THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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one of tliese is nearly blind, and 

 cannot read it. This speaks well 

 for tlie ''Api," Now if you have 

 foi'gotten, or have been too busy to 

 attend to your subscription, please 

 retiiember it this month. 



Once more we would urge the 

 beekeepers of Massachusetts, who 

 have any interest in the cause of 

 apiculture, to correspond with Mr. 

 J. E. Ponder., of Foxboro, Mass., 

 regarding i^ The interests of the 

 beekeepers of this state demand 

 that we have such an association, 

 and we hope and trust that there 

 are enough active and interested 

 beekeepers in Massachusetts to 

 organize a first-class association. 

 Write and tell Mr. Pond what you 

 think about it. 



We have just received from Geo. 

 Stanley & IJros. of Wyoming, 

 N. Y., one of their automatic 

 honey extractors, but so late that 

 we have as yet been unable to put 

 it to a practical test, but wiien we 

 have done so we shall report 

 further. It is well made of first 

 class material and in some respects 

 resembles automatic extractors that 

 we have seen before. The me- 

 chanical principles on which it is 

 constructed seem to be all right. 



The Stanley Bros, have been 

 working hard to supply a need 

 that has long existed among prac- 

 tical beekeepere, viz. : that of a 

 perfect automatic four-comb ex- 

 tractor and if this one stands the 

 test to which it will be put the 

 coming season its originators will 

 have conferred a boon on American 

 apiculture, as every beekeeper who 

 makes beekeeping a specialty and 

 has from fifty to one hundred colo- 

 nies will need such an extractor. 

 We are aware that many futile 

 attemi)ts have been made to invent 

 one but this is no reason for con- 

 demning something new. If the 

 .Stanley Bros, extractor proves a 

 success (and we have reason to 



think that it will), great credit is 

 due them. If we are to compete 

 with sugars and syrups in order to 

 find market for our honey, any im- 

 plement, that will facilitate'^ the 

 operations connected with securing 

 our crops of honey, must be wel- 

 comed with pleasure. 



BOOKNOTICES AND 

 REVIEWS. 



Mr. John Phin of New York 

 city has kindl}^ sent us a copy of 

 his new work entitled "Dictionary 

 of Practical Apiculture." We 

 have had only time to glance at its 

 contents, hence we are unable to 

 give a critical description of it. 

 We are, however, much pleased 

 with it, and hope that its author 

 will meet with success in the sale 

 of his work. 



Very few will ever comprehend 

 with how many ditliculties Mr. Phin 

 had to contend in compiling this 

 work ; and now that a start has 

 been made, it will be comparatively 

 easy to correct and revise it, until 

 we have a complete encyclopaedia 

 of beekeeping terms. 



Prof. A. J. Cook writes that he 

 has sold 2000 copies of his "Man- 

 ual" during the last twelve months. 

 We are pleased to know this, as 

 his work stands at the head of all 

 American publications upon api- 

 culture regarding the natural his- 

 tory and anatomy of the bee. For 

 this reason it should be in the 

 library of every apiarist. 



We can heartily and truthfully 

 feel glad that that the professor 

 (and any other apiarist who has for 

 his motive the advancement of 

 apiculture) meets with abundant 

 success. 



We have just received from the 

 publishers. No. 1, Vol. 1, of the 

 Bulletin of Massachusetts Natural 



