THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST SUPPLEMENT. 



Notice. Some of our western friends have an 

 idea th.it the American ApicuUurist is published 

 for the sole benefit of New England beekeei)ers. 

 This IS a mistake. We liave more than double 

 the number of subscribers in any one of the west- 

 ern states than we have in all the six New Eng- 

 land states combined. Nearlj' all of our contrib- 

 utors are outside of New England. We never 

 could think of publishing a bee-paper for the few 

 beekeepers residing east of the Hudson river. 



Individual rights to'manufacture the drone- 

 • and-queen trap. 



So many beekeepers desire to make the drone- 

 and-queen trap tliat we sliall ofler one tra|) by 

 mail, and the right to make and manufar-tnre them 

 for one's own use. for the small sum of $1.50. 



II any one desires to make the bee-escapes, the 

 same as is used in the traps, and the same things 

 as are used for bee-escapes for getting bees 

 out ol sections, we can (urnish the tools for $3.00. 

 They can be sent by mail for 25 cents extra. 



Five of the tubes are made at one blow with a 

 heavy hammer. In one day a smart man can 

 make 1000 of the tubes. 



The Beekeepers' Directory. 



Bismark, 111 

 Directory at hand and I think it well worth 

 the money. 



S. B. Strodek. 



The best of all. 



Mount Carmel, III. 

 Editor Am. Api: Herewitli find 75 cents for 

 renewal of your paper which to my mind is best 

 of all. 



How any one can get along without tlie drone- 

 trap IS a mystery to me. We have six in con.stant 

 use and the neighbors would like to borrow if we 

 could lend them. 



Lizzie Hurley. 



Finest bees he ever saw. 



Sedalia, Mo., Mar. JO. 1890. 

 Mr. Alley. I got two Italian queens from you 

 last lall, and I put one with an old colony of bees 

 that had been queenlcss over ten days and the 

 bees killed her; the otlier 1 put with a young col- 

 ony and she is doing finely. The queen did not 

 look quite so yellow as some Italians, but I must 

 say that tlie young bees from her are the finest 

 and largest Italians I ever saw, and for working 

 qualities and gentleness, they cannot be excelled. 

 Yours truly. 



Fkeidrich Schach. 



They take the cake. 



Mr. Alley: I bought three queens of you in 

 1888. They were not well marked, but for workers 

 they "took the cake." Neither of these queens 

 cast swarms. Tliey stored in pound sections, 

 eighty-one, eighty-two and ninety-two pounds 

 of lioney respectively, from white clover. 



Our bees are breeding rapidly; they carried in 

 pollen all through December. 



A. H. Noble. 



SUBSOKIBE AT ONOE 



FOR THE 



Only 75 Cents Per Year. 



Best colony of bees yet. 



Gaylordsville, Conn. 

 Mr. Alley: I have eigliteen colonies of bees 

 The best one is from the queen you sent me in 

 Jnly, 1888. I took from this colony ninety pounds 

 of honey and got two good swarms. All good 

 and solid for winter. 



Thos. D. Flynn. 



A good word for the drone-and-queen trap 

 Port Jervis, N. Y. 

 Editor Am. Api: Please send me the price of 

 the P. metal for the drone-and-queen trap. I used 

 them the last season and had excellent success 

 with them. 



John Schmidt. 



Alley's Drone-and-Queen Trap. 



SIXTY THOUSAND IN USE. 



Prevents swarms from decamping and destroys 

 all useless drones. 



R. L. Taylor of Lapeer, Mich., President of the 

 International American Beekeepers' Association 

 has this to say of the trap : 



"The drone-and-queen trap I find an in- 

 dispensable convenience. I should feel Wee 

 a dueJc on dry land u-ithout if. It saves me 

 IiABOR and prevents ANXIETY." 



PRICES. 



One trap, by mail, ^o.^o 



bix, in flat, (one made seven in all) 2 05 



Twelve " " " " thirteen " '• ;^ 50 



APICULTURIST one year and sample trap, l.io 

 Addiess, 



AMEHICAN APICULTURIST, 

 Wenham, Mass. 



