business takes me to bee conven- 

 tions. By making a group picture, 

 and selling copies to the meml)ers, I 

 am taking advantage of my advan- 

 tages. When I be.gan publishing the 

 Review I took advantage of a good 

 common school education (with a little 

 tinishing off at the high school) a thor- 

 ough knoAvled,ge of bee-keeping gained 

 Irom both reading and practice, a 

 smattering of the "art preservatiA'e" 

 acquired from much "hanging around" 

 a printing office, a AA'ide acquaintance 

 Avith bee-keepers gained by years of 

 correspondence and dealings A\nth 

 them as a queen breeder, and by my 

 contributions to the bee .iournals, and 

 a genuine, deep-seated, intense loA-e 

 for literary Avork. 



A man living in the South, possess- 

 ing bees, a practical knoAAiedge of 

 queen rearing, and a reputation for 



