A T) VER riSEItS ' DEPA R TMENT. 



*JEW ADVEItTISEITIEIVT.S, AND SUNDRY 

 OTHER MATTERS. 



Our coffee sugar costs us \Q%. 



Mrs. Topper's Journal is now consolidated 

 with the A. B. J. 



We have for several years purchased Honey 

 Jars of Fahenstocfe Fortune & Co.; see adver- 

 tisement. 



The Bee World has not as yet made its 

 appearance for August, nor has any reply to 

 a postal card of inquiry. 



While 'tis only an occasional Bee-keeper, 

 In an occasional locality, that succeeds with 

 1k>x honey, we think we are almost safe in say- 

 ing that any one can succeed in getting ex- 

 tracted honey in almost any locality. 



Having procured some neat wood mailing 

 boxes at a low price, we will send comb con- 

 taining very small larvae from our imported 

 Queen, securely packed for 25c. If the weath- 

 er proves favorable, they will generally pro- 

 duce good Queens. Eggs we consider almost 

 a failure. 



Those who want a tested Queen from Im- 

 ported stock without delay had better send to 

 Frank Benton. See advertisement. Those who 

 order dollar Queens must wait until their turn 

 comes, and orders arc tod- ay, Aug. 27th "way 

 ahead of us." 



We are pleased to call attention to the fact 

 that the Quinby Smoker is now made without 

 solder, and since the new postal law, is sent by 

 mail for $1,60. Mr. Q. personally superintends 

 1 heir manufacture and is ready to add any 

 farther improvement that may be advisable. 



Our neighbor Dean, of River Styx, has sent 

 four more Queens to Klum, of Sherman, Tex- 

 as, and all were received alive, and are now 

 safely introduced and laying. After the trials 

 friend K. has had in getting Italians he feels 

 as though friend Dean should "go up to the 

 head." 



We have many times thought, it strange 

 that N. Y. City could not afford a Honey 

 House capable of disposing of any quantity 

 that might be offered, and are now pleased to 

 note that Mrs. S. E. Spaids has located there 

 and offers cash on delivery. Sec advertise- 

 ment. In our Nov. No. of Vol.. 1, Adam Grimm 

 speaks quite favorably of the lady's prompt- 

 ness in business. 



Last fall we advised using wire cloth over 

 the top of the hive, to keep the bees in when 

 housed. We were not then aware that very 

 neat straw mats were made for the purpose; 

 these also answer excellently for absorbing all 

 dampness, and permitting the air to pass slow- 

 ly from the cluster, thus avoiding a draft, but 

 still giving ample ventilation. See advertise- 

 ment. Samples can readily be sent by mail. 



Our friend Dadant, it seems is succeeding 

 so well in importations this summer, that, he 

 reports having received 15 live Queens out of 

 a lot of 16. Since friend Nunn's imported 

 Queens are all sold, we shall have to refer in- 

 quirers to Dadant's advertisement for the bal- 

 ance of the season. We feel like thanking 

 Them for reducing the price so low as $10.00, 

 and but 9.00 when two are taken. Tis an easy 

 matter now, to have a!! complaints of impuri- 

 ty at an end. 



We find that it is many times difficult to 

 obtain small tinned or galvanized tacks foi 

 fastening on the Queen Register Cards etc., 

 and have accordingly procured some that we 

 can mail tor 10c per paper. To indicate the 

 year in which a Queen was hatched 'tis only 

 necessary to drive one of these tacks opposite 

 the last figure of the current year outside the 

 circle of figures indicating the day of tin 

 month. Thus : all Queens reared this year- 

 will have a tack driven opposite the figure 4; 

 then next, the figure 5 and ^o on. If a Queen 

 reared this season fails next, we will pull out 

 the tack and drive it. opposite the 5. 



Will some of our inventive friends pleas< 

 bear in mind that, in making improvements or; 

 hives, 'twould pay them well to know first 

 what, has already been done. As an illustra- 

 tion, a subscriber sends a hive by express, that 

 judging from his letter, has cost him much 

 time and study, yet it is precisely the straw 

 hive recommended in Quinby's book many 

 years ago for wintering. The chances art- 

 great, nowadays, that you are only wasting 

 your skill and ingenuity on something already 

 well known. Patents are often granted we 

 well know, but when it can be shown that 

 the same thing has been patented before or has 

 been in use years ago, of what avail is the pat 

 ent? 



In our last, we mentioned that orders for $1 

 queens were nearly all filled, but since then we 

 have had so many we fear they cannot all De- 

 filled this season. One of our Southern friends 

 at least, Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga.. is 

 doing a good work. In one case we know of 

 his having sent a second queen gratis in place 

 of one found dead on arrival. We consider 

 this a free gift on his part, for an Italian Queen 

 is certainly worth §1.00 without any expense 

 of mailing, postage etc., and we cannot afford 

 to make good any of the losses, always liable 

 to occur in the Queen traffic. 



At least three of our friends should be more 

 careful to read the conditions under which $1. 

 Queens are sent. The first sent for one but 

 she was lost in the mails, the second received 

 the queen but she was dead, the third was ad- 

 vised that his queens would probably be sent 

 within a week, but we fear 'twas three weeks 

 or more, when he demanded his money or bees, 

 and as the order was in the hands of a neighbor 

 several miles away who only gets mail twice a 

 week, 'twas some time before w T e could restore 

 "harmony." Now according to agreement, 

 the first, as soon as he learned the Queen was 

 lost, should have accepted it as his risk and 

 his loss, also the second; and the third should, 

 if he preferred, have pleasantly requested his 

 money returned if the Queens had not been 

 shipped. There seems to be considerable mis- 

 apprehension in the matter ; we are not making 

 money out of the dollar Queens as yet, and our 

 friends should bear in mind, that we furnish 

 them more from a desire to disseminate the 

 Italians than for profit. When we furnish 

 Queens reared from Imported stock, especially 

 i-, it difficult to make them pay at the price 

 after all expense of caging, postage etc. etc., 

 and we really cannot stand a lengthy corres- 

 pondence in the matter. The remedy is simple, 

 send three dollars where you expect safe arri- 

 val and purity guaranteed. 



