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THE AMERICAN APICULTUETST. 



showing a frame of cells is intended 

 merely lo show the frame. Everybody 

 else well knew that it was the cluster of 

 queen cells that was illustrated and not 

 the frame. 



'' They are very cheap queens," says 

 Timpe. Does not our reputation 

 (Pratt and Alley) as queen dealers 

 stand as well as that of J. Timpe? Do 

 we not rear and ship doubl ■, yes, treble 

 the number of queens each year that 

 this wonderful 5 -banded-bee man Timpe 

 does ? 



His conscience won't let him rear and 

 ship such queens ! Rats ! We wish 

 your conscience would cover a little 

 larger territory and prevent you from 

 lying and misrei)resenting truth and 

 facts. Try and develop a larger con- 

 science Brother 1'., and then keej) with- 

 in the bounds of truth and decency. 



Pratt and Alley rear queens on larger 

 frames than does Jacob Timpe and we 

 get better prices for them, too. We both 

 use small frames in nuclei in which our 

 queens are kept until fertilized. 



In order to sell his queens Timpe 

 tells his readers that five-banded bees 

 gather honey from red clover. If there 

 is a beekeeper in the world who does 

 not know that this is false, every word of 

 it, it must be that he reads none of the 

 bee-papers. One race or strain of 

 bees will gather honey from red clover 

 as well as another — none can do it. 



Finally, our columns are open to Mr. 

 Timpe, or to any other man who thinks 

 he can tell why just as good queens 

 cannot be reared on small combs as 

 well as on large ones. Come on, brother 

 T., and tell us what you know about it. 

 Does this man Timpe know what the 

 lale Moses Quinby said in his work on 

 bee culture concerning rearing queens 

 on small frames and in small hives? 

 But there ! what did Mr. Quinby know, 

 or what does anyone know about bees 

 compared with Timpe? We must all 

 yield to his superior knowledge in bee- 

 keeping. A wonderful man, yet he 

 cannot rear good queens on small 

 frames, or, he might just as well have 

 added, on large frames either, 



A VALUABLE QUEEN. 



Brother Pratt was at our apiary a 

 few days ago and we were looking over 

 some colonies to which some beautiful 

 golden Carniolan queens had been in- 

 troduced. The young bees were hatch- 

 ing in large numbers. 



One of the queens gave splendidly 

 marked bees. Brother Pratt was anx- 

 ious to have that queen, and although 

 he offered a ten dollar note, we did 

 not part with her. Just forty dollars 

 more will inuchase her. A clean 

 fresh comb was inserted in the brood- 

 chamber of the colony above mentioned 

 and before Sept. i, there will be sev- 

 eral hundred fine young golden Car- 

 niolan queens reared from this beauti- 

 ful (^ueen. 



The golden Carniolans are giving 

 perfect satisfaction to those who have 

 received them. The queens are large, 

 of a rich golden color, exceedingly pro- 

 lific, and any full colony can be opened 

 without smoke, or protection of any 

 kind to the person, and not a bee will 

 attempt to sting. 



Their working qualities cannot be 

 excelled by any race or strain of bees. 



THE PRICICS OE PUNIC QUEENS, FULL COL- 

 ONIES AND NUCLEI. 



QUEENS. 



Warranted purely mated, each $5.00 



Tested " 8.00 



Select tested .... " 10.00 



NUCLEUS COLONIES 



Three L. frames with brood and 

 bees sufficient to build up, including a 



tested queeen ;^i4.oo 



With select tested queen . . 18.00 



FULL COLONIES. 



Full colonies, each containing seven 

 L. frames with stores and in good or- 

 der for winter, safe arrival guaranteed 

 $25.00. 



Full colonies with tested queens will 

 be ready to ship Sept. 20. 



Tested and select tested queens 

 ready to mail Sept. 10 to Oct. 10. 



Address Henry Alley, Essex Co., 

 Wenham, Mass. 



