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purchased another just like it only 

 nearly four times larger ; a sort of big 

 brother to it, capable of 200 H. P. A 

 monster. And this, together with an 

 additional 100 H. P. boiler, has just 

 been put into running order and works 

 beautifully. We now have an abund- 

 ance of power; much more than w r e 

 need, but it is better to have power to 

 spare than be in want of it, 



Our new dust collector takes the 

 dust and shavings direct from the ma- 

 chines and deposits them under the 

 boilers so that no labor is required in 

 handling them. Taking, everything 

 together we are in better shape than 

 ever before for supplying our friends 

 with their needs. We believe we have 

 the most complete manufacturing 

 plant of its kind in this country; 

 abundance of power and perfect 

 cleanliness in and about the factory; 

 our own electric light plant ; plenty 

 of room. 



The Apiculturist " scooped " us all 

 in being the first to publish a report 

 of the proceedings of the N. A. Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention held at Albany, 

 Dec. 9-11. The report was written 

 by E. L. Pratt, and is very concise 

 and entertaining. 



Our large illustrated catalogue and 

 price list for 1892 will be mailed about 

 the 20th of this month. It will be 

 more complete than ever, and while 

 the prices of many articles remain the 

 same as heretofore, there are some re- 

 ductions in prices. If you do not re- 

 ceive a copy by Feb. 1st drop us a 

 card. 



The best time for dealers and queen 

 breeders to begin advertising is now. 

 Many make the serious error of wait- 

 ing until the season has arrived, when 

 bee-keepers have no time to write for 

 price lists. 



The self-hiver, like the bee-escape, 

 has come to stay, says E. H. Dibbern,. 

 and he has recently invented one 

 which is illustrated in the December 

 Review. 



In our vicinity we had more real 

 winter weather in Nov. than in Dec. 



After several months of silence the 

 White Mountain Apiarist has again put 

 in an appearance, and promises to is- 

 sue regularly hereafter. 



The practice of spraying fruit tree?- 

 during bloom was condemned by the 

 Albany convention. 



The Bee-Keepers' Review for Decem- 

 ber is the acme of neatness and inter- 

 esting bee journalism. Brother Hutch- 

 inson has hit on the novel idea of 

 presenting a half-tone portrait of the 

 authors of the different articles, about 

 the size of a postage stamp, at the be- 

 ginning of each article. 



The North American Bee-Keepers 7 

 Association held its 22d annual con- 

 vention at Agricultural Hall, Albany,. 

 Dec. 9th to 11th. The attendance was 

 not as large as was generally expected, 

 there being only about 130 member© 

 present. The opening address by the 

 president, P. H. Elwood, was well 

 worded and interesting. He was short- 

 ly followed, after some routine busi- 

 ness was finished, by G. M. Doolittle, 

 who spoke at length on " The Hees, the 

 Location and the Apiarist," giving 

 his hearers some excellent advice in 

 regard to queens, location, and many 

 other points. 



Mr. W, F. Clark, of Guelph, Can- 



