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EDITORIAL, 



Among the correspondence will be 

 found a description by James Min- 

 inick of a new style of brood frame, 

 which has several good points about 

 it. The frame which friend Minnick 

 describes, and of which he sends us a 

 sample, is in some ways different from 

 any we have ever seen, but the principle 

 idea of using the metal strip for 

 spacing seems to be in use by others 

 than himself, as we recently received 

 a sample frame with metal spacer (in 

 place of V-groove of Hoffman frame) 

 from W. F. Marks. Chapinville, N. 

 Y. We intended to give an illustra- 

 tion of the frame, but did not have 

 time to get an engraving made before 

 going to press. 



We have lately put in a complete 

 printing outfit at a cost of nearly 

 $3,000.00. and can now do any kind 

 of job printing which our customers 

 may ask for at the lowest prices. 



Friend Alley in the July Agricul- 

 turist says : " I wonder what report 

 Brother Cowan will make on the Pu- 

 nic bees on his return from Africa.'' 

 We received a communication from 

 Mr. ('(-wan, in which he takes occa- 

 sion to say : "I have returned from 

 Africa, and need hardly tell you I 

 failed to find Punic bees.'-' Of course 

 we do not consider that is perfectly 

 conclusive that Punic bees do not ex- 

 ist in Africa, nor does it imply that 

 they are an inferior race by any 

 means. On the contrary, while we 

 have not experimented with them, and 

 consequently cannot say from personal 

 knowledge, we know that there are 

 many favorable reports of them, and 

 while we think the prices asked for 

 them by the " Hallemshire Bee-Keep- 

 er" and others are very exorbitant 

 and absurd, we shall not be surprised 

 if they prove to be very desirable 

 bees to keep. 



In many localities bee keepers are 

 having an "abundant honey flow, and 

 during this month will be harvested 

 a larger part of the light colored honey 

 for the season in the northern states. 

 Every one should see to it that every 

 colony has plenty of room for storing 

 the surplus. The filled sections should 

 be removed promptly and replaced 

 with empty ones, and if you are run- 

 ning for extracted honey do your 

 extracting at the proper time, being 

 sure the honey is well ripened before 

 doinc so. 



This has been without exception 

 the most unfavorable one for bee sup- 

 ply manufacturers and dealers and 

 queen breeders that has been known 

 for several years. Almost every one's 



