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THE AMERICAN AFICULTUUIST. 



sections should be used. The ship- 

 ping crates should hold no more than 

 one tier of sections, and not over twen- 

 ty-five pounds. Of late there is a de- 

 mand for neat, small, six-pound crates, 

 and by the use of tin or wood separa- 

 tors between the sections while being 

 filled beautiful uniform sections may 

 be obtained, and shipped with little 

 danger of leakage. Before sent to mar- 

 ket all of the bee glue or propolis should 

 be removed from the sections to make 

 tlie work neat and clean. — Annik C. 

 Webstkr. — Exchange. 



A SENSIBLE BKEKEEPKH. 



My dear Sir : Having accidentally 

 got hold of your work on queen-rearing, 

 1 am induced to write you for prices 

 of queens and nuclei. I am anxious to 

 get a better class of bees into our coun- 

 ty, and am inclined to think you are the 

 right party to supply them. 



A. J. Orndorf. 



Greensburg, Pa. 



GOOD ENOUGH 



I rather buy my queens from you than 

 of any one else in this country. 



J. D. Anderson. 

 Alallory, Texas. 



SHE IS A BEAUTY. 



Queen arrived safe June 19, and 

 was safely introduced. She is a beauty. 

 Mrs. a. L. Haleenbfck. 

 Millard, Nebraska. 



ABOUT DISGUSTED WITH THE IIALIANS. 



Bro. Alley : I was about disgusted 

 with the Italian queens I had bought 

 of other dealers. Never saw anything 

 like the one you have sent me. She is 

 as yellow as gold. 



W. M. G I. over. 



Big Creek, Ga. 



LIKES our. STKAIN OF ITALIANS. 



Mr. Alley : Find enclosed ^1.50 for 

 Api and queen. I like your strain of 

 bees and would rather have them than 

 those of any other dealer. 



C. W. Lundy. 



Myersville, Maryland. 



BEK-CULTURE A NATIONAL INDUS- 

 TRY. 



Among the recent industries of rapid 

 growth in this country, bee -culture 

 stands preeminent. Of course, as a 

 homely art, beekeeping is no modern 

 industry, being as old as history ; but 

 in its scientific developments, it is of 

 recent growth. 



In these times, when science is prop- 

 erly taking its place at the helm in all 

 departments of human industry and 

 activity, it is not strange tliat it is 

 promptly assuming the guitlance of bee- 

 culture. 



This is a utilitarian, as well as a sci- 

 entific age ; and this is why bee-cul- 

 ture is being so rapidly developed, for 

 its extraordinary growth is only in the 

 ratio of its utility. 



Though known to commerce for 

 2,500 years, hitherto it has been fol- 

 lowed and known, in this country at 

 least, principally as a local industry. 

 But bee-culture, from the soundest 

 economic considerations, ought un- 

 doubtedly to become a great national 

 industry, fostered and protected by the 

 state. — Exchange. 



INTERESTED IN THE GOLDEN 

 CARNIOLANS. 



Henry Alley : I write to tell you 

 that I am very much interested in your 

 description in the Afiierican Beekeeper 

 of yellow Carnlolan bees. There is a 

 great deal of truth in what you say, as 

 I find it tallies with our experience with 

 the Carniolan bees to perfection. We 

 have both imported and home-bred 

 stock, and for anything we know are 

 the most extensive queen-rearers in 

 Canada. We make a specialty of rear- 

 ing Carniolan queens, and the kind we 

 are trying for is the kind without the 

 yellow bands, and I must say that now 

 that we don't succeed with them very 

 well, as every generation down seems 

 to show an extra yellow band. The bees 

 from these yellow queens are just as 

 peaceable and good honey gatherers as 

 the grays are, and why they should 



