THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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tire supply business for sale. Messrs. 

 Geo. W. York & Co. will continue 

 the publication of the A. B. J., and 

 will doubtless do so in a manner 

 pleasing to all its readers. Mr. York 

 has been assistant editor for some 

 time past, and so the editorial mantle 

 falls gracefully on his shoulders. 



This certainly ought to be an un- 

 usually good honey season, as the 

 long continued rains will make a 

 serious drougth almost impossible, and 

 we have always noticed that when 

 there has been a severe winter or 

 spring resulting in a heavy loss of bees, 

 there was invariably an abundance 

 of nectar. Those who have carried 

 their stock through successfully the 

 past spring will doubtless reap a rich 

 harvest. 



Send in your subscription for bal- 

 ance of the year, only 25c, or with 

 "How to Manage Bees" 45c. 



We are in receipt of No. 1, Vol.1, 

 of the Australian Bee Bulletin, pub- 

 lished by E. Tipper at West Mait- 

 land, Australia. It is a neat and 

 well edited 16-page magazine, devoted 

 entirely to bees. 



Thanks are due Secretary A. K. 

 Cooper of Winona, Minn., for a copy 

 of the proceedings of the third annual 

 meeting of the Minnesota Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, held January 

 20 and 21, 1892. 



The crop of new Self-Hivers this 

 season is quite large, but unless the 

 weather warms up soon there will not 

 be much use for any of them. Even 

 in England they are trying the>ir 

 hand at inventions in this line. 



We wish our readers would send us 

 more letters for publication. Write 

 us about your Methods of Wintering, 

 Requeeuing, Feeding, etc. 



The Progressive Bee-Keeper and the 

 White Mountain Apiarist are both 

 about two months behind, each issue. 

 When the busy season is past they 

 will have time to catch up. 



Comb foundation in full sheets for 

 both brood frames and sections is the 

 most economical for the bee-keeper. 



The cull sections which we are offering at 

 $1.50 a thousand are giving good satisfac- 

 tion, as is shown by the large number of or- 

 ders we are receiving for them. We still 

 have quite a quantity of 4^x4^x1 15-16 

 andl^, and if you want any you ought to 

 send at once. 



Hasting's Lightning Bee Escape. — 

 We wish to call special attention to this 

 escape. We will supply these at the same 

 price as the Porter escape — 20 cents each 

 or $2.25 per dozen. Although we have not 

 given them a trial, we believe that they will 

 do all that the inventor claims for them. 



seasonable hints. 



If you have not yet ordered all the 

 things you will be sure to need, do so 

 without further delay. It will not do 

 to wait until the swarming season is 

 on hand, and then order hives, sec- 

 tions, etc., and expect them by re- 

 turn train. 



Boom the bees in every possible 

 way now, by feeding, etc.. so Hint 

 the first of June will find the hives 

 literally " running over " with bees. 

 Never mind honey just jet, but get 

 the bees, and let them "do the rest." 



It is of no use to put on a lot of 

 honey sections over the brood-cham- 



