THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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a cop3' of his work entitled. "How 

 to use the Microscope," which is 

 profusely illustrated, and is replete 

 with valuable information for those 

 who wish to become familiar with 

 the microscope. Price $1.00. Ad- 

 dress the author. 



We have received from the pub- 

 lishers, Messrs. C. A. Schwetschke 

 und Sohn, several copies of the 

 new German bee journal " Die 

 Deutsche illustrierte Bienenzeit- 

 ung," edited b}- C. J. H. Graven- 

 horst. This journal certainly does 

 credit both to the editor and pub- 

 lisher. The mechanical make-up 

 is first-class ; it is finely illustrated 

 and gives evidence of the genuine 

 ability of its editor. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



For some reason a number of our 

 last issue have been lost in the 

 mails but if parties who do not 

 receive their Journals in due time, 

 will notif}' us we will attend to the 

 matter promptly. 



From the edition of Messrs. 

 Geo. P. Rowell & Go's American 

 Newspaper Directory, now in 

 press, it appears that the newspa- 

 pers and periodicals of all kinds at 

 present issued in the United States 

 and Canada reach a grand total of 

 13,402. This is a net gain of pre- 

 cisely 1,600 during the last twelve 

 months, and exhibits an increase 

 of 5,618 over the total number 

 published just ten years since. 



All supply dealers, who paid us 

 for card in dealers' list for last 

 year, can, by sending us fifty cents, 

 have their card continued the re- 

 mainder of this year. Please remit 

 promptly so as to save trouble in 

 arranging list, 

 13 



One of our subscribers, Mr. T. 

 R. Sawyer of Muscatine, Iowa, has 

 wintered one hundred colonies of 

 bees, on the Langstroth frame and 

 on the summer stands, without the 

 loss of a single colony, and they 

 are in fine condition. This is a 

 valuable report, as the past winter 

 has been a severe one. It is our 

 opinion, supported by practical ex- 

 perience, that those colonies that 

 have been wintered on the summer 

 stands are in a much better condi- 

 tion to build up rapidly than they 

 would be had the^- been wintered 

 in the cellar. 



We have just received from 

 Stanley Bros, the following descrip- 

 tion of their new honey extractor 

 to which we referred in a recent 

 number. 



Stanley's 



AUTOMATIC honey EXTRACTOR. 



The accompanying cut shows a 

 honey extractor that not only ex- 



tracts from four combs at once, 

 but also reveises or changes sides 

 with the combs after one side has 

 been extracted thus presenting the 

 other side simply by reversing the 

 motion of the crank. 



The comb baskets or pockets are 



