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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



— One of the most attractive ex- 

 hibits at the fair is that made by- 

 Mr, Charles H. Lake, manager of 

 Sunny Side Apiary. He had on 

 exhibition twelve species of bees, 

 several of them entirel}^ new varie- 

 ties, specimens of his patent hives, 

 which he purposes sending to the 

 New Orleans exposition, his wax 

 refiner, which is a curiosity, and a 

 specimen of the old gum-wood hive, 

 in which the bees had to be killed 

 to take the honey. Also, the hive 

 which King Otto of Greece sent to 

 Eichard Colvin, formerly a noted 

 bee-raiser of Baltimore. His queen 

 breeding department, where is 

 shown how the bees make a royal 

 cell, is plainly shown through the 

 glass sides of the boxes, in which, 

 if two queens come forth, the first 

 kills her royal sister. Mr. Lake 

 also has on exhibition a hive of 

 Bellzona bees, purchased from him 

 by Mr. Maslin, of Sandy Bottom, 

 Baltimore county, which made 391 

 pounds of honey during this sea- 

 son. Included in the collection 

 which Mr. Lake exhibits is a pyra- 

 mid of comb honey, from Mrs. 

 Neal, of Hughesville, St Mary's 

 county, raised by Mr. Lake's pro- 

 cess, and for which Mrs. Neal took 

 the first premium. He also has 

 3,000 pounds of honey raised from 

 thirty swarms of bees this year in 

 the perfection boxes. 



The first premium for honey was 

 given to Mrs. C. C. Perry, of Har- 

 ris's Lot, St. Mary's county, for 

 honey raised by Mr. Lake's pro- 

 cess, and honorable mention was 

 made of an exhibit of honey by 

 Mrs. R. Cuyler, of Rapidan Sta- 

 tion, Va. 



— The followingresolution passed 

 at the late convention of tlie North 

 American Beekeepers' Association 

 speaks for itself. 



^'■Resolved, That, while by no 

 means disparaging the value and 

 usefulness of other bee journals, 



we, as beekeepers in convention 

 here assembled, recognize in the 

 "American Apiculturist " a paper 

 worthy of our support and would 

 recommend it to the beekeepers as 

 one of the best bee journals pub- 

 lished in the interest of beekeep- 

 ers." 



— As we have gi ven so much space 

 to the Reports of the Rochester 

 convention we shall be compelled 

 to omit the Question and Answer 

 department for this month. 



— The Michigan State Beekeep- 

 ers' association will hold their next 

 annual meeting in the Capitol 

 building at Lansing, Dec. 10 and 

 1 1 . Committees are at work receiv- 

 ing reduced railroad rates and hotel 

 accommodations. For any special 

 information address H. D. Cutting, 

 Sec'y^, Clinton, Mich. 



— Those who find on the wrap- 

 pers of their journals an X will 

 know that their subscriptions ex- 

 pire next month and will please re- 

 new promptly so as to cause no 

 delay. It will cost you less when 

 sending your renevvals for 1885 to 

 send 75 cents additional and se- 

 cure Vols. 1 and 2 bound in cloth (in 

 one vol.) than to have one volume 

 bound. It will pay you to secure 

 this reduction. 



— The other journals have en- 

 deavored to crush our every at- 

 tempt to establish an independent 

 bee jom-nal and have said that the 

 beekeepers would never support 

 such a journal. Now, you, our 

 readers, must either accept these 

 statements as true and acknowl- 

 edge that three or four monopoly 

 supply-dealers shall control all of 

 the conventions and bee literature, 

 or else by standing by our honest 

 endeavors to publish such a journal 

 prove to them that the beekeepers 

 of America can, and will support 

 and sustain a journal which shall 

 represent their interests. To do 



