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THE AM ERIC Ay BEE-KEEPER 



January. 



the November American Bee-Keeper in 

 sight as he wrote: 



"The fossils are not all rejuvenated 

 yet. Now and then some one arises in 

 the bee journals and decrys some of 

 the most essential features of the whole 

 system of modern bee-keeping. For in- 

 stance, in a recent issue of an eastern 

 journal, the assertion was made that 

 spring feeding for stimulation of brood- 

 rearing was not only unprofitable, but 



Fifty cents a year in advance; 2 copies 8b detrimental to the bees — and this State- 

 cents; 3 copies, $1.20; all to be sent to one 



IMI!l,isHi;i) .MONTlll.V i'.V 



THE W. T, FALCONER MANFG. Co. 



H. E. HILL, - EDITOR. 



TERMS 



postoffice. 



ment was allowed to pass unchallenged 



Postage prepaid m the United States and by the editor. This correspondent eitli- 



Canada; 10 cents extra to all countries in the i i j i 



postal union, and 20 cents e.xtra to all other er belongs tO the class designated 



countries. «ibove, or else it is a very peculiar case 



ADVERTISING RATES : of 'locality.' "' 



Fifteen cents per line, 9 words; 12.00 per Jt is a pleasure tO note that BrO. 

 inch. Five per cent discount for two inser- 

 tions; seven per cent for three insertions; 10 Morehouse belongs tO that clasS, who. 



like ourself finds stimulative feeding 



per cent for six insertions; twenty per cent 

 for twelve insertions. 



Advertisements must be received on or be- often productive of good results. It 

 fore the 15th of each month to insure inser- 



is our opinion, frequently expressed, 

 that, if discreetly done, stimulative 

 feeding in the spring repays the cost 

 and trouble handsomely; but, if our es- 

 teemed contemporary had been a close 



Articles for publication or letters exclusivelv . , . ,^ i i->. j. r it 



for the editorial department maybe jddjessed reader of apicultural literature tor the 



last twenty years, it is doubtful if it 



would have characterized as "fossils" 

 Subscribers receiving their papei in blue ,, i i r -i j ^ r: j ^i j.- 



wrapper will know that their subscription ex- all who have failed to find the practice 

 pires with this nuniber. We hope that you profitable. This is bv' no means the 



will not delay favoring us with, a renewal. * 



tion in the month following. 



Matters relating in any way to business 

 should invariably be addressed to 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, 

 Falconer, N. Y. 



H. E. Hill. 

 Fort Pierce, Fla. 



A red wrapper on your paper indicates tha 



first time that detrimental effects have 



A rea wrapper on your paper inaicaies tnai , , . .,,. ,.. rj 



you owe for your subscription. Please give the 'x-^t"" charged agamst Stimulative feed- 

 matter your early attention. i„g_ ^^^ jjj^j. j^g advisability has been 



brought into question by experienced 

 and extensive producers of honey. We 

 l>elieve ourself that in other than ex- 

 pert hands it is a most dangerous pro- 

 cedure, and should not be recommend- 

 ed to the inexperienced manipulator. 

 There is no part of apiary work in 

 which the skill of a master hand be- 

 comes more imperative than in the 

 practice of stimulative feeding in the 

 spring. 

 "Locality," as intimated, has indeed 

 Rocky Mountain Bee Journal, and we nuich to do with the question, in our 

 have no doubt the editor of that experience. In most, if not all of our 

 sprightly little innnlhly had a copy of northern states we should deem some 



STIMULATIVE FEEDING. 

 The following paragraph is from the 



