T^E * JiWi^mM * ^PICniiTHJ^IST. 



A JOURNAL FOR THE NOVICE AND EXPERT IN BEEKEEPING. 



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



HENRY ALLEY, 



Editor. 



VOL. VIII. 



WENHAM, MASS., MAY 1,1890. 



NO. 5. 



Entered, at I*ost-ofH.ce a,s second-class matter. 



®l)e (£^itor'0 IDcparhtunt. 



Kditorial points. 



Don't fail to take a peep at Brother Pratt's 

 bee larni. You caa liuU it in this issue. 



Be sure to look over the advertisements in this 

 issue. Tliere are lots of things you all need to 

 make beekeeping a success. 



We wish to say to our readers that the price of 

 Wax has advanceii and dealeis have raised the 

 price of foundation accordingly. 



Prices of supplies at the Bay State Apiary. 

 We will .<ay to those who call for cnr price- 

 list that we have none except wliat is fo\ind in 

 each issue of ihe Api. l^lease look it over. If 

 you do not And all you want you can send the 

 order just the same and we will get tlie floods we 

 do not keep in slock of those wlio have them. 



After May 10 the price of the Swarm-hiver will 

 be $-2.50 per lialf dozen and $f.00 per dozen. Af- 

 ter manufacturing several thousands we found 

 the profits not what they should be. Wlien tlie 

 price was lixed it did not occur to us that so 

 many dealers would care to liandle them. Now 

 supply dealers from all quarters are calling for 

 them. 



Bees in the Bay State Apiary have been doing 

 well all the spring. No dwindling in any colony, 

 though it seems to us that the weather has beea 

 much colder than usual for Aprd. 



We are getting circulars from nearly every 

 dealer in the world which we cannot notice lor 

 W'ant of space. Then, again, we would not be 

 doing justice to our regular advertisers by giving 

 free acts, to those who tend us only their circulai s. 



Some people will 'tell you that no one wants 

 Self-nivers. Some men never have made any 

 advancement in bee culture, and seem unwilling 

 that others should, the advice of such parties 

 is worth but little to any one. 



Although each issue of the API gives instruc- 

 tions lor remitting money, our friends persist in 

 sending money-orders on all the post-oiBces iu 

 this county. Before you purchase a money or- 

 der look and see where it should be made paya- 

 ble. 



Tlie supply trade is booming. If there is delay 

 in filling your orders you must understand that 

 the other lellows got in ahead of you. Don't wait 

 until you want to use hUiiplies before ordering. 

 Oiive the dealer two weeks time after ordering 

 to ship the goods. This will not be necessary in 

 all cases; yet there is no reason why all dealers 

 should not have ample time to fill their orilers. 



We are getting inquiries by every mail from all 

 parts ot the country from beekeepers wishing to 

 know if we have queens ready to ship. We have 

 not aiul shall not have any qui-ens to ship till af- 

 ter May 20. Commencing with the first week in 

 June we exi)ect to ship one hundred <iueens each 

 week. All will be reared Jrom our famous $100 

 queen. 



Jf the readers of the API oould come to our api- 

 ary on any warm day and see these beis at work 

 we should be pretty sure to get their order lor one 

 or moiequeens. On ApriiaO this queen withabout 

 one quart of her bees will be taken from her col- 

 ony and transferred to a small 5-comb hive Irom 

 which we shall draw one thousand eggs each day 

 until Sept. -20. 



You will find our price-list in the Supplement 

 sent with this number. 



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