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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



— To all parties who send us ^1.50 

 for the "Apiculturist "one year, and 

 one of our choice golden yellow 

 queens, we offer the following guaran- 

 tee. 



We agree, that if these queens do 

 not prove pure or what we recom- 

 mend them to be, we will either re- 

 place them or return 75 cts. in cash. 



We are shipping just such queens, 

 as selected queens, by every mail at 

 gi.50 each. Subscribe at once for 

 the " Apiculturist " and secure one 

 of the finest queens that you ever 

 saw. 



Sample copies mailed to any ad- 

 dress free. 



— For the rest of the season we will 

 send with each queen one of our new 

 combination nursery and introducing 

 cages together with careful directions 

 for introducing the queens. 



To any old subscriber we will send 

 one of these choice queens for $1.00. 



— Now is the best time in the year 

 to introduce queens and get your 

 colonies in proper condition before 

 winter comes. Colonies that have not 

 shown as much vigor as they ought 

 should be reqneened. Remove all 

 old and inferior queens and replace 

 them with young and vigorous ones. 



The colony having a prolific queen 

 will, as a rule, store from 25 to 100 

 pounds of surplus honey, while that 

 with a poor queen will store but litrie 

 if any. A good young queen will pay 

 200 per cent on her cost and it is a 

 good investment to secure a $1.25 

 queen. 



— The following list of county Vice- 

 Presidents was omitted from our re- 

 ports of the N. E. B. Convention :— 

 Albany county, H. W. Garrett ; Alle- 

 gany county, F. A. Bunnell ; Broome, 

 I. L. Schofield ; Cattaraugus, M. L. 

 Langmade ; Chautauqua, W. T. Falk- 

 ner; Cayuga, J. E. Murphy; Che- 

 nango, L. E. St. John; Clinton, S. 

 O. La Bounty ; Cortland, G. F. Ful- 

 ler ; Delaware, J. D.Smith ; Dutchess, 

 J.N. Knickerbocker; Erie, D. A. 



Parmeter ; Essex, H. Moses ; Frank- 

 lin, L. N.Wright; Fulton, George 

 Vanhostrand ; Genesee, J. E. Moore ; 

 Greene, A. L. Green ; Rockland, A. 

 J. Chapman ; St. Lawrence, R. F. 

 Barber ; Saratoga, E. Pierce ; Schen- 

 ectady, I. G. Quinby ; Schoharie, 

 S. Vroman ; Schuyler, H. C. Stow- 

 ell ; Seneca, O. G. Smith ; Sullivan, 

 O. F. Winter ; Tioga, L. Brown ; 

 Tompkins, A. J. Chapman ; Ulster, 

 John E. Van Etten : Steuben, H. 

 Stevens ; Warren, O. F. Dean ; 

 Washington, J. H. Martin ; Wayne, 

 Mrs. L. C. Russell ; Herkimer, P. H. 

 Elwood ; Jefferson, O. D. Whitcomb ; 

 Kings, T. O. Peet; Lewis, H. N. 

 Waters ; Livingston, L. Densmore : 

 Madison, F. L. Smith ; Monroe, Nel- 

 son Tenny ; Montgomery, C. C. Van 

 Deusen ; New York, L. J. King ; 

 Niagara, George Wright ; Oneida, 

 W. E. Clark; Onondaga, A. H. 

 Marks ; Ontario, William Barriman ; 

 Orange, A. H. Cooly ; Oswego, A. 

 E. Sheldon ; Otsego, H. T. Smith ; 

 Putnam, C. Gallup. 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWEES. 



QUKSTIONS BY THK EDITOR. 



1. Suppose that a party who is 

 a novice in beekeeping has an apiary 

 of l)laclv bees and wishes to Italianize 

 a portion or Ihewliole of liis colonies; 

 what would you advise as the clieapest, 

 safest and best method of iloin.u- this? 



2. In introducinii; queen bees, either 

 laying or virgin, what dangers are 

 there and how may they be avoided? 



3. Why is it that a virgin queen is 

 not so readily accepted by the bees as 

 is a laying one? 



4. What difl'erence, if any, is there 

 between the quuens of tiie different 

 race as regards the matter of introduc- 

 ing them to strange colonies? 



5. Is there any diifereuce between 

 the bees of the diflVrent races as re- 

 gards their accepting any queen that 

 may be given them? 



6. Ifyou wish to introduce queens 

 when the bees are getting no honey, 

 do you proceed any differently than at 

 other times? If so, please state how. 



