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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



— Those who are so strictly ortho- 

 dox in their opinions, especially when 

 criticising others, should remember 

 that their first duty is to practise 

 what they preach, as their teachings 

 will then be productive of good. 



— We shall continue to issue our 

 Journal from the Salem Press office, 

 but all communications should be 

 addressed to Wenham, Mass., and 

 when sending money do not forget 

 to make all postal notes or money 

 orders payable on Salem, Mass., post 

 office. 



— We have just received a cir- 

 cular and price list from Mr. B , 



who is now in Europe dealing in 

 foreign queens and bees. The char- 

 acter of the language and criticisms 

 contained therein will not warrant us 

 in giving it a favorable notice. 

 Manly criticism or counsel and ad- 

 vice, or one's opinion expressed in 

 kindly language, always demands re- 

 spect ; but since Mr. B has en- 

 gaged in the sale of the eastern bees 

 and queens he has introduced some 

 finely drawn lines of distinction be- 

 tween the names given to the differ- 

 ent races of bees from the Holy 

 Land. 



Until lately we had no trouble in 

 understanding what was meant by 

 the terms Holy Land bees, Syrian 

 bees or Palestine bees, and in order 

 that we may be set at rights again 

 will some one capable of judging 

 kindly tell us what countries are in- 

 cluded within the boundaries of 

 the Holy Land (not Holy Land 

 proper.) 



Mr. B — is not even contented to 

 establish names of his own but makes 

 it a point to abuse all those who dif- 

 fer from him. 



We trust that he may yet learn to 

 allow others the same freedom in ex- 

 pressing their opinions that he 

 wishes himself and then abstain from 

 abusing them for so doing. 



— We have just received from F. 

 D. Wellcome of Poland, Maine, the 



finest lot of red raspberry plants that 

 w^e ever saw, they certainly do him 

 credit. 



— As we are now publishing 5,000 

 copies per month of our Journal, 

 advertisers- will do well to give it a 

 trial. 



— Use every effort to work up a 

 home demand for your honey this 

 season as in most cases it will pay 

 much better than sending it to city 

 markets. 



— Read all our club offers for this 

 month carefully and if you should 

 receive more than one copy of our 

 Journal kindly hand the other to 

 your neighbor. It may do him some 

 good and it will help us. 



Better chances were never offered 

 to secure first-class goods cheap than 

 will be found in our club list. 



— Mr. J. C. Clark submits his 

 communication to us for considera- 

 tion, and we would state that while 

 the extractor in the hands of an in- 

 experienced apiarist or by injudicious 

 use will doubtless prove a great in- 

 jury, yet we consider it one of the 

 most valuable implements in a well 

 conducted apiary. 



The trouble with the "glutted" 

 honey market comes, not from the 

 use of the honey extractor, or the 

 over-production of honey, but from 

 a lack of proper knowledge and 

 means of creating a demand. As a 

 rule we do not consider it best to 

 extract honey from combs containing 

 unsealed larvae, but one must be 

 governed by his knowledge of and 

 experience in this business. 



We could not be hired to do with- 

 out the extractor for many reasons. 



We should be pleased to hear from 

 Mr. Dadant on this subject, as he 

 uses the extractor extensively. 



A few days since while we were busy 

 at the desk, Mr. Alley called us out 

 into the apiary to witness a swarm of 

 bees issuing from a hive that was 



