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A JOURNAL FOR THE NOVICE AND EXPERT IN BEEKEEPING. 



Published Monthly. Suhsckiption Price, 75 cts. per Annum. 



HENRY ALLEY, 



Editor. 



VOL. VIII. 



WENHAM, MASS., FEBRUARY 1, 1890. 



NO. 2. 



EJntered. at IPost-ofiice as second-class matter. 



®l)c €Mtor'0 ^Department. 



Our supplies at the west. 



We have made arranjrements with A. F. Staufl'ev 

 & Co., Sterling, 111., to supply our drone-ami- 

 queen traps, also the Bay State Bee-hive. See his 

 advertisement on page 3.5. 



Brotlier Newman, editor of the American Bee 

 JournaU has been confined to his home several 

 weeks on account of "la grippe." 



"Thirty Tears Among the Bees" is crowded 

 out tills issue. We have not had "la grippe" 

 but about everybody hereabouts has. 



The eilitor of Review and the editor of tlie 

 Amektcan Bee JourtNAL made kind editorial 

 notices of the January Apicultukist. Thanks, 

 brother editors. 



Tliis is.sueof the API is late. All the type setters 

 have had '"la grippe." Tlie editor managed to 

 steer clear of tlie prevailing complaint, though 

 several members of his family have been afflicted 

 by it. 



That Honey Almanac of Mr. Newman's. 



How many of our readers ordered one hundred 

 or more of Brotlier Newman's almanacs ? If you 

 have not bought aqii.-intity of them and distrib- 

 uted them in your neighborhood you stand in 

 your own light. A cheaper and more effectual 

 way of advertising your honey about your home 

 caiinot be devised. 



But little to say. 



If we tell the truth, friends, we must say that we 

 have but little to tell you editorially this month. 

 We can say that the API has received a larger 

 number of subscribers since Dec. 1, 1889, than it 

 ever before received in the same time. The new 

 dress and general make-up of the January issue 



seemed to jjlease our readers very much. We 

 are getting compliments from all quarters; some 

 of the letters will appear in the API by and by. 



The S warmer. 



We knew that a Swarmer was a thing that a 

 large majority of beekeepers wanted; but we had 

 no idea that so many would order so soon after 

 we advertiseil them. 



The fact that the Siuarmer catches drones, as 

 well as the drone-trap and also hives the swarms, 

 is the feature that will make the Swarmer popu- 

 lar with nearly all beekeepers. Why, where the 

 Swarmer is used, the bees can be hived in a 

 standard hive, in a box, or in anything to which 

 the Swarmer is connected. 



We have hundreds of customers who keep bees 

 and are away from home nearly all day, certainly 

 that part of the day when bees are likely to 

 swarm. Well, the Swarmer is just the thing such 

 beekeepers need. How pleasant it will be to the 

 beekeeper on arriving home at night to find 

 that the bees have swarmed and hived them- 

 selves. 



How nice it will be for our readers who preach 

 on Sundays to go to church and give their whole 

 attention to tlie congregation and not think even 

 once about the liees swarming. 



The Swarmer saves anxiety, bees, time, honey 

 and money. Bear in mind that we mail the 

 Swarmer to any part of the United States or Can- 

 ada for the small sum of $1. After you see the 

 sample and And you need more they can be had 

 by express at the low price of $3.50 per doz. 



Our price list may be found on page 3G. 

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