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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



famous hive not a man in the world 

 could be found who would say more 

 agamst it. 



I know it is a pity to dig this hive 

 question up after it has been buried so 

 long and so deep; yet we rather de- 

 su-e to make public the opinion and 

 sentiment of one of the most i^romi- 

 nent beekeepers in the west. This 

 letter has been on our desk some- 

 time, and had it not been mislaid 

 would have apjDcared before. — Ed. 



Size of standard brood frame. 



M. A. Kelley, on page 65 of the 

 April No. of the Api asks, Will Mr. 

 Bunch give us the exact size of a 

 standard brood frame? What is a 

 standard frame anyM^ay? I think I 

 can answer this question. Turn to 

 page 147 of revised Langstroth, in 

 regard to what they have to say of 

 the Simplicity brood frame. This 

 style of frame has been manufact- 

 ured and sold by the most prom- 

 inent dealers to such an extent that 

 it may be called the standard frame 

 of America. The size of this frame is 

 9^ by 171. 



C. A. Bunch. 



Nye, Ind. 



From some of our exchanges. 

 (Tiny travellers.) 



Ten little travelers, useful and welcome 

 immigrants to the Centennial State, made 

 a t-hort stop at the The Eye office this 

 week. They traveled by mail in a neat 

 little box, addressed to Mark W. Moe, 

 who resides out by Smith's Lake in Sontii 

 Denver. The box was postmarked "Sa- 

 lem, M!iss.,"and came from the celebra- 

 ted Bay State Apiary. Within it was a 

 queen bee, of the select strain of Italian 

 bees, with nine healthy and active work- 

 ers. They were bountifully provisioned 

 Avith a good supply of honey and sugar, 

 and openings in the box afforded good 

 ventilation. Apparently they were none 

 the worse for their long journey. 



Mr. Moe has forty hives of bees, all do- 

 ing well, and he informs us that the pres- 

 ent season promises to be a prosperous 



one for beekeepers. — South Denver Eye, 

 June 21, 1890. 



Mr. S. M. Eankin, the apiarist, has just 

 received an Italian queen bee from the 

 "one-liund red-dollar queen" of Mr. Henry 

 Alley of Wenham, Mass., the champion 

 queen rearer of this country. MiddUtown 

 {Bel) Transcri])t, Jiuie 26,"lS90. 



Thirty years among the bees. 



This work is about ready to mail, contnins sev 

 enty-two pages size of llns page; neatly bound in 

 paper, sent to any address on receipt of 50 cents. 



Kemeniber that this book gives our thirty- 

 yeais' experience in queen-veaiing as well as 

 much other important iuformatioa concerning bee 

 culture. 



All the best methods for rearing and intro- 

 ducing queens, and in lact, evci-ytliing about 

 queens that is likely to interest and instruct any- 

 one may be found in this manual. 



The honey crop. 



It is as yet most too early to give an estimate of 

 what the lioney crop of the country is likely to 

 be. That It will be above the average is more 

 than i>rob.ible. Tlie I'avorabh; weather in most 

 sections has had much to do with the crop. 



New England larmers have been favored with 

 an unusually large cro|i of hay, nearly all hai vest- 

 ed without a drop of rain on it. 



My 22n(l Annual Price List t^'S^.J^^^, 



Queens and Nuclei Colonies (a specially): also 

 Supplies— will be sent to all who send their names 

 and addresses. H. H. BROWN, 



Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa_ 

 5-9-90 Mention the American Apiculturist. 



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