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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



Friend Flanagan in a private note says : 

 "I did not think you would put me so 

 prominently before the people in favor of 

 the g-olden Carniolans as you did ; but I 

 stand to all I said and will say again the 

 queen you sent me is the finest and the 

 queens reared from her are the best I 

 have ever reared or saw." 



Well, if that is not backing up ^ 

 statement tlien I am no judge. I am 

 ready to pay friend F. $10 for tliat 

 queen. Tliere are a good many more 

 such queens as this one we sent out, 

 and I am ready to pay a round price 

 for some of tliem. I consider $10 a 

 small sum for such queens as friend 

 F. describes. How is it that sucli 

 beautiful queens can be reared and 

 the worker progeny is so fine and 

 beautifully marked if the Carniolan 

 bees ai'e only a cross between the 

 dark Carniolan and Italians? The 

 dark mixture in the Carniolans has 

 been bred out. Again I claim that 

 the Carniolans are the original yellow 

 race of bees ; the more experience I 

 have with these bees, the stronger 

 I am convinced of this theory or 

 fact. 



Honey is selling at a low figure in 

 Boston. We lately purchased three 

 cases white clover honey at sixteen 

 cents per pound. It was from the 

 apiary of W. H. Proctor, Fairhaven, 

 Vt. 



Never in our experience was there 

 better weather during the entire 

 month of September than we New 

 Engianders have been blessed with. 

 This is the first year for at least five 

 years that our colonies did not have 

 to be fed about all their winter 

 stores. 



We have for a long time claimed 

 that bees gathered considerable honey 

 from golden rod. Now, after investi- 

 gating the matter, we are convinced 

 that very little honey comes from that 

 source. Fall honey is mostly gathered 

 from plants that spring up in the fields 

 and by the roadsides, and in all places 

 where the land is not too dry. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 



We wish to say to those of our sub- 

 scribers who have not renewed their sub- 

 scription that we are ready to discontinue 

 the An to their address when notified 

 that it is no longer needed. 



The meanest men in the world are 

 those who will not take a paper from the 

 ofiice and compel the postmaster to notify 

 the publisher that it is not called for. 

 We have found four snch men since Jan. 

 1, 1891. Just one cent invested in a pos- 

 tal card would have saved their reputa- 

 tion at least as far as we are concerned. 



OUR NEW CLUB AND PUICMIUM LIST. 



We club the American Apicultuuist 

 with any of the papers below named. 

 The regular price of both is' given in the 

 first column. 



The American Apiculturist, $0.75 

 With Gleanings in Bee Culture, 1.75 1.50 



" American Bee Keeper, 1.25 1.00 



" The Apiculturist and one 

 sample drone-and- queen trap, 

 by mail, 1.40 1.00 



With sample swarmer, 1.75 1.25 



" Thirty Years Among The 

 Bees and Beekeepers' Directory, 1.75 1.00 

 Api and Italian Queen, 2.25 1.50 



" Golden Carniolan, 2.75 2.00 



" Punic Queen, 3.75 3.50 



New subscriptions to Apiculturist will 

 begin with Nov., 1891, No., and will ex- 

 pire Jan. 1, 18l'3. 



Money for queens need not be sent till 

 the queens are wanted. 



Sample copies of Api mailed on ap- 

 plication. 



Rcuiit by check, or money orders on 

 Salem, Mass., P. O. 



Our new illustrated Price-list and Circu- 

 lar now ready to mail. Sample copies of 

 Api mailed free. 



Address Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass. 



raise YOUR OWN GR.\PES. 



The "Alexander winter gra|)e" was 

 so strongly recommended that we or- 

 dered several vines. They were set 

 in the ground and have made splen- 

 did growth. It is claimed this grape 

 can be kept all winter like the russet 

 apple and may be eaten in April, tast- 

 ing even better then. It was origi- 

 nated and sold by S. R. Alexander. 

 His prices are $1.00 a vine, or three 

 vines for $2.50. See his ad., this is- 

 sue. 



