Tr2E * mw^M * ^PieniiTu^iST. 



A JOURNAL FOR THE NOVICE AND EXPERT IN BEEKEEPING. 



Published Monthly. Subscription Price, 75 cts. per Annum. 



HENRY ALLEY, 



Editor. 



VOL. VIII. 



WENHAM, MASS., DECEMBER 1,1890. 



NO. 12. 



Entered, at I»ost-ofH.ce as second-class matter. 



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The two books contain all the in- 

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The Apiculturist has been issued 

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With this issue closes Vol. viii of 

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Bees as advertisers. 



While passing a drug store in the 

 city of Salem, Mass., our attention 

 was called to a small hive of bees in 

 the window. On inquiring of the 

 clerk, I was informed that A Honey 

 Cough Remedy Company located iu 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., had sent out about 

 12,000 such hives to advertise their 

 remedy. 



I examined the bees and found them 

 in fine condition ; not a dead bee in 

 the hive. In my opinion, tliis arrange- 

 ment will greatly aid the beekeeper in 

 the sale of honey and perhaps do much 

 towards stimulating the bee business. 



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