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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



A WOUD TO THOSE WHO WIHTE US. 



Will you please bear in mind when 

 you write us that it is important to have 

 your full address plainly written. We 

 have been terribly annoyed the last 

 month with so many letters in which 

 the name of the state is not given. 



More than a month ago an order was 

 received for a swarmer. The name of 

 the state was not given. The one who 

 ordered it has written twice about it. 

 "Why don't you send my swarmer ?" We 

 cannot do it, as the name of the state 

 was left off of every letter and card. 



The person's name is Nathaniel 

 Frankkr, Centro Valley. We cannot 

 find the name of any such town on our 

 Post Office book. Can any reader of 

 the Api help us out? 



One day this week an order came for 

 500 sections. No name of state or of 

 the writer was given. 



ME. JACOB TIMPE. 



Some one has informed us that the 

 above named man has stated in his cir- 

 cular and price-list that we rear queens 

 in small hives. Can it be possible that 

 any one who has kept bees the last ten 

 years is so ignorant of our methods of 

 rearing queens? Mr. T. either does 

 not keep posted in bee matters, or wil- 

 fully misrepresents the facts. About 

 every one who takes an interest in bee- 

 culture, knows that we rear no queens 

 in any but the strongest colonies. Our 

 method is to have the strongest colonies 

 start the cell-cups, and when they have 

 worked on them twenty-four hours, the 

 cups are then given to bees to finish 

 that have a fertile queen. Try and do 

 your business, good friends, without in- 

 juring your brothers. 



Has ]Mr. Timpe read the testimonials 

 that have been published in the Api, 

 concerning the queens we have sent 

 out? Can Mr. T. produce one testi- 

 monial in favor of his queens and his 

 method for rearing them ? 



I do not know how the 5 -banded 

 queen breeders produce their queens. 



but I do know that the 5 -bands are 

 produced by in breeding, a method 

 which destroys all the qualities of 

 the bees except beauty. One man ad- 

 vertises, " Do you want bees that will 

 roll in the honey? If so, try the 5-band- 

 ed bees." We would hke to know of one 

 case when the 5 -banded bees ever rolled 

 in any honey. I do not believe there 

 can be a case given where a colony of 

 5 -banded bees has stored one pound of 

 honey. 



EEDUCTION IN PRICES OF GOLDEN 

 CAUXIOLANS. 



In order to introduce the golden Car- 

 niolan bees into as many apiaries as pos- 

 sible the present season, we shall mail 

 queens at the following prices after July 



15- 



One queen, the best we can select, 



Three queens, all selected, ^4.00. 



Twelve queens, ^13.00. 



The Apiculturist one year and golden 

 Carniolan queen, $2.00. 



These bees do not swarm. They are 

 as handsome as 5-banded Italians, very 

 gentle and splendid honey gatherers. 

 They will fill your hives full of bees, sec- 

 tions full of honey, and winter splendid- 

 ly. Five-banded Italians will not winter 

 in the northern states. All will die be- 

 fore spring. We mean it. 



RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. 



Renew at once and get one of those 

 fine golden Italian queens. 



Will send one Italian queen and the 

 Api one year for ^1.50. 



Don't meddle with your colony for a 

 week at least after introducing a queen. 

 A young queen just introduced to a 

 strange colony is pretty apt to take wing 

 if the hive is opened, soon after she gets 

 possession of the combs. 



Order a golden Carniolan queen. 

 Price, $1.50 after July 15. 



