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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



see that they do not become damp 

 or mouldy. 



When it becomes warm enough 

 to examine your bees, every comb 

 that cannot be covered and util- 

 ized, should be removed ; and after 

 the brood chamber is arranged 

 properly, the bees should be so 

 snugly packed that they will keep 

 warm and dry. 



Where you are obliged to remove 

 colonies from the cellars, remem- 

 ber, that after having a good %, 

 they must either be returned to the 

 bee-house, or cellar, or else snugly 

 packed on the summer stands ; be- 

 cause if this is not done you will, 

 as a rule, experience severe spring 

 dwindling. 



Do not disturb the bees that are 

 in the bee-house, or cellars, so long 

 as they remain quiet, and do not 

 appear uneasy, even though the 

 temperature rises some in the cel- 

 lars. 



The strength of your colonies, 

 when the working season comes 

 depends largely on your care, in 

 their management, at this season 

 of the year. When purchasing sup- 

 plies remember that the best goods 

 bring the best results, and first- 

 class goods, as a rule, come from 

 those who try to sustain a fair price 

 for them. Do not suppose for a 

 moment, that those who advertise 

 to do the cheapest work will give 

 the best attention to your orders. 



It is better to unite all weak col- 

 onies, and keep a smaller number, 

 having them all strong, than to at- 

 tempt to doctor and nurse up a 

 number of weak ones. 



Attention to the smallest details 



of any business will insure success, 

 when loss will surely follow, if 

 these are neglected. We would 

 urge our readers to come to us 

 with all their difficulties, in the 

 management of their apiaries. It 

 is our greatest desire that you 

 may learn to look upon the "Api- 

 cuLTURisT," as your Journal, and a 

 part of your property — for it is only 

 when you do this, that we shall be 

 enabled to carry out the many in- 

 teresting plans that we have formed, 

 and intend to carry out. 



We have been unavoidably de- 

 layed in completing Vols. 1 and 2, 

 but shall send them out soon. If 

 you could realize how arduous our 

 duties have been, and how many 

 difficulties and perplexities we 

 have had to surmount in order to 

 give you the journal that we have, 

 you would become even more deeply 

 interested in its welfare than you 

 have been. Whatever of success 

 comes to us brings great good to 

 you. The only reward that we 

 ask in return is, that you put your 

 shoulder to the wheel, and stand by 

 us in our efforts. 



EXCHANGES. 



Holman's New Illustration 

 OF Cell formation, bt John M. 

 Child, A. M.— Mr. D. S. Holman 

 has devised a new illustration of 

 great simplicity and beauty, where- 

 by the method of the formation 

 of cells in vegetable structure 

 may be conveniently shown to 

 an audience. The apparatus con- 

 sists merely of a tank, which is 

 formed by two pieces of plate- 

 glass, held apart at the bottom 



