THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



W'e give our readers in tins num- 

 ber of the Bee-Kkeper two very im- 

 portant articles concerning Carniolan 

 bees. One from the pen of Mr. Frank 

 Benton, who was the first to give to 

 the bee-keeping world any definite in- 

 formation concerning that race of bees, 

 and the other from Mr. Henry Alley, 

 one of the oldest and most experienc- 

 ed bee-keepers, queen rearers and auth- 

 ors of bee publications in this country. 

 The one defending the gray type and 

 the other the yellow or golden bees. 

 Each writes ably, and we will leave to 

 Our readers to judge for themselves of 

 the merits of each type. The question 

 at issue is of as much or perhaps more 

 importance to the beginner or inex- 

 perienced bee-keeper, than to the old- 

 er heads, for the former, owing to lack 

 of knowledge, is more apt to spend his 

 money for worthless queens and bees, 

 while the experienced bee-keeper 

 knows just what he wants and is not 

 often misled. It is well for the begin- 

 ner to become acquainted with the 

 natural history of each race or type 

 of bees. 





We are in receipt of official notice 

 to the effect that we have been award- 

 ed the highest premium, a silver med- 

 al, for our display of apiarian supplies 

 at the Jamiaca International Exposi- 

 tion, which was held recently at King- 

 ston, Jamiaca. We also lately receiv- 

 ed a bronze medal for our exhi.bit at 

 the Paris Exposition held two years 

 ago. Right here we might mention 

 that we have never failed to receive 

 the highest awards for our exhibits 

 whenever we have exhibited our goods 

 in competition with other manufac- 

 turers. At Buffalo and Detroit Expo- 

 sitions, where we made large exhibits 



two years a^o, we received ^n/) Jess A ^ 



than twelve first premiums, inciimiflgG i 

 one silver medal. These facts wi 

 indicate to a large degree the high 

 merits of our goods. 



We received a very pleasant but 

 brief call from "Rambler" a few 

 days ago. He was on his way from 

 the east to California, where he in- 

 tends to locate permanently at Sacri- 

 mento, and engage in the manufacture 

 of bee hives. 



THE NEW WINTER CASE. 



Many of our friends and customers 

 are asking us what success we are hav- 

 ing in the sale of our New Outside 

 Case and Winter Hive. In reply to 

 all such enquiries »\e would say, orders 

 are coming in quite numerously for 

 them, and every one who has purchas- 

 ed any of them seem well pleased. 

 We honestly think they give more 

 general satiff action than any other 

 hive or method of wintering. Their 

 extreme cheapness and unexcelled 

 convenience makes them very desira- 

 ble. 



Messrs. Lockhart &Co write us un- 

 der date of June 18th, that they never 

 saw bees gather honey so fast as they 

 did at that time, some colonies having 

 40 pounds of surplus already. They 

 report having had only one new swarm, 

 and conclude as follows: " How dies 

 that sound for Gray Carniolans? " 



Attention is called to the advertise- 

 ment in another column of J. M.Olin, 

 who offers an untested Italian Queen 

 with a years subscription to the Bee- 

 Keeper for $1.00. We are personally 

 acquainted with Mr. Olin, and believe 

 he has a line strain of bees. 



