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THE AMERICAN A PIC UL TUB 1ST. 



In order that we ma}- do this 

 the beekeepers, in whose interests 

 we are working, must support and 

 sustain us. Wlien the most promi- 

 nent apiarists liave freely and 

 publicly endorsed our position and 

 not only contributed freely of their 

 funds but also have given to our 

 readers some of the richest and 

 most valuable thoughts and in- 

 structions ever given to the bee- 

 keeper, the masses of beekeepers 

 who are to reap the benefits which 

 result from such efforts cannot be 

 so blind to their own interests as 

 to withhold from us the needed 

 support. If each beekeeper who 

 receives a copy of our journal this 

 month will contribute his dollar 

 each year (a paltry sura when 

 compared with what he receives in 

 return) the work will be accom- 

 plished and we shall be able to 

 present if possible a far better 

 journal and also complete many 

 plans which we are unable to do 

 at present. 



Just think carefully before you 

 say that you cannot afford to sul)- 

 scribe for another paper, because 

 you can never afford to sacrifice 

 your own interests to save one 

 dollar. 



We have placed our bound vol- 

 umes and the journal for 1885, at 

 the low figures we did in order that 

 all of our readers might secure 

 our journal from the beginning, 

 and if after carefully reading the 

 Vols. 1 and 2, you do not find that 

 they contain many times the value 

 of the money paid for them we will 

 take it back. There area i'ew who 

 have not sent in their renewals, 



and we have sent them this num- 

 ber trusting that they will reply at 

 once ; otherwise, we must discon- 

 tinue their subscription with this 

 number. In closing, we wish j'ou 

 one and all a Happy New Year 

 and abundant prosperity. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



SHIPMENT OF QUEENS TO NEW 

 ZEALAND. 



Dear Sir : 



I mentioned in my last the ex- 

 pected arrival of a shipment of 

 Italian queens from your part of the 

 world to the order of two of our 

 colonial apiarists. I see b^'^ the 

 press that the}' duly arrived, hy the 

 last mail steamer from San Fran- 

 cisco, but unfortunately a large 

 percentage of them were dead. 

 They were sent b}^ two of the lead- 

 ing beekeepers of your country, Mr. 

 H. Alley of Wenham, Mass., and 

 Mr. James Heddon, Dowagiac, 

 Mich. Mr. L. J. Bagnall, of 

 Tliamcs, had eight from Heddon 

 and six from Alley, and Dr. Dalziel 

 of Pukekolie eight from Alle}'. 

 They were sent by these gentlemen 

 to Mr. T. G. Newman of Chicago, 

 who kindly undertook to forward 

 them to San Francisco, where on 

 arrival they were taken charge of 

 by the purser of the Pacific Mail 

 Co S. S. Zealandia. They left 

 Chicago on the 18th of Sept. last, 

 arriving in Auckland on the 18th 

 of Oct. and at Thames and Puke- 

 kolie on the 20th. They would 

 thus be from 33 to 35 days on the 

 way. On examining his, Mr. Bag- 

 nall found that of the eight sent 

 by Mr.Heddon five were dead, while 

 two of the others wei'e rather weak, 

 and have since died. One still lives 

 and is I believe doing well. Mr. 

 Alley's lot turned out somewhat 



