THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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same result." Have we not here an 

 easy method of preventing after 

 swarms, superior to the "Heddon" or 

 any other plan? Eight days after a 

 first swarm has issued invert the 

 hive, 4he ' bees will destroy the re- 

 maining queen cells and the thing is 

 done. ' How many readers of the 

 "Apiculturist" will try this plan and 

 tell us how they succeed? 



' Apis Canadensis. 

 Kingston, Ontario, Nov. i§, /S(?5. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



— We have omitted the Dealers' 

 List, and some other matter to give 

 room to Prof. Wiley's valuable paper 

 on the adulteration of honey and 

 trust that the dealers will pardon the 

 omission. 



— ^^'ill those who have articles for 

 the " Apiculturist " kindly send them 

 in at once so that we can send out 

 the January number on the first of 

 the month. 



—Our old subscribers must not 

 forget our liberal club offers, but re- 

 new their subscriptions promptly and 

 . take advantage of them. Remember 

 that all who renew can secure a choice 

 warranted queen either Italian or 

 Holy Land for^i.oo extra ; the pay 

 for th^ same not to be sent until 

 spring, after you have been notified 

 in the journal that we are ready to 

 send our queens. New subscribers 

 can secure one of these same queens 

 for 50 cents extra under the same 

 conditions. 



, .A§.,\v§ shall ,book. your calls for 

 queens as your snbscjriptions are sent 

 in, you must be prompt if you want 

 your queen early in the season. 



— The advantages- offered by us 

 to advertisers are not excelled. Try 

 our journal and see if we are not cor-, 

 rect. ' ■ - •, ■ ■ 



— When taking convention reports 

 " boil them down ;" give us the facts 

 and the cream of the proceedings. 



Avoid repeating old methods or say- 

 ings that have appeared in print 

 over and over again ; then we can 

 give our readers much more infor- 

 mation in the same space. 



— Have you discovered any liew 

 and simple methods of manag'ing 

 your colonies? Have you had bet- 

 ter results in introducing queens or 

 caring for swarms, etc. ? Have you 

 found any difficulties hard to over- 

 come or any new methods of avoid- 

 ing any particular difficulties ? If so, 

 please tell our readers all about it, 

 and ki^ return others will perhaps give 

 you some valuable information that 



■ will doubly 'repay you for your efforts. 



Lef us be' one great family, each 

 one 'wining ■ to ' assist his neighbor, 

 and we fcan assure you that the re- 



■ suits will be pleasant and-;prpfi,tat)le. 



— We are preparing a rich feast 

 for our readers which will appear in 

 the January number. Be sure and 

 watch for the same. 



— Some of the prices in the Nov- 

 ember club list were incorrect, but 

 they are all right in the present 

 number. 



— On page 236 of our journal will 

 be found a note referring to the adul- 

 teration of honey. 



This . note was prepared whil^ I 

 was. at home sick, and escaped my 

 notice when ;the jourjial was printpd. 

 While it is a fact a large portion of 

 the " tumbler ". or " prepared " 

 honey found in the grocery stores in 

 this section is justly described in said 

 note, yet* I have no hesitancy in say- 

 ing that whenever a package of 

 honey is labelled with the address 

 and signature of the producer of 

 said honey it will be found pu7-e. 



I; have yet to learn of a bee- 

 keeper who puts adulterated honey 



■ on the market. And it would cer- 

 tainly be folly for him to do so under 

 his own signature. 



I would heartily urge the beekeep- 

 ers not only to " put up " their 



