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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



been added. No doubt the subscribers 

 of The Review appreciate the editor's 

 efforts to please them. 



THK CANADIvN BEK JOURNAL. 



No particular change has taken place 

 in the Canadian Bee Journal. '1 his 

 paper is always well filled with practical, 

 readable ariicles. It reaches us regu- 

 larly twice each month. 



THE AMKRICAN BEKKEEPER- 



This new paper has been received 

 and is a credit to the printer. While 

 the publishers did pretty well for the 

 first issue, considering their inexperience 

 as publishers, we think they will do much 

 better in the future. The American Bee- 

 keeper contains several well written ar- 

 ticles from experienced apiarists. We 

 hope Falconer & Co. will succeed as 

 well in ])ublishing a bee-paper as they 

 have in furnishing beekeepers' supplies. 



THE BEK WORLD. 



This is another new bee-pajier and 

 one that came to hand very early in 

 January. It is well printed. The edi- 

 tor is VV. S. VandrufT, Waynesburg, Pa. 

 In order to get his paper out promptly 

 Jan. 1, Brother V. was obhged to make 

 some selections from other papers. 

 The selections and extracts are first- 

 class, as several articles were selected 

 from the columns of the Api. Success 

 to the Bee World. 



STILL THEY COMK. 



Wm. Styan & Son, San Mateo, Cali- 

 fornia, will issue the first copy of the Cal- 

 if 07-nia Beekeeper in February. There 

 are over 9000 beekeepers in the state of 

 California, and there is no reason why 

 a first-class bee- paper should not be well 

 supported and made a success in that 

 state. If one-third of the above num- 

 ber of beekeepers will send Brother Sty- 

 an their subscriptions, there is no doubt 

 about the success of his publication. 



Do not be backward, California friends ; 

 take hold and help Brother Styan in 

 this most desirable enterprise. There 

 is more available material for a good 

 bee-paper in the state of California than 

 in any other state in the Union. 



We do not wish it understood that 

 every one must purchase an individual 

 right in order to get one of our self- 

 hivers. W^e mail a sample to all who 

 desire them, for $\.oo. If, after that 

 you need an individual right to make 

 and use them, the one dollar may be 

 deducted from the five dollars, the 

 price of the right to manufacture. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Uniler this Imail will he inolnderi a ijiciiltura 

 news and comments thereon. 



THE WINTER IX NEW ENGLAND. 



In the northern states bees winter 

 better, consume less food and come out 

 stronger when the weather is steady 

 cold like the present winter, than tliey 

 do when it is so warm they can take a 

 flight several times each week, as was 

 the case here in southern New England 

 the past two years. 



The oftener bees take a flight, the 

 more food required, and the more b;res 

 lost on the cold ground. 



THE SELK-HIVKU. 



Dr. G. L. Tinker was the first bee- 

 keeper to purchase an individual right 

 to make and use the Self-hiver. In his 

 note accompanying the cash Dr. L. says : 

 'T see you have the Swarmer advertised 

 in all the bee papers, which means that 

 you have a highly practical article." 



Dr. Tinker is right in the above opin- 

 ion. We had. an idea that the swarmer 

 would not do all we claim for it, none 

 would be offered for s ile. 



Brother J. E. Pond, after examining 

 the swarmer wrote thus : 

 North Attlehoro, Mass., Jan. 8, i8gi. 



Friend Alley : When Pratt was here 

 he showed me the swarmer. You can say 

 from me, in any words you choose, and 

 unqualifiedly, that the swarmer is a big 

 thing; that it is one of the great "bee 

 inventions" of the age, and that it will 

 simplify matters as much as did the 

 movable frame. — J. E. Pond. 



The Swarmer will be sold on the 

 following terms : One sample by mail, 

 one dollar. After that, as per price list 



