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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



169 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



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 H. E. HILL, - EDITOR. 



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OUR QUEEN-BREEDERS' DIREC- 

 TORY. 



We invite the attention of our read- 

 ers to the Queen- Breeders' Directory 

 which appears in this number. We 

 liave undertalcen to establish this as 

 a resnlar feature of the Bee-Keeper, 

 and thus Iceep before our readers a 

 very complete list of reliable breeders, 

 for reference. 



We frequently receive letters from 

 subscribers soliciting advice as to the 

 best place to order queens of some 

 certain i-ace or strain. While we al- 

 ways endeavor to advise to the best 

 advantage of our readers, it would be 

 eminently more satisfactory if each 

 one would keep himself informed upon 

 this point, and depend upon his own 

 judgment in the matter. Space in our 

 regular advertising columns is rather 

 expensive for a year-around advertise- 

 ment, and w^e have, through the Di- 

 rectory, offered a means whereby 

 every breeder of good stock may keep 

 his announcement constantly before 

 the queen buyers reached " by the 

 American Bee-Keeper. The price of a 

 card in the Directory is $3.00 a year, 

 cash with order. 



The absence of any breeder's name 

 from the Directory, should not be con- 

 strued to imply unreliable stock or 

 faulty business methods; but we aim 

 to exclude any advertisement which 

 we have reason to believe might cause 

 our readers any disappointment, and 

 we think queen buyers will naturally 

 prefer to patronize those who are suiR- 

 ciently enterprising to keep them in- 

 formed as to what they have to offer; 

 and the editor will be grateful to those 

 readers who. w^hen ordering queens, 

 mention the Bee-Keeper when writing 

 to our advertisers. 



Reliable breeders and queen-dealers 

 everywhere are invited to take space 

 in the Directory, on the terms specified 

 above. Copy and remittance for this 

 department may be sent to either of- 

 fice. 



The National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion meets next month at Los Angeles, 

 Calif. 



The next number of The Bee-Keeper 

 will have something in regard to the 

 new foul brood cure — formalin gas — 

 and its originator. 



DR. O. M. BLANTON. 



By turning to another page of this 

 number of the Bee-Keeper, the reader 

 may see a late and excellent portrait 

 of Dr. O. M. Blanton, of Greenville, 

 Miss., one of the foremost apiarists of 

 America and a historical figure in his 

 home state, where "Cotton is King." 



