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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



made, just large enoiish to liolcl a pint of 

 bees, the trap will hold tiie hirjiest swarm 

 likely to issue from any hive. 



The trap has a portaljle cover (c), so 

 that when a swarm has been hived in the 

 box the bees can be quickly removed. 

 This device m:iy be attached to the liive in 

 a dozen different wnys to suit the fancy 

 of the apiarist. It will be seen that there 

 is a stake driver in the j^round under the 

 front end of the trap for the box to rest 

 on. 



B, as .shown in fig. 2, is a box, open 

 on one side so the bees can enter, while 

 the opposite side is covered with perfo- 



Fio 2. Our New Self-Mver. 



rated metal. This represents the bottom 

 chamber of the drone-;ind-queen trap. 

 Two cone tubes are used for the bees to 

 pass into the trap from the hive. 



We stake our reputation as a beekeeper 

 on the statement that this trap will catch 

 and hive ninety-nine out of every one 

 hundred swarms that issue. The queen 

 will enter the trap, and when the bees 

 return in search of her they will readily 

 find her ladyship in the box and ready to 

 receive them. 



You will notice in trap (Fig. 2) and 

 just ahead of the tubes a strip of per- 

 forated metal. This is so arranged that 

 it is exactly over the entrance to the hive. 

 When the bees return after having missed 

 their queen, they will pa^^s into the trap 

 through the metal and join their queen. 

 Here the bees will l)e found on the return 

 home of the apiarist, when they can be 

 disposed of to suit his pleasure. If no 

 hive is ready, the box can be placed on 

 the stand the bees are to occupy and hived 

 When most convenitMit. If the bees are 

 to be returned to the hive they issued 

 from, this can be done after the combs 

 have been examined and the queen cells 

 removed. 



On account of its large size we cannot 

 mail the Self-iiiver. They must go by ex- 

 press, whole wi'iy:ht of Swarmer is but 4^ 

 pounds. Therefore the charges by express 

 will l)e very little. 



This device is patented. Our claim on 

 the drone-trap fully covers all parts of it. 

 Ill order to place these Self-hivers with- 

 in the reach of all l>eekeepers. I have de- 

 cided to sell one Hiver complete and an 

 individual right to maimfacture them for 

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

 They will not cost the beekeeper more 

 than 25 cf^nts each to manufacture them. 

 We have our traps saw«"d at the factory of 

 The W. T. Fnlcouer Manufacturing Co., 

 Jamestown, N. Y. Any one purchasing 

 an individual riglit to manufacture and use 

 the tr;ip can send direct to the ai)ove firm 

 and get their goods. No model or pattern 

 need l)e sent. Just say when ordering that 

 you h.tve purchased an individnal right to 

 use Alley's drone-and-queen trap and the 

 goods will be sent. 



To those who purchase the right to use 

 the trap will be given the right to make and 

 use any of our other Self-luA^ers, We 

 ex|)ect to hear by every mail tiiat a patent 

 lias been granted us on another device. 

 The purchaser of a right cai have his 

 choice of the Self-hiver that suits him 

 best. We guarantee that either one of 

 tliem will give perfect satisfaction. We 

 shall include a deed for an individual or 

 farm right, one drone-trnp and both 

 Swarm-liivers. The purchaser of an in- 

 dividual right will be entitled to all im- 

 provements in the above without further 

 charge. Township rights f 5 00. County 

 rights §20.00. 



iK^The APICULTURIST for April is on our desk. 

 It is, as usumI. filled witli spicy reading for bee- 

 keepers. Tlie APiCUi.TUuiST is fully up with the 

 times, and It is ;i pleasure to read every copy as 

 it comes to hand. It richly deserves its success. 

 — Am, Bee Journal, April 26. 



A Are destroyed the factory of G. B. Lewis 

 &Co., at Watertown, Wis., on Saturday, April 19. 

 The origin of tlie Are is unknown. Loss. $15,000, 

 with an insurance of $4,500. This is a heavy blow 

 fortiie enteiprising firm, for their stock of liives 

 and sections was all destroyed; but their well- 

 known enterprise and vim will soon find new 

 quarters and adequate machinery to resume bus- 

 iness in the shortest possible time.— ^w. Bee 

 Journnl, April 26. 



