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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



wasted in that foolish way for a long 

 time to come. We tell you, friends, 

 you may as well throw your money in 

 the fire as to try and get rich at pub- 

 lishing a bee paper. I twill make little 

 difference where the experiment is 

 tried, the result will be the same. 



DOOLITTLE CELL-CUPS. 



Although we have been trying hard, 

 for some reason or other we can not 

 make the bees accept the Doolittle 

 cell-cups — at least not more than two 

 or three out of a dozen. This is some- 

 what humiliating, as others are re- 

 porting success. — Gleanings. 



Same luck as nearly all have who 

 tested Doolittle's method. We have 

 no trouble in getting all the cells we 

 need built and on natural comb, too. 

 Don't try our method, Bro. R., 'tis 

 not scientific enough, you know. Well, 

 this cell-cup business is really scien- 

 tific ? 'Tis so much so that only one 

 in one hundred who tries it can make 

 it go. 



HONEY BY THE QUANTITY. 



It is said that Vermont beekeepers 

 have produced an enormous quantity 

 of comb honey the past season. Was 

 talking with a dealer in Boston a few 

 daj's since, and he said that he was 

 oft'ering 11^ cents per lb. In his opin- 

 ion honey is going to be very low, as 

 there is so much of it. 



Manum has sent some • fine comb 

 honey to Boston, and it is now in the 

 hands of the retailer. 



HOW TO INTKODUCE A QUEEN 

 BEE. 



Before the new queen is introduced 

 the colony should have been queen- 

 less three days (72 hours). The next 

 move is to destroy all queen-cells. 



Insert the cage the queen is mailed 

 in in one corner of one of the brood- 

 frames. Then use the fumigator and 

 smoke the bees a very little with to- 

 bacco. Do not blow too much smoke 

 in at one time. Spend about fifteen 

 minutes in the operation. During this 

 time give the colony an occasional 



puff from the pipe. If the bees are 

 so affected that they tumble down and 

 roll out at the entrance, cease smok- 

 ing them. The idea is to give just 

 enough smoke to scent the bees and 

 queen alike. Use the pipe sent with 

 queen. 



Do this work about sunset. The 

 bees will release the queen by eating 

 out the food. 



THE PRICES OF PUNIC QUEEXS, FULL COL- 

 ONIICS AND NUCLEI. 



QLTEENS. 



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, inckiding a 



tested queen ^14.00 



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. 



KEDUCTIONIN 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, 



^1.50. 



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, set- 

 tions full of honey, and winter splendid- 



ly. 



