THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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qiieen rec 'ivod from you last mouth -will 

 prove as li-ood. I ilon't tliiiik slie could do 

 better. AAvaitiuiy your attention, I am, 

 Yours truly, 

 Lloyds, Va. l\ K. Paxnan. 



JUST SO, I-'RIEXD ROOT. 



There is something in the AncuLTinnsr 

 that sparkles. It has lots of short, pithy 

 items. — tilcaniiKjs, March 15, 181)1. 



now TO USK SKLF-HIVER. 



The hiver should be placed on the 

 hive about a week before a swarm is ex- 

 pected. This will familiarize the bees 

 before they swarm with the changed ap- 

 pearance of the hive. 



Send one dollar and get a swarmer by 

 return mail and test them for- yourself. 



We don't care to do any bragging 

 about the hiver, but will say that for any 

 swarm that decami)s, or for any queen 

 that gets through the metal we are ready 

 to pay $io. Dr. Tinker's perforated 

 zinc will be used on all the swarmers, 

 and it is simply impossible for a queen 

 to pass it. 



Occasionally when a swarm issues the 

 bees may cluster on some object for 

 a while. No one need give himself 

 any uneasiness if they do not return im- 

 mediately. They will not go away with- 

 out their queen. 



Now how much better it is for the 

 beekeeper to use the self hiver than it 

 is to spend his time watching his bees. 

 When the beekeeper uses the swarmer, 

 he need not say when going from home, 

 "Wife, watch the bees, I think they will 

 swarm to-day." Put the swarmer on 

 the hive and be absent a month if you 

 desire. The bees will be all right when 

 you return. 



Don't climb way up forty feet in a 

 tree for a swarm of bees and run the 

 risk of breaking your limbs, when it 

 can be avoided for about fifty cents per 

 colony. ^^'hy, it would cost several 

 hundred dollars should you break only 

 the bone in one leg. When a bee- 

 keeper cannot afford to pay seventy-five 

 cents for a good bee-paper for a year, 

 he certainly cannot afford to break one 

 of his legs. See the point? 



We will sell you one swarmer and 

 ship by mail, for 5i-oo, then if you like 

 it and want to manufacture them for 

 your own apiary, just send $4.00 more 

 and we will send you the right to make 

 one million for your own use, only. 



One dozen swarmers in the flat, by 

 express, $9; half dozen, $5. One 

 swarmer in each lot will be nailed. If 

 you desire to sell them, or want to pur- 

 chase a township or county right, just 

 write us for terms. If you merely wish 

 to sell them, the best plan is to purchase 

 them by the quantity in the flat, nail 

 them up and sell them anywhere in the 

 world that you can find a purchaser. 



After May i the price of our work on 

 rearing queens, " Thirty Years Among 

 the Bees," will be advanced to one 

 dollar per copy. Or the Api will be 

 mailed one year and one copy of 

 " Thirty Years " for one dollar and fifty 

 cents. 



Our advertising rates will be two dol- 

 lars per inch. Special rates given on 

 large ads. and those inserted for six 

 months or one year. 



This arrangement does not apply to 

 any contract made previous to j\Iay 

 I, 1891. 



We have also advanced the prices of 

 Italian queens. After this date or- 

 ders for queens will be accepted only 

 at the following prices : — 



For one to three queens, each $2.00 



For six queens, each $1.75 



By the dozen, each $1.50 



Prices for golden Carniolan queens 

 will be the same as for those reared 

 from our two hundred- dollar queen. 

 All queens will be tested and satisfaction 

 guaranteed in every respect. 



hill's FEEPEIl AND SMOKER. 



We have received both of these things 

 and they are all friend Hill claims for 

 them Have used the feeder this spring 

 but shall test it again. Smoker is a cold 

 blast and does good work. See his ad. 

 on another page. 



Salisbury's foundation for sale here. 



