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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



QUEENS DID WELL ; NICE BEES. 



Mr. Alley : — Please send me another 

 queen. Both the queens yon sent nie in 

 1889 have done well and proved tine. They 

 are the nicest bees I have. 



Jeivett, Ohio. David Lucas. 



WORTH MANY TLMES THEIR COST. 



Brother Alley .-—Find $1.50 I'or Api 

 and queen. The three queens you have 

 sent me tlie last two years are all U. K. 

 and worlii many times tlieir cost. 



Scales Mound, 111. J. W. Wilcox. 



HK LIKES THE QUEENS. 



Mr. Alley : — Send me eight queens, 

 four from your imported mother. I lii^e 

 your queens lietter than tliose bought of 

 other dealers. 



Oran, N. Y. Wm. H; Balch. 



four QUEENS PAID FOR ALL. 



Mr. Allky : — I bought eighteen queens 

 of you and lost all but four. But the four 

 queens mnde up my loss to a great extent, 

 as their bees were all I could desire or ex- 

 pect. 



Bicknell, Ind. II. F. Winters. 



handsome ceks. 



Mr. Alley :— Find $1.50 for which mail 

 me another queen. The bees are hatch- 

 ing Irom the tirst one you sent me and 

 tliey are the handsomest bees I have. 



Thorndale, Texas. 0. J. E. Urban. 



hived three swarms. 



Henry Alley: — I hived tiiree swarms 

 this season with your automatic Swarni- 

 hiver. I am away from home all day and 

 found tlie swarms self-hived when I 

 returned at niglit. 



Beve7'e, 3Iass. Frank II Prkscott. 



■WORK WHEN other BEES DO NOT. 



H. Alley: — The queen I got of you in 

 1890 from your hundred dollar queen is a 

 beauty ; her bees work Avhen others will 

 not, and my others are a tine strain of 

 Italians. 



Anderson, Indiana. James A. Minnick. 



the API JUST splendid. 



Friend Alley : — I wish I could send 

 you one hundred subscribers for the Api 

 as I think your paper is just splendid. 

 Enclosed find seventy-live cents for an- 

 other subscriber. 



St. Charles, III. Chas. H. Robbins. 



TOO SCIENTIFIC FOR HIM. 



Mr. Alley': — Please send queen and 

 "Thirty Years among the Bees." I have 

 on queeu rearing. It is too scien- 

 tific for me. 



Fa (/son, III. 



Daniel E. Bobbins. 



MANY POINTS FUO.M THE APL 



Mr. Alley: — I get many points from 

 the Api that are vahial^le to me. Although 

 three other bee-papers visit me regularly, 

 I tind your journal of more practical value 

 than all the rest. 



Unionville, Mo. E. F. Quigley. 



ONLY ONE POOR QUEEN. 



Mr Alley : Herewith find cash for half- 

 dozen queens from your $100 queen. We 

 have had a good many queens from your 

 apiary and but one inferior one. 



San Buena, Cal L. Merckr & Co. 



THE BEST QUEKN HE EVER HAD. 



Editor Api : I have a queen T got of you 

 two years ago that 1 con.sider the best 

 queen 1 ever had. 



SpriHijville, N. Y. L. F. Brown. 



one who appreciates THK API. 



Mr. Alley: [Your paper is superb. 

 Enclosed is seventj'-Iive cents for one 

 year's subscription. 



Miami, Mu. Mrs. J. M. Null. 



HANDSOME IS THAT HANDSOME DOES. 



jMr. Alley : I had a cjiieeu fiom you and an Al- 

 ley qiioen liom Row of Greensljurtf and tlie 

 bees inoved so very gentle, especiiilly the prog- 

 eny of the queen 1 h;i(l of you (no tiifly) that I shiill 

 introduce all Alley queens the coming summer. 

 J never received a sting Irom the bees in the 

 Alley colony last season, and the queen tilled a 10- 

 fiame Simplicity hive (the only one I have — my 

 banner colony) with bees and tliey gave nie the 

 largest .«nipl IIS by large odds notwitli.'-tanding it 

 was a very poor season. T'hey always worlied 

 when other colonies weie idle. J. ii. Knos. 



Connellsville, Pa 



WE WANT 100 COLONIES OF BEES. 



We are ready to pay cash or ex- 

 change queensor goods in which we 

 deal for bees. Now if any of the 

 small beekeepers desire to send us 

 three or four colonies in exchange 

 for supplies just say the word and 

 we will arrange the matter. Write 

 us at once and say how many you 

 can spare and what you desire in 

 exchange for them. 



H. ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



