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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



iiny hook in print devoted to l)eekeep- 

 ing. 



It is a wonder ttiat at the low price 

 we sell this l)ook that more copies are 

 not called for. The work contains 

 the full address of two thonsand bee- 

 keepers, and sixty-four pages of solid 

 reading matter relating to the best 

 management of bees for profit. Be- 

 side giving the best methods for rear- 

 ing queens above a queen-excluder, 

 and for rearing queens in colonies 

 while a fertile queen still has posses- 

 sion of the combs, the work contains 

 tlie best and most practical method 

 for producing comb honey. 



One dollar and twenty-five cents 

 will purchase the book, and also the 

 Api ojie year. If those who purchase 

 the Directory are not well satisfied that 

 they have their money's worth the 

 remittance will be returned. How 

 docs this strike the reader? 



A new strain of bees that was developed in 

 the Bay State Apiary. 



We shall not trouble you with any 

 more testimonials at present. We will 

 merely call your attention to the fact 

 tiiat any of those given in connection 

 with these notes are not old. Please 

 note the date of each. Now let me 

 tell you about a new strain of bees we 

 have and from what this strain was 

 developed. 



Last fall when cleaning up our nu- 

 clei for the season we found in our 

 out queen-apiary (the one used for 

 Carniolan queens) a muddy-yellow 

 Cainiolan queen. She had not been 

 fei'tilized and could not be by Carni- 

 olan drones as we had none, nor did 

 we have but a few Italian drones. It 

 was late in the season (Oct. 10) to ex- 

 pect a queen to be fertilized, yet I did 

 not despair. We had about fifty fine 

 drones in our $100 colony. One day 

 when the drones were flying out about 

 fifty were caught and placed in a nu- 

 cleus colony which was made all read}^ 

 to move to the Carniolan apiary on 

 the first day the weather was suitable 

 for drones and queens to mate. After 



a few days waiting the weather cleared 

 up warm about noon one day and we 

 took the drones and went to the out 

 apiary as quickly as our horse was 

 able to take us there. When we got 

 there the queen was on the wing. The 

 drones were at once released and in 

 a moment's time all were in the air. 

 In less than ten minutes the queen 

 return9d bearing unmistakable in- 

 dications of having been fertilized. 

 In less than one hour from the time 

 we started from home we returned 

 with tiie queen. She was introduced 

 to a weak colony, yet she managed to 

 go through the winter all right, though 

 there were less than a pint of bees 

 this spring. This queen proves to bo 

 very [)rolific, the workers extra good 

 honey gatherers, and handsomer 

 marked yellow-banded bees cannot be 

 found. 



We shall commence at once to rear 

 queens from her eggs, and have all 

 of them fertilized by drones reared 

 from our $100 queen. If this does 

 not prove to be a good strain of bees 

 we shall be disappointed. 



Swarm ers. 



Reports concerning the self-hiver 

 have not come in as rapidly as we de- 

 sired. In our own apiary we have 

 had but one swarm issue and that one 

 we managed to hi vein the swarmer de- 

 scribed in the May issue of the Api. 

 This worked to our entire satisfaction. 

 About four-fifths of the bees were 

 caught, or rather, hived in the box. 

 If we can only induce our bees to 

 swarm enough, we shall have a hiver 

 that will give satisfaction in the hands 

 of any beekeeper. 



We are experimenting with the self- 

 hiver described in the Jan. Api. We 

 have them arranged in several posi- 

 tions and when perfected will describe 

 with illustrations. That the self- 

 hiver will work, and work satisfacto- 

 rily is as certain as anything can be. 

 We have the right principle, and all 

 needed is a little experience to apply 

 it to secure the end desired. The 



