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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



For three yearly subscriptions to the 

 Apiculturist at publisher's price, I will 

 send free one untested queen, Italian, 

 Cyprian or Holy Land; or five sub- 

 scriptions as above, one tested Italian 

 queen ; for ten as above, one choice 

 breeding queen, Italian. I cannot al- 

 ways ship by return mail, but will do 

 so as far as possible. Make money 

 orders or postal notes payable on Ska- 

 neateles, N. Y. 



C. M. GOODSPEED. 



Oriskany, JST. T. July 24, 1884, 

 Dkar fkiknd Lockk : 

 Please find enclosed $2.00 for the 

 "Apiculturist." It is the best bee 

 journal published in the English lan- 

 guage, and always full of meat for the 

 beekeepers. 



W. E. Clauk. 



Olathe, Johnson Co., Kans., 

 July 17, 1884. 

 Dear Sir : 



Please find enclosed $1.00 for re- 

 newal of my subscription, and pardon 

 me for not sending it sooner. 



I tiiink that your journal is the best 

 of them all. 



Phil Schaub. 



Logansville, York Co., Pa. 

 Drar Sir: 



Please find enclosed f 1.00 for re- 

 newal of your Journal. I like it 

 very much, and think that every bee- 

 keeper should have it, as it is very 

 practical and instructive. I enjoy 

 reading it very much, and no beekeeper 

 should be without it. 



Elias Hkngst. 



covered with blotches, and I know I 

 have handled nothing else that could 

 do it. 



My regards; like your magazine 

 much. 



A. O. Crawford. 



Ed. 



Am. Apiculturist : 



Inquiries are coming from all quar- 

 ters as to the prospect for the honey 

 crop, and for the sale of the same. 



The season is now sufficiently ad- 

 vanced to warrant one in giving an 

 expression of what may be antici- 

 pated. 



The yield from clover is reported 

 light from most quarters. In many 

 states the prospect for basswood is not 

 encouraging. 



In many parts of our own state bass- 

 wood was injured by frost, and from 

 this and other causes it will be below 

 the average. At this date the prospect 

 for a large yield of white honey is not 

 encouraging. I predict good prices 

 for best grades of honey. 



L. C. Root. 



Clockville, N. Y., July, 1884. 



Friend Locke: 



Being a reader of all the 

 bee journals, I think the " Api" is the 

 best. It is worth $5.00 a year, to any 

 energetic beekeeper and rather than to 

 see it drag in the rear of others, or go 

 down, I will pledge myself yearly to 

 that amount to maintain its indepen- 

 dence and position. Onward, and not 

 back, is the marching cry of the scien- 

 tific beekeepers. 



Respectfully, 



W. V. BoswoRTH, Jr. 



So.. Weymouth, May 28, 1884. 

 Dear Sir : 



I wish in your next issue you 

 would inform the gentleman who advo- 

 cated the use of propolis as a protec- 

 tion from the stings of bees when 

 handling, that I do not thank him for 

 the information. I tried it, transferred 

 two colonies, did not get stung, but 

 did get awfully poisoned, my hands are 



NOTICE. 



We learn from Mr. Alley that 

 Mr. Howard, upon bis return 

 from Palestine with his Holyland 

 queens, will bring them to Wen- 

 ham, Mass., and that Mr. Howard 

 is to be Mr. Alley's guest. 



Erratum. On p. 181, left column, 

 9th line, for opinions j-ead apiaries. 



