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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



at the same time insert the cells 

 when matured. 



Put a trap at the entrance of all 

 hives excepting those having pure 

 Italian drones^ and every one of 

 the young queens will be purely 

 fertilized, and the apiary rid of 

 thousands of useless drones. 



Then again the trouble and ex- 

 pense of nucleus hives will be 

 saved. This is the easiest, sim- 

 plest and best way to Italianize an 

 apiary of black bees. 



If your neighbors have black 

 colonies, arrange with them for 

 placing the traps on their hives, 

 as there can be no possible objection 

 to so doing. 



Henry Alley. 



Wenliam. Mass. 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT. 



R. H. HOLTERMANN, EDITOR. 



— Reports still coming in of bees 

 not properly cared for in the fall, 

 starving and being deficient in 

 stores. Others appear to be doing 

 well. Early in the month bees had 

 an excellent opportunity of having 

 a cleansingflight, to-day (April 17) 

 thermometer is 10° below zero. If 

 a severe winter is followed by a 

 good honey season our prospects 

 are excellent. 



most primitive character while now 

 by the use of the movable frame 

 hive, honey extractor, comb foun- 

 dation and other modern inven- 

 tions it has become less hazardous 

 and the profit can be calculated 

 with as great certainty as any other 

 rur ,1 pursuit. He pointed out the 

 importance of bees as fertilizers of 

 fruit, clover, etc., and as a source 

 of wealth to the country. The in- 

 teresting discussion which followed 

 was participated in by Rev. W. F. 

 Clarke, J. Ramsay, Mr. Rennie 

 and others. The questions of foul 

 brood, hibernating, spring dwind- 

 ling, etc., were brought up, but the 

 talk was shut off to make room for 

 other papers. The project of a 

 beekeepers' convention was moved 

 and may be proceeded with. — 

 '•''Guelph Daily Mercury." 



— The Norfolk beekeepers' con- 

 vention was held at Lynville, Ont., 

 Mar. 7. The attendance was some- 

 what meagre, but the discussion of 

 form of hive, weight of foundation, 

 and other important questions were 

 entered into. The next meeting 

 will be at Waterford the first Sat- 

 urday in June at 10 a. m. A full 

 day is expected and a profitable 

 time. 



— Martin Emyh of Holbrook, 

 Ont., attended the beekeepers' con- 

 vention at New Orleans. We have 

 not yet interviewed him. Wax is 

 sellingat39 cts. Extracted honey 

 per cwt., 10 cts. per lb. Combs 18 

 cts., lb. sections wholesale. 



— Ontario Agricultural and Ex- 

 perimental Union, Ont. Agricul- 

 tural College, Guelph, Second Day, 

 March 13, 1885. Union resumed 

 at 9.30. Mr. R. F. Holterman 

 gave a paper on the importance and 

 growth of beekeeping, showing 

 how only a few years ago the ap- 

 pliances for beekeeping were of the 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



— With our June number, we 

 shall cohimence to issue a circula- 

 tion of 5000 copies per month of 

 our journal. This will make it a 



