THE AMERICAN APICULTVRIST. 



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out a cliniik of wood, lit it, and crept 

 down to the bees. You know the old 

 stump is covered with stubs of limbs, 

 and so 'twas easj' to climb aliout. 



"Wal, 1 smoked them bees ; they 

 all tiew off the tree, and 1 came down. 

 AVait, I ain't done 3'et, 'I'he bees lit 

 in two clusters, one on the wilUnvs 

 and one on the alders. 1 cut the two 

 branches off, and with one in each 

 hand came home. Come up and see 

 tlie bees, they are the best swarms I 

 ever saw." 



"^iay. Tim, when you were up the 

 tree why didn't you spin a yarn and 

 come down on that?" 



OUn NEW CLUB ANn rUKMIUM IJST. 



We club the Amkhican Apicultuhist 

 with any of the papers beloAv named. 

 The rejiular price of both is given in tlie 

 first column. 



The American Apicnlturist, §0.75 

 "With (ileaniniis in Ike Cultnre, 1.75 1.50 



" American Bee Keeper, 1.25 1.00 



" The Apicnlturist 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 anil Beekeepers' Directory, 1.75 100 

 An and Italian Queen, 2.25 1.50 



" " Golden Carniolan, 2.75 2.00 



" " Punic Queen, 3.75 3.50 



NcAV subscriptions to Apicnlturist will 

 begin with Nov., 1891, number, and ex- 

 pire Jan. 1, 18i'3. 



Money for queens need not be sent till 

 the queens are Avanted. 



Five copies of Ai-i one year, .$"2.50. 



lieniit by money order on Salem, Mass., 

 P. O., or iDy check. 



Our new ilUi>trated Price-list and Circu- 

 lar now ready to mail. Sample copies of 

 Api mailed tree. 



Address Henry Alley, Wenliam, Mass. 



Please send iis an article on bee 

 culture. Short articles are just wliat 

 we need for the Apr. 



The Api will be sent free to all who 

 will send ns one or more acceptable 

 articles. Tell us what you and your 

 neighbors are doin^ in beekeeping. 



dry as possible. During pleasant 

 weather a window protected by a wire 

 sci'een to keep out bees and other 

 winged insects should furnish ventila- 

 tion. When the weather is damp the 

 window sliouKl not be closed, and a lit- 

 tle lire should be started in the room to 

 drive out tlie dampness. A high tem- 

 perature will not injui'e honey. If the 

 temperatiue could be continually main- 

 tained up in the nineties, the qualit}' of 

 the honey would be improved. 



As the bees always keep their hon- 

 ey in the dark, it seems to me that 

 the room should be kept daik in which 

 honey is stored. 



All supply dealers should handle 

 the drone and-qneen traps. Each 

 dealer can in the cour.se of the year 

 dispose of thousands of the traps to 

 his customers. 



To facilitate the sale of the traps 

 and present their advantages and prac- 

 tical use, the article of Rev. D. D. 

 Marsh, on page 167, will be put in pam- 

 phlet form, and furnished gi-atis to all 

 dealers who desire to sell the trap. 

 We will also insert in the same pam- 

 phlet a l-[)age ad. free, to all who 

 will purchase one dozen traps, flat, 

 (price $3) or the same to those who 

 will pnrcliase roj'alty stamps to the 

 number of 100 (price S5) for manu- 

 facturing and selling the traps. Try 

 this, friends, and see what a boom 3'ou 

 will have in the sale of goods of all 

 kinds for the apiary. 



A room in which to keep comb 

 hone}' in good condition should be as 



In this issue Rev. D. D. Marsh tells 

 the readei's of the Apt the advantages 

 derived from the use of the drone-and- 

 queen trap. If there are an}' readers 

 of the Api who vvouhl like to examine 

 one of these traps, it can be done by 

 renewing their subscription and remit- 

 ting twenty-five cents extra. The 

 trap will be mailed, and the Api sent 

 one jear for the small sum of one dol- 

 lar. See new club rates on this i)age 



