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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



also be advanced to the regular rates, viz. : 

 per half dozen, $2.00; per dozen, $3 50. 

 We are now gettina- a large number of 

 orders for these goods and desire to get 

 over the most of this class of trade 

 before our queen-rearing business begins. 



We sliall import light Carniolan 

 queens to breed from this season and shall 

 do our best to keep the stock up to its 

 present high standard and surpass it if 

 possible. 



It is acknowledged by many that the 

 Apiculturist is one of the best adver- 

 tising mediums for those who deal in 

 beekeepers' supplies. The fact that our 

 paper circulates largely, yes, almost 

 wholly, in the western states, offers the 

 best inducement to western supply deal- 

 ers as an advertising medium. Try an 

 AD. in the Api and satisfy yourself that 

 all we claim is true.. We deal some in 

 supplies, but those who advertise in the 

 Api get nearly all the western trade. 

 We do not get much of it. 



k.\mbler's visit to wknham. 



Right here we will say a full de- 

 scription of the " Rambler's" visit, //- 

 lustrated, will be found in the May issue 

 of the Api. It is a funny as well as a 

 most interesting article. All who wish 

 to get a good view of the Bay State 

 Queen-rearing apiaries and of the pro- 

 prietor should read what Brother "Ram- 

 bler" has to say. 



THiirrr ykars among tiik, bkes. 



Below is given A. I. Root's opinion 

 of this book : 



"This is the title of a new book, 

 written by Henry Alley, of Wenham, 

 Mass. It contains 8o large pages, and 

 is full of good things. In fact, we are 

 ashamed to say we did not even know 

 that friend Alley had got his queen- 

 rearing down to such perfection, for this 

 is what the new book deals with princi- 

 pally. 



Toward the end of the book there 

 are a great many good things ; for in- 

 stance, how to find a fertile queen ; how 



to warm a small bee room economical- 

 ly ; best fuel for smokers, and several 

 other items that smack pretty strongly 

 of long experience." 



NOT A DEAD BEK. 



Dr. Tinker writes under date of 

 March 9, as follows : "Bees have win- 

 tered the best for years. Lost none. 

 The colony having your queen has not 

 lost a bee that I can see. They seemed 

 to hibernate a good part of the winter. 

 Their condition is first-class." We 

 have a good many colonies, having these 

 queens and no dead bees have been 

 seen about their hives this winter. 



If any subscriber desires to examine 

 one of our improved Drone-and-queen 

 Controllers, we will mail it for thirty-five 

 cents, or, the Api and Controller for 

 $ 1. 10. 



The Api and one of our improved 

 Self-hive rs will be mailed for ^1.50. 



OUR ONIC-IIUXDRED-DOLLAU QUEEN. 



Bear in mind that each subscriber to 

 the Apiculturist is entitled to one of 

 the best queens reared from our one- 

 hundred-dollar queen, by remitting 

 seventy- five cents when the queen is 

 wanted. 



PRICES OF QUEENS TO SUB.SCRIBERS OF 

 THE APICULTURIST. 



We beg to remind all subscribers to 

 the Api that they can get one of our 

 best select Italian queens by remitting 

 seventy-five cents at the time the queen 

 is wanted. After May i, 1891, Api and 

 queen will be $2.00, 



If any subscriber prefers one of our 

 select golden Carniolan queens,^ the same 

 as we charge ^2 for, one will be sent for 

 ^i 75, or, two queens and the Api will 

 be sent for $3 50. The queens may be 

 ordered and paid for when wanted. 

 No queens will be mailed before May 

 20, 1891. 



TIIH NICEST QUEKN. 



Friend Alley : — Two years ago you 

 sent me the nicest Italian queen I ever 

 saw. The colony gathered lots of honey 

 and is now the best colony in ray apiary. 



Sclma, Texas. L. Staciieliiausen. 



