THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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tion list to be able to carry out 

 many new plans the coming sea- 

 son, and by keeping up with the 

 times to give to American apicul- 

 ture a Journal which shall be sec- 

 ond to none. 



Now, the question is, do our 

 readers desire that we shall con- 

 tinue the publication of the Apicul- 

 TUKiST? If so, send in your 

 subscription at once. We are work- 

 ing in your interest and for your 

 good, and we feel confident that 

 every candid and thoughtful bee- 

 keeper, who reads this January 

 number, will a^ once decide that he 

 cannot do without our journal, and 

 will support it by his subscription. 

 We appeal to your reason and 

 judgment and feel assured that you 

 will respond. While the rate at 

 which our subscriptions are com- 

 ing in warrants the success of our 

 journal, yet we desire to place the 

 Apicultukist on a solid financial 

 basis at once, and in order to do 

 so make the following proposition 

 and grand offer : 



Every page of the Apicultukist 

 ( except the advertisements ) has 

 been electro typed and is preserved. 

 , As soon as possible we propose to 

 print and bind Volume I in book 

 form ; and to render it still more 

 attractive and valuable, we have, 

 through the kindness of Mr. Henry 

 Alley, arranged to include in the 

 form of an appendix, the essay of 

 Mr. Geo. House on the " Manage- 

 ment of the Apiary, " as also that 

 on the " New Races," as corrected 

 and revised by Mr. Frank Benton 

 of Munich, Germany. Now, our 

 proposition is this : to eveiy per- 



son who will send us five dollars 

 (cash) for five subscriptions, we 

 will send a receipt for the money 

 and credit them with the subscrip- 

 tions, which may be forwarded as 

 secured, and we will also give them 

 a bound copy of Volume I, just as 

 soon as out. 



How many will respond by ac- 

 cepting the above proposition, 

 or sending us one dollar for a 

 yearly subscription? 



Please reply at once. Remember 

 that the journal is yours to sustain 

 and care for, and that we stand as 

 your willing and faithful represen- 

 tative. 



Greeting you all with a " Happ^'' 

 New Year, " we patiently await 

 your decision. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



In sending out 10,000 copies of 

 the Apicultukist, it is certain that 

 some parties will receive more than 

 one cppy. We would kindly ask 

 tliose whodo,tohand the extra copy 

 to some beekeeping fiiend, and if 

 possible induce him to subscribe 

 fen- the Journal. We will most 

 cheerfully and willingly send all 

 the sample copies that you desire 

 to use in obtaining subscriptions. 



Hereafter all matter for the Api- 

 cultukist must be in by the 20th of 

 each montli so that we ma}' be able 

 to issue our journal on the first in- 

 stead of the middle of the month. 



Mr. Henry Alley of AVenham, 

 Mass., has just sent to our office 

 one of his new drone traps, and 

 after a very careful examination we 

 feel (as a practical beekeeper) 

 warranted in pronouncing it one of 

 the greatest inventions ever given 



