THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



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Northeastern Beekeepers' conven- 

 tion for examination, and Mr. Alley 

 has shown us that they are almost 

 identical with that used by him over 

 twenty years ago, the difference being 

 that while Mr. Benton uses sugar and 

 honey for food, Mr. Alley used honey 

 in a sponge. The success obtained 

 by Mr. Benton is no more remark- 

 able than that of Mr. Alley and many 

 others, who have had extended ex- 

 perience. " Honor to whom honor 

 is due." 



— That pollen is an article of food 

 with the worker bees, and even nec- 

 essary to their welfare, seems to be 

 a settled fact with the majority of 

 experienced "bee doctors." 



— The editor of the " Canadian 

 Bee Journal makes rather a sweeping 

 and unqualified statement in the 

 late issue of his journal, and one 

 which we fear might prove mislead- 

 ing to many readers. He says : "We 

 find no more trouble in introducing 

 virgin queens than we do in intro- 

 ducing fertile ones. We simply 

 cage them on combs for about twenty- 

 four hours, and then release them." 



If said party will, during a period 

 when there is a scarcity of honey, 

 remove the laying queens from sev- 

 eral full colonies, and cage upon the 

 sides of combs virgin queens (Cy- 

 prian especially) five days old, so 

 arranged that they will be released 

 within twenty- four hours, he will 

 find more trouble than he reports. 



Again, if he will remove laying 

 queens from fertilizing nuclei (when 

 no honey is coming in, or in fact at 

 most any period) and then attempt 

 to introduce virgin queens five days 

 old, he will be less confident in his 

 assertions. It is oftentimes trouble- 

 some for the expert to introduce vir- 

 gin queens, and we wonder at our 

 friend's statements. 



— For a short time we offer the 

 following inducement to those who 



are willing to work for us, and those 

 who wish to obtain with but little 

 trouble a choice queen. 



To any person who sends us a 

 club of five new subscribers either at 

 ^i.oo each, or at any of the club 

 offers, we will make a present of 

 one of our choice selected queens. 

 In order that you will understand 

 our offer we will cite an instance. 



If five of your neighbors should 

 choose to take advantage of our offer 

 of the " Apiculturist," for one year 

 with a choice queen for $1.50, and 

 you should send us their addresses 

 and $7.50, we would make you a 

 present of a choice queen. Any 

 member of the club can, however, 

 take advantage of either of the club 

 offers that he may choose. 



This is a splendid opportunity 

 for you to try our stock of queens. 



— We have been issuing 5000 

 copies per month since April, and 

 we invite advertisers to give our col- 

 umns a trial. 



— To all persons wishing to pro- 

 cure a cheap but a practical bee- 

 smoker for use where one has but a 

 few colonies, we can heartily recom- 

 mend the " Clark smoker," illustrated 

 in our June number. It is all that 

 can be desired for the object for 

 which it is designed, and no one can 

 afford to do without a smoker when 

 one can be procured for 35 cents. 



— We have just received from Mr. 

 Cornell the specimens referred to in 

 his article and shall make a micro- 

 scopical examination of them. 



We trust that each party to whom 

 they are sent will examine them 

 carefully, sending us for puljlication 

 such reports as they may deem best, 

 as this is an important matter and 

 one that should be decided posi- 

 tively and conclusively. 



Mr. Cornell will please accept 

 thanks for the favor so kindly shown 

 us in the course that he has taken. 



