THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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we have reared this year, two have 

 been selected for bree("ling queens for 

 the season of 1891. One will be used 

 to rear queens from ; the otiier for 

 drones. On Sept. 6 we had a batch of 

 twenty-five queens hatched from our 

 best golden Carniolan queen. Friend 

 Pratt was on a visit to our apiary a- 

 bout that time. We won't repeat his 

 i-eraarks when shown these queens. 

 They were all large and as yellow as 

 gold. We shall let Mr. P. have one or 

 more of these queens. You will hear 

 from him in 1891. We have an idea 

 that all queen breeders will be anx- 

 ious to get one or more fine breed- 

 ing queens of this new strain. We 

 can tell you now that these queens 

 will be sold to no one until they first 

 agree over their own signature that 

 they will rear no queens for sale from 

 them before the year 1894. We once 

 bought an Italian queen of S. B. Par- 

 sons of Flushing, L. I., on condition 

 that we siiould not sell any queens 

 from her for thi-ee years. That was a 

 good many years ago, yet we have 

 not forgotten the fact. 



There may be other strains of yel- 

 low Carniolan bees besides our own 

 for aught 1 know. 



This particular strain of which we 

 have spoken was proiluced in the Bay 

 State Apiary, and 1 would like to reap 

 a fairly good income from them be- 

 fore the fifty- cent dealers get hold of 

 them. 



A perfect queen-bee. 

 It has often been said that no yel- 

 low queen would duplicate herself ev- 

 ery time in queen progeny. Well, this 

 is usually the case with the Italians, 

 but it not so with our best yellow Car- 

 niolan queen. I have no doubt that 

 every queen we shall send out next 

 season will produce a/Z yellow or gold- 

 en colored queens and bees. At any 

 rate, I shall establish a yellow Carni- 

 olan queen-rearing apiary two miles 

 distant from all other bees, and as the 

 drones of this strain are nearly as yel- 

 low as the queens there can be no 



trouble about getting handsome queens 

 and bees. 



The working; qualities of the yellow 

 Carniolans. 



" What sort of honey gatherers are 

 the yellow Carniolan bees?" methinks 

 1 hear some one say. " A 1 friends." 

 Call at the Bay State Apiary some 

 pleasant day and see them work. 

 There are no better workers. In dis- 

 position they are perfect. I can sit be- 

 side the hive an hour at a time and 

 not a bee will molest me. This cannot 

 be done with all races of bees. 



Well, to make a long story short, 

 we will say that the "coming bee" has 

 come and we shall prove it to you in 

 the year 1891, as tve have the bees. 



Prices of these queens will be 50% 

 higher than Italians. 



The Api and one selected 3^ellow 

 Carniolan queen will be sent for two 

 dollars. Remit the seveny-five cents 

 for the Api, and when the queen is 

 needed the balance (Si. 25) may be 

 sent. One selected Italian queen and 

 the Api for one year, $1.50. 



Feeding bees. 



Sept. 15 feeding in our apiary was 

 begun. The feeder used was a one- 

 quart improved Mason fruit jar. Six 

 quarts of syrup was given each colony. 

 This will last the bees till about April 

 1, when feeding to stimulate breeding 

 will be commenced. 



Should any one need these feeders 

 we can send them all i)repared for use 

 for tivo dollars per dozen. They must 

 go by express. These jars may be used 

 for preserving fruit after the bees are 

 fed. They are made of glass (not tin) 

 and will last with care a life-time. 



Introducing queen. 

 I will tell you how I have introduced 

 a good many queens without the loss 

 of even one queen. We are now ship- 

 ping all our queens in Pratt's mailing 

 cage. These same cages are used for 

 introducing queens. We merely place 

 the queen in the cage, and then insert 



