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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



Februan- 



A LOS SUSCRITORES CUBANOS. 



Tendran Vds. ocasion de leer en "El 

 American Bee-Keeper" la notable obra 

 de Apicultura titulada "Guia del Apicul- 

 tor Cubano" y debida a la ilustrada 

 pluma del Dr. Juan Pons. 



Dos amigos mios se han prestado con 

 igual expontaneidad, a poner en las 

 nianos de Vds y al alcance de todos, los 

 valiosos concocimentos teoricos y prac- 

 ticos que esta obra encierra. 



El primero es el editor de este 

 periodico Mr. H. E. Hill. Sus prime- 

 ros pasos en Apicultura los dio en Cuba 

 y guarda de nuestra patira cariiioso 

 recuerdo. Correspondio sin vacilacion- 

 es a mis suplicas y nos presta las 

 columnas de su periodico a todos los 

 que a las abejas nos dedicamos. 



El segundo es el Dr. Juan Pons y 

 Fonoll. Tuve la honra de poner en 

 sus manos el primer ahumador. Sus 

 dotes excepcionales, su genio artistico, 

 su laboriosidad y constancia ejemplares 

 y su inextinguible amor por las abejas 

 han trocado al discipulo en maestro y 

 su obra que a continuacion publicara 

 "El American Bee-Keeper" probara a 

 Vds. que todo elogio tributado al Dr. 

 Juan Pons resulta palido. 



G. Garcia Vieta. 



Centenares de nuestros lectores nos 

 dicen que "El American Bee-Keeper" 

 ha sido la causa de su exito. 



Mandaremos "El American Bee- 

 Keeper" un aiio entero por solo CIN- 

 CUENTA centavos Cy. 



?Podremos tener el placer de cn- 

 viarselo a Vd? 



?Por que no une Vd. nuestro circuio 

 de prosperos lectores y comparte la 

 riqueza de conocimientos que circula- 

 ^■iarselo a Vd? 



Si Vd. tiene una fotografia de su 

 apiario, 6 de otros asuntos interesan- 

 tes, envienosla con ana carta descrip- 

 tiva pura su publicacion. Estamos in- 

 teresados en todo lo relacionado con 

 abejas y su manejo. 



WORSE THAN AN EARTH- 

 QUAKE. 

 The inmates of a certain house in Mc- 

 kenzie, who rushed out on the occasion 

 of the big shake, in attempting to es- 

 cape from one form ot danger had 

 (writes a correspondent), an unexpect- 

 ed experience of quite another kind. 

 The sudden shock had overturned sev- 

 eral hives of bees, and the infuriated in- 

 sects, not being versed in seismic phe- 

 nomena, evidently concluded that their 

 discomfort was to be attributed to the 

 refugees, who had collected in the gar- 

 den. In great numbers the bees attack- 

 ed everyone within reach, and though 

 men, women and children defended 

 themselves most vigorously, in a short 

 time the attacking party gained a com- 

 plete victory. Their opponents retired 

 rapidly with a long list of casualties, 

 every member of the contingent being 

 painfully wounded in many places. An- 

 other young man, who had left home 

 shortly before the shock, but who had 

 ents were faring, volunteered to settle 

 ridden back at once to see how his par- 

 matters amicably by restoring the 

 "status quo," and by replacing the hives 

 on their stand. He had never been 

 stung in his life, and had always been 

 able to handle the bees and take the 

 honey without any risk or precaution. 

 But either his virtue as a bee charmer 

 must have been dissipated by the earth- 

 ciuake, or the bees were not taking any 

 conciliation or arbitration. Suddenly 

 the hive was dropped with a bang, and 

 the bee expert made a bee line for the 

 open gate. By his career down the road, 

 escorted by an attentive retinue of bees, 

 he has established a reputation as a 

 sprinter. The residents of the house 

 were occupied for some considerable 

 time, under the direction of an inspect- 

 or of schools, in prosecuting a diligent 

 search for stings, and in reflections on 

 the uncertain temper of the "little busy 

 bee." In the meantime the latter had 

 turned their attention to a sheep dog. 

 over which they gained an easy victory. 

 The faith.f'il animal was naturally sur- 

 prised at this unprovoked assault, and 

 was last seen on the sky line, still going- 

 strong, with a halo of bees around his 

 head. Latest advices state that the hives 

 are still lying prostrate. — From a re- 

 cent New Zealand Newspaper. 



