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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



Bee circulars and printed matter are 

 coming in by the hatfuls. An early 

 season is expected by alljndging from 

 the " hustle." 



I claim that you can give small nu- 

 cleus colonies too much ventilation in 

 shipping, but with full colonies it is 

 different. 



A stitf camel's hair brush will be 

 found the most suitable for transfer- 

 ring larvffi, as it is not so liable to in- 

 jure them. 



Breeders of the Caiiiiolan race are 

 coming to the front with tlieir cards. 

 Many are discarding all others for the 

 Carniolans. AVhy ? 



There is no end to the developments 

 that the excluding metal is going to 

 l)ring forth. The half is not yet told 

 of this wonderful metal. 



We are constantly receiving encour- 

 aging reports from Carniolan bee- 

 keepers. This race of bees will be a 

 wonder when fully developed. 



The French Bee Society Journal 

 gives a complete review of the exhibits 

 at the World's fair at Paris in '89. 

 Several American appliances are 

 illustrated. 



I cannot reconcile myself to a closed- 

 end frame, but I would like a hive 

 that I could move about without hav- 

 ing to nail each hanging frame to the 

 rabbets. 



By the use of so much foundation 

 in both surplus and brood departments 

 shall we not in time, to a certain ex- 

 tent, train out of our bees the power 

 to secrete wax ? 



Of all the things about the yard that 

 are hard to keep run of, the dissecting 

 knife is tiie hardest. I never know 

 where mine is, and I have consider- 

 able order at times. 



Mr. H. D. Davis informs us through 

 his circular that heconsiders excluding 

 zinc practicall}^ valueless as a queen- 

 excluder. I would ask Brother Davis- 

 what brands of zinc he has tiled? 



About April 1, I shall feed my bees 

 a little warm syrup out of doors as 

 often as the weather will allow. I 

 have selected a warm nook for so doing, 

 several rods from the vard. 



Brother Doolittle's plan of a self- 

 hiver suggested by his queries will 

 undoubtedl}' work first-i'ate. But 

 some means of accomplishing this end 

 all in one job would be better, the- 

 Alley swarmer for instance. 



To my mind the past open winters- 

 have been caused b}^ so much rain. 

 The ground has been thoroughly sat- 

 urated for months and a warmth arises- 

 whicli meets the frost and snow before 

 it can get a foothold. 



Many think the}' have a pure breed- 

 ing queen if the workers are all alike ; 

 but a season's test often discloses the 

 fact that " all is not gold that glit- 

 ters." A pure breeding queen is worth 

 considerable money. 



Oh ! if we could have about thirty 

 or forty days to get a start at queen- 

 rearing before everybody " wants a 

 queen by return mail," would we not 

 feel good natured and couldn't we fix 

 the " kickers " up at short notice ? 



Alley's swarmer will make the- 

 crowding-out plan of securing queen- 

 cells more agreeable to the general run 

 of breeders. As an actor, I believe I 

 am a monumental failure. And as for 

 repeating the swarming " act " again 

 and again, I'd rather be excused. 



A printed fact of great value is often 

 passed unnoticed again and again. 

 Thus, the need of a second reading of 

 articles interesting to us. I generally 



