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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



vest, then cut out all the drone comb 

 and the bees will replace it with work- 

 er comb. 



CAN IT BR TRUEr 



Friend Alley:— Did you know the D. A. 

 Joiie.s Ciimijaiiy hiive -'gone u))?" (Juess your 

 article in Oct. Ai'i " liiiuckeil hiin out." 



The al)ove information came from a 

 friend. 1 really li()i)e there is no trulli 

 in the report. Wliat was said in the 

 Api, of course, lunl nothing to do with 

 it. 



I hope Bro. Jones will soon be on 

 his feet again and that his favorite 

 paper will continue to reach us. 



THAT ARRAXGKMKNT OK DR. C. C. MILLER'S 

 FOR GETTING QUKEN CELLS. 



Dr. Miller wanted to know some- 

 time ago how many had tried to get 

 queen cells built under a colony of 

 bees. 1 tried it several times and got 

 no cells. The bees would not even 

 rear the brood in the combs when ar- 

 ranged as the Doctor advised. P^veiy 

 egg, larva and in fact, all the broo<l 

 ■was removed. The colony we used 

 was a strong one and covered all the 

 combs in l)oth hives. The Doctor is 

 a little off in the way he rears "' nice 

 queen cells." 



BUCKWHEAT HONEY. 



D. F. Lasliier, Hooper, Broome Co., 

 N. Y., has one thousand pounds comb 

 buckwheat honey for sale. 



CORUKCT DEFINITION OE PUNIC. 



Thos. William Cowan, F. G. S., F. 

 L. !S., ¥. 11. M. N., etc., etc., etc., has 

 given the beekee[)ers of the world 

 what he says is the correct definition 

 of the wortl Punic. Thomas William 

 is wrong, and decidedly so. North 

 Africa swarms with black bees from 

 Egypt to the Atlantic, all being ^J|:>/s 

 niger. Punic when applied to bees 

 indicates a variety and means simply 

 ''black bees." 



"Be sui'e they are Carniolans" is 

 tlie head line of an article in one of 

 our exchanges. Wliile the author 

 treats the subject in a candid and 

 fair' manner, it is evident he has not 

 investigated the matter sufficiently to 

 be sure he knows what he is talking 

 about. 



If well posted he would not say 

 they are dark Carniolans crossed l»y 

 ItaliaiLS. We here respectfully sug- 

 gest, before accusing us of selling Ital- 

 ian-Carniolan hybrid bees I'or golden 

 Carniolans, that our method for pro- 

 ducing this strain of bees be tested. 

 If golden Carniolans cannot be pro- 

 duced by the method we have given in 

 the Api, then you are at liberty to 

 call them a humbug. 



The golden Carniolan bees like the 

 Punics, will take care of themselves. 



NOHTH AMEUICAN BEIC-KEKPERS' CONVKN- 

 TION. 



As previously stated, the meeting 

 of the Noi'th American Beekeepers' 

 Association will take place at Albany, 

 N. Y., Dec. 8 to 11. Our President 

 has been working hard, and has se- 

 cured reduced railroad rates from 

 Chicago and the JMississi|)pi river, and 

 from the South. The meeting prom- 

 ises to be the grandest in the history 

 of the association, and we hope the 

 west will send a good delegation. 

 Besides personal members' attendance 

 we expect every local and Slate asso- 

 ciation to send one delegate or more. 



This will l)e a grand occasion for 

 western bee-men to become ac- 

 quainted with the noted beekeepers of 

 the East, nearly all of whom will at- 

 tend this meeting. Beekeepers de- 

 siring to attend will please send their 

 names to either the President, Mr. P. 

 H. El wood, of 8tarkville,N. Y., or to 

 the undersigned, as we intend to pub- 

 lish a full list of those that are ex- 

 pected to be present. 



C. P. Dadant, Sec. 



Hamilton, III. 



