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The remitter had forgotten to enclose 

 the money. 



We so informed liim of the circum- 

 stances. All we got in return was 

 the card which we had to write our 

 name upon when the letter was re- 

 ceived. 



When we place our name on the 

 card we do not certify tliat we i"e- 

 ceive any money, we merely say that 

 we have received a registered letter 

 from such a party. A postmaster 

 who knows his business will not per- 

 mit anyone to open a registered let- 

 ter until tlie receiver has receipted for 

 it. The postmaster or person ad- 

 dressed is not supposed to know 

 whether the letter contains money or 

 important matter. 



Sorae one gets a hard hit. 



Nev) York, July 22, 1890. 

 Henry Alley Esq., 

 Wenham, Mass. 



Dear Sir: The queen came this a. m. 

 much sooner than I had hoped for. Please 

 accept thanks. 



I think that I'll try a select tested queen 

 later in the season. 



I asked a certain beekeeper and dealer 

 in supplies wiiat lie wanted for a first- 

 class queen, as good as he liad, and he 

 said thiit his price was $3, but he would 

 let me have one for $2. 



After ordering- the queen, I sent him 

 word that if more money would get abet- 

 ter queen, to let me have the best. He 

 then sent me a two years old queen for 

 $2, "as good as he had." The result is 

 that she isn't filling seven frames. 



Mural — I ouuht to have read "Thirty 

 Years among the Bees" more carefully, and 

 I should not have invested in a two year 

 old queen, even if she did store ninety 

 pounds comb honey last fall. And if the 

 dealer, who is a very square man, had 

 also been familiar with the same book he 

 would not have risked his reputation by 

 sending her. 



Very truly yours, 

 Hknky Hall. 



that Josephine Chini is a woman. She 

 can't l)e much of a man anyway, 

 to use a fellow in the way we were 

 used by our own dealings with that per- 

 son. 



(Ducrg ^Department. 



Black ants in hives. 

 Melrose, Mass., June 6, 1890. 



Mr. Henry Allky: I opened my bee- 

 hive this morning and found thousands 

 of large black ants inside evidently eat- 

 ing honey as fast as brought in by the 

 bees. 



I immediately put fine salt around and 

 inside the hive. In an hour opened the 

 hive again and should judge by the ac- 

 tion of the ants that they thought it was 

 put in for their benefit. 



What is best to do to exterminate them? 

 A reply in the Apiculturist will much 

 oblige a subscriber. 



Sprinkle kerosene oil, or red pepyjer in the 

 places where the ants are located. We do not 

 think ants trouble the honey. They got in the 

 hive lor warmth and protection from the weather. 

 -Ed. 



E. Myrick. 



Chini Josephine, or Josephine Chini, 

 which? 



A correspondent saj^s, Josephine 

 chini is a lady. I think he must mean 



Extract from a private letter. 



Frien'd Alley : I have been very busy 

 lately. Do not even get much time to 

 read tlie bee-papers. Besides, a damper 

 is put upon us occasionally by, for in- 

 stance, an Important (?) invention such as 

 the Heddon hive, which is taken up by 

 almost every bee-paper in the world and 

 lauded in such a manner that grave doubts 

 arise in our minds whether or not there 

 is an editor anywhere who has even a 

 faint iilea of bees and beekeeping. Again 

 when I read Heddon's speech at the Chi- 

 cago convention my compassion was 

 aroused. I thought of Langstroth, Quin- 

 by, Dziei'zon and a dozen others. Poor 

 fellows ! what did they do to compare with 

 my invention ? I thought also of us poor 

 fellows ! who are going to steal those great 

 inventions. I can comprehend our small 

 souls and get sick of argument on bee 

 culture. 



Had some friend carefully read the 

 Api he would have found that its ed- 

 itor never took any stock in the Hed- 

 don hive. I once told Mr. H. that 

 had anyone but himself invented that 



