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lans through any friendship for Hen- 

 ry Alley or E. L. Pratt or anyone 

 else, mil' for fear til' loosing' their ad- 

 vertising patn mage, as the editor of 

 the Ms&towri Bee-Keeper insinuates, for 

 the advertisements of the gray bees in 

 the Bee-Keepee occupy much more 

 space than do Messrs Alloy and Pratt, 

 but we believe in fair play and do not 

 condemn a person or thing simply be- 

 cause of a difference of opinion. The 

 whole gist of this Carniolan matter is 

 this: There are found in Carniola 

 both the gray and yellow race of bees. 

 The gray are found in the more ele- 

 vated portions, while the yellow are 

 found in the valleys. There are hun- 

 dreds of bee-keepers throughout this 

 country who have and highly recom- 

 mend the so-called yellow Carniolans, 

 while there are also numerous bee- 

 keepers who sing the praises of the 

 gray race. Each have their admirers, 

 but as the gray Carniolans are more 

 widely known their admirers are in 

 the majority. It seems to us some- 

 what narrow minded in anyone, con- 

 sidering the meagre knowledge we 

 have of the origin of the Carniolan 

 race of bees, to assert positively that 

 either is genuine and the other is 

 spurious. Candidly, as we have be- 

 fore stated, we do not feel sure that 

 either variety is pure blooded, and we 

 are not alone in our doubts. 



Our readers will notice in the mar- 

 ket reports that the price of beeswax 

 has declined considerably, and is still 

 going downward. There are several 

 causes for this. Bee-keepers through- 

 out the country are sending their wax 

 into the market and there are large 

 quantities of foreign wax arriving. 

 Russia, who has until recently been 



buying large quantities, has now sup- 

 plied her wants, and the many manu- 

 facturers of fdn. throughout the coun- 

 try are not now using any beeswax. 

 We believe that it has touched the 

 highest price, some time ago and we 

 look for a continual decline until to- 

 wards spring, consequently we think 

 it advisable for all who have any wax 

 to sell, to dispose of it soon as it will 

 not pay to hold it over until next 

 season, even should prices then be ad- 

 vanced. We have sexeral tons for 

 which we have paid from 27c to 30c 

 per pound, and by spring, with interest 

 added, it will have cost us at least lea 

 pound more, to say nothing of the cost 

 of insurance on it. We therefore do 

 not care to purchase any more wax at 

 present, but to accommodate our 

 friends will of course accept at the 

 market price any small lots they may 

 wish to send us. 



The ten yellow Carniolan queens which, 

 in his article in July Bee-Keeper, Mr. 

 Alley offered to give away to the first ten 

 responsible bee-keepers who applied for 

 them, were awarded to the following: M. I). 

 Gotham, Brownville, N. Y., F. A. Salisbury, 

 Syracuse, N. Y., Geo. M. Blanchard, Ash- 

 by, Mass. J. S. Yeatrnan, Singer, Va., A. 

 G. Baldwin, DeKalb, 111., W. F. Marks, 

 Chapinville, N. Y., J. G. Sanburn, t'ornish, 

 Maine, A. J. Gray, Birchton, N. Y., J. A. 

 Roe, Union City, Ind., E. B. Jenks, Upper 

 Lisle, N. Y. 



There is considerable unsteadiness in the 

 ranks of bee jounralism. At this writing 

 the C. B. J. is seven days behind hand. 

 The White Mountain Aparist is eight days: 

 Missouri Bee-Beeper twenty days ; the Re- 

 view twelve days ; California Bce-Keeper has 

 hot shown up at all for July, and the Inter- 

 niountain Horticulturist has changed from 

 monthly to quarterly. The A. B. J. and 

 Gleanings are on time with the regularity of 

 clock work, and the American Apiculturist is 



