1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



45 



We have a quantity of Alloy Drone 

 and Queen Trap patterns of 1894 

 which will be sold at 25c each, regu- 

 lar price 50c. These traps are just 

 as good for practical purposes as 

 those of more recent pattern. 



We are informed by Mr. Benton 

 that there were but 1,000 copies of 

 Bulletin No. 1 (The Honey Bee) print- 

 ed, and consequently a great many 

 who ask for a copy could not be sup- 

 plied. However a resolution has 

 been introduced iu congress author- 

 izing the printing and distributing of 

 20,000 additional copies. If this 

 goes through, as no doubt it will, 

 probably all who apply will obtain a 

 copy. The work is of unusual merit, 

 and we shall reprint extracts from it 

 from time to time for the benefit of 

 those of our readers who may not be 

 fortunate enough to obtain a copy. 



Dont fail to notice the great reduc- 

 tion in price of our well known Falcon 

 Sections, for sample orders with other 

 goods. 



Wm Gerrish, East Nottingham, N 

 H. will keep a complete supply of our 

 goods during the coming season and 

 Eastern customers will save freight 

 by ordering from him. 



We want a large quantity of bees- 

 wax, and will pay 30c a pound cash 

 or 32c a pound in goods for good 

 clean wax freight paid to Falconer, 

 N. Y. 



" How TO Manage Bees," a 50c 

 book, and the American Bee-Keep- 

 ER a year for onl}' 60c. 



" Mme Modjeska, the once famous 

 actress, according to an item in the 

 British Bee Journal, is now a Califor- 

 nia farmer with 766 colonies of bees 

 on her ranch at the foot of the Santi- 

 ago Peak. What's Rambler about ? 

 or is he keeping it all to him.self ?" 

 (Dr. Miller in Gleanings.) There is a 

 mistake somewhere, Modjeska is not 

 one of the "has been ' famous act- 

 resses, but 18 now, and within a month 

 has appeared in some of the principal 

 Eastern Cities. We clip the follow- 

 ing from a current paper : 



Cincinnati, Jan. 25. — Mme Mod- 

 jeska is reported in better condition, 

 though still unable to say when she 

 will be able to act. 



"The very latest exploit of the thrif- 

 ty German pirates, in their warfare 

 against American goods, appears to 

 be the way of adulterating hone}'. 

 A German newspaper complains that 

 the German markets are flooded with 

 adulterated honey from America to 

 the extent of 5,500,000 pounds per 

 annum. There can be no doubt 

 about the fact of this bad honej' being 

 in the markets over there, but a later 

 investigation has shown that the hon- 

 ey was originally brought over from 

 America in its pure and normal con- 

 dition, and that it was subsequently 

 adulterated by the Germans them- 

 selves. In view of the hundred other 

 enterprises of the same sort, this lit- 

 tle trick will, of course, occasion no 

 surprise. The only question that will 

 arise in regard to the matter is, 

 'What next? ' " 



We clipped the above from a well 

 known trade journal and must say it 

 is all news to us. Probably the 

 amount of honej' stated is greatly 

 exaggerated. 



See Clubbing List on page 43. 



