THE AMERICAN APICLFLTURIST. 



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iiKjiith is doing finely. Siic Ikis litr 

 Iranie packed solid with brood now, no 

 scattering mess about it. She was as fine 

 looking a bee when she came as I ever 

 iiad and I have bought as many as thirty 

 in the past four years. 



JjOYTON Uamon. 

 Ficctiom, Maine. 



E. L. PHATT'S PRICKS OF PUNIC 

 QUEENS. 



For the benefit of those who cannot 

 afford to pay what seems to be fancy 

 prices, we have decided to offer vir- 

 gins at $1 each, ^5 per half dozen, 

 and guarantee their safe introduction. 

 If they are mated with any of the high 

 class drones, excellent bees will be the 

 result. 



Directions for introducing and a no- 

 tice are sent two or three days before 

 the queens are mailed, and if the di- 

 rections, which are very simple, are 

 followed, there will be no difficulty 

 about introducing them safely. 



Following is a copy of the notice 

 sent with Virgin Punic queens : 



■In two clays please expect your vu-i(iii 

 Panic qnecns; on rccei|)t of this, prepare 

 colonies to receive them as follows : Take 

 three or more combs with some Coot! in, 

 bnt no unsealed brood or egi^s. and put 

 them in a hive, then shake into these 

 combs the bees off two combs at least, 

 from a jjood strong stock, tukinycare that 

 the queen is not lunoniist them. Now re- 

 move this strong stock to a fresh stand, 

 and set this new one in its place, which 

 will receive most of the flying bees also. 



•Do not use any of the combs from the 

 strong stock, on account of the risk of 

 getting one with an egg or two in it. 



The bees must l)e qnceuless and liave 

 no means of rearing one, forty hours at 

 least, or you will fail to introduce the 

 queens we are sending yon. 



'■As soon as you receive tlie (]neens. 

 drop them between the combs amongst 

 the bees, after dark, alone; on no account 

 nuist they i)e caged, scented or daubed 

 with honej'. In two days sealed l)rood 

 may I)e given tliem, but unsealed brood or 

 eggs nuist not l)e givin them uniil the 

 ((ueen l)egins to lay. or they will be almost 

 reitainly ''balled" at the entrance on re- 

 turning from the bridal trip. 



Another plan is to make up a three 

 frame nucleus of brood, b^es and honey 



and lea\c it (picenless for three tlays. 

 On the evening of the thinl day, tuck a 

 plantain-leaf into the entrance, and give 

 the bees a long and heavy bast of to- 

 bacco smoke with one of Mr. Alley's 

 funiigators, so that the bees will drop to 

 the bottom apparently lifeless. Run the 

 (jueen into the hive and cover the hole 

 so she can not get out. 15y the morn- 

 ing, the plantain leaf will have dried up 

 and the bees will be O. K. The (jueen 

 will pn)bably fly out the next day to 

 mate. 



When the cpieen begins to lay, the 

 nucleus can be built up to a full colony 

 by adding capped brood. 



For those desiring queens from im- 

 ported mother, purely mated to im- 

 ported drones, the price has been set 

 at $5.00 each for the present. Orders 

 are positively filled in rotation. 



We shall select some of the finest 

 ([ueens for breeding purposes and can 

 doubtless spare a few at $10. Yearling 

 breeding queens, the best we have at 

 ;^25 each. Only a limited number. 



We were obliged to mate a lot of our 

 first queens to Carniolan drones. If 

 tiiese are desired, tlie price will be $2, 

 each. 



E. L. Pratt. 



Beverly, Mass. 



REDUCTION IN PRICES OF GOLDEN 



CARNIOLANS. 



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, 

 SSi.50. 



Three queens, all selected, $4.00. 



Twelve cjueens, $13.00. 



'I'he Apiculturist one year and 

 golden Carniolan cjueen, $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- 



