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show any yellow bands is more than we 

 can tell. I don't know as I shall be 

 lucky enough to be among Uie first ten 

 to send for a queen, but I hope I may 

 as I would like very much to see how 

 your yellow cjueens would compare wiUi 

 ours here in Canada. 



1'"rank \Vai,k.1': 



Jurn'(>, O///., Ca. 



KIN1)I,Y KKIKKKKD TO BKOTilKHS IJKNTOX, 

 «)ri(;i,KY, I.OW.AIASTKU AND UOHIXSON. 



P'rikni) Ai.i.kv : I see that your yel- 

 k)w ("nrniolans are condemned in cer- 

 tain (quarters. 1 will give you my ex- 

 perience with Carniolans. I find that 

 it is almost imi)ossible to keep that race 

 widiout yellow bands One (jueen I 

 bought, 1 could not detect a bee with 

 a yellow band ; but it was not very long 

 before I noticed a i'ew bees with yellow 

 ])ands on them, and in one season, the 

 bees with bands gradually got more and 

 more abuncUmt until over one-third of 

 the colony had bantls. A great many 

 had two yellow bands ; the colony at 

 last looked as if it was nothing but hy- 

 brids ; now some of those fellows will 

 say that the colony changed queens. 

 Don't you tell me that, as I know bet- 

 ter. I kept too good a watch on them. 

 M\' experience with the Carniolans is 

 that it is a hopeless task to breed them 

 withf)ut yellow bands, and my experi- 

 ence with Italians is that they will get 

 darker ; but the Syrians I believe a pure 

 race ; no trouble to keei) them straight 

 yellow, although I hope you will breed 

 u|) a good strain of golden Carniolans. 

 I shall watch your efforts closely. 



Esau Russell. 

 ///a Grove, Iowa. 



WAX rs TWO MOUE I.IKE HEH. 



Mr. H. Allkv : The golden Carnio- 

 lan (jueen came all right and is now 

 laying nicely. She is certainly a beauty. 

 I am so well pleased with her that I want 

 two more. 



T. K. TURNKR. 



Te/iipleioii, Jf7s. 



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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



A WORD ABOUT THE PUNICS. 



Nothing has been said in the Api 

 about this wonderful race of bees. 

 Now these bees are here and as we 

 have seen them, the Api has something 

 to say. So far as can be judged by what 

 little experience we have had with these 

 bees, we can say our opinion is most 

 favorable to them. If the Punic bees 

 are one-half as good as is claimed, 

 every beekeeper will want them and 

 all other races will be superseded. 



The queens are very active and 

 strong, and, although they are very 

 black, are easily found on the. combs 

 as their legs are of a rich, bright or- 

 ange color. 



The workers cannot be made to use 

 their stings by any method we tried. 

 Mr. Pratt took several by the wings 

 and drew them across the back of his 

 hand, but they would not attempt to 

 sting. He then tried to induce them 

 to sting my bare arm by drawing the 

 bee over the flesh, but it could not be 

 done. 



Now that we have seen these bees 

 and have become convinced of their 

 superiority, we shall commence to rear 

 them, and by Aug. 10, shall have purely 

 fertilized queens of this race ready to 

 mail. 



By all previous experience in queen 

 rearing, vve know that there will be a 

 large call for these queens and the fol- 

 lowing condition must be observed by 

 all who order them : 



I. Your order when received will be 

 registered, and when the queens are 

 ready to mail, customers will be noti- 

 fied a few days beforehand. Now this 

 is not exactly necessary, as the queen 



