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and I dare not ask you, a stranger, 

 to edit it. 



What I wish to say is, that I am 

 so well pleased with the " Api " 

 that I am recommending it to all 

 beekeepers that come in my way. 

 My attention was first called to it by 

 my neighbor, Mr. Irwin. He pre- 

 sented me with the numbers of 1884. 

 I read them all, over and over again, 

 and was so well pleased that I deter- 

 mined to have the whole thing, fi-om 

 the start, and just at that time I dis- 

 covered your " ad " in the C. B. J., 

 offering with the whole outfit a fine 

 queen as a present. I jumped at the 

 chance. The bound volumes came 

 along in due course of mail, and 

 then the queen. She is a beauty. 

 I introduced her at once to a frame 

 of hatching brood, placed between 

 division boards in a nursery hive, 

 in the house. Two days after, added 

 another frame and soon had quite a 

 little colony. She now occupies a 

 prominent place in the apiary, and 

 bids fair to be as fine a colony as 

 I have. ■ 



Fr.\ncis D. Havens. 



P. S. I am not a woman, but I 

 happen to think of something more. 

 If you would like to hear an)'thing 

 more about Santa Barbara beekeep- 

 ing you might drop me a postal. 



F. D. H. 

 Santa Barbara, CaL, Aug. i, i8Sj. 



THE SPIDER AS A COMB PROTECTOR. 



Messrs. S. M. Locke & Co. 

 Under the above title an article 

 was published in the July number 

 (1884) of the "Api, " translated by 

 myself from the German of W. Eck- 

 hardt. He described his method of 

 preserving surplus combs from sea- 

 son to season, by putting them into 

 a box containing spiders and their 

 eggs. 



I have been much troubled by the 

 loss of combs through the depreda- 

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tions of the moth, and last fall I did 

 as directed in the above mentioned 

 article, and put all the spiders and 

 eggs I could get into my comb box, 

 closed it, and waited. 



This spring on opening it, I found 

 every comb in perfect order. Thus, 

 having tested this simple and effec- 

 tive measure, supplied us by nature, 

 I take pleasure in calling the atten- 

 tion of beemen to it. I am now 

 storing my box honey in spiders and 

 cobwebs in the hope that they may 

 be thus preserved for sale. 



Chas. L. Colton. 



Mta York, N. Y. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



— The October, November and 

 December numbers of the "Amer- 

 ican Apiculturist" are to be the most 

 valuable and instructive ever sent 

 out. 



Mr. J. E. Pond will conduct the 

 department for beginners and the 

 novice will find his papers to be 

 invaluable. 



— 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 

 $1.00 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. 



