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THE AMERICAN APICULTURTST, 



Thirty Years Among the Bees. 



Below I give A. I. Root's opinion 

 of this book : 



"Tliis is tlie title of a new i)ook, 

 written b}' Henry Alley, of Wenliam, 

 Mass. It contains 80 large pao^es, and 

 is full of good tilings. In fact, we 

 are ashamed to say that we did not 

 even know that friend Alley had got 

 his queen-rearing down to such per- 

 fection, for this is what the new book 

 deals with priiici[)ally. 



Toward the latter end of the book 

 there are a great many good things ; 

 for instance, how to find a fertile 

 queen ; how to warm a small bee- 

 room economically ; best fuel for 

 smokers, and several other items that 

 smack pretty strongly of long expe- 

 rience." 



Brother Root is a little behind the 

 times in some cases. There are, how- 

 ever, upwards of 50.000 beekeepers 

 in the world that discovered the fact 

 that queen-rearing was brought down 

 to nearly perfection at the Bay State 

 Apiar}' some twenty-five years ago. 



A splendid oflFer. 



We have just received from the fac- 

 tory five lumdred drone-and-queen 

 traps. If any one is disposed to pui'- 

 chase them at this time we shall sell 

 half dozen in flat, one made, seven traps 

 in all, and give the purchaser an indi- 

 vidual right to manufactui'e the trnps 

 for his own use for the small sum of 

 $3.00. If you wish one dozen traps(13) 

 and individual right, we will ship them 

 for $4.00. Those who [jurchase fifty 

 traps for $10.00 will get an individual 

 right to make 100,000 or an unlimited 

 number of tra[)s for their own use. 



Now let me tell you something all 

 of you, or many of you, do not know 

 about ; at least nine out of every ten 

 persons do not. Do you know that 

 you can sell any or all the traps you 

 purchase of us in any place in the 

 United States where the territory is 

 not sold ? You can come into our town 



and sell these traps if they were pur- 

 chased of us in the first place. 



Now if we sell you one dozen traps 

 (13) you can sell every one of tliem 

 for 50"ceiits each. This will be $6.50. 

 You then have the right to make all 

 you can use in your own apiary. 



Those who have an individual right 

 to make the traps, can obtain the ma- 

 terial for them from their nearest deal- 

 er. A person who owns a right to use 

 and manufacture a patented article has 

 tlie right to get his goods manufactured 

 just where he selects. So you see it 

 will pay you to purchase an individual 

 right in any case, as b}' so doing you 

 can more than save the price of it in 

 express charges on one dozen traps. 



A Meeting of Beekeepers in New Eng- 

 land. 



A meeting of New England Bee- 

 kee[)ers will be held at Ploughman 

 Hall, 45 Milk St., Boston, Mass., Dec. 

 13. Mr. E. L. Pratt of Beverly, 

 Mass., will read an essay upon Bee 

 Culture. All beekeepers are invited to 

 attend. 



Another bee-paper. 



The W. T. Falconer M'f'g Co., of 

 Jamestown, N. Y.^ will commence the 

 publication of a bee-i)aper about Jan. 

 1,1891, called the "Am. Bkk Kkkper." 

 Let them come. The more of them 

 the better for all hands except those 

 who publish them. 



Gum elastic roofing. 

 This article is advertised in another 

 column. It strikes me that it is one 

 of the best things for caps of beehives ; 

 also for bee-houses. Try it. 



They are beautiful. 



Fayetleville, Tenn, 

 Mr. Am.ky: — Last queen recoived in 

 good condition. The l)ees are beautiful — 

 no idlers among them. 



Jno. Spiers. 



