1896. 



TUB AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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selves and their readers an injustice. 

 For our part, if such are the require- 

 ments of an editor of a bee journal, 

 after six years trial, we have to admit 

 that we cannot bring ourselves to it. 



The revolution in Cuba and the 

 consequent devastation of the whole 

 interior of that island has temporarily 

 wiped out the bee industry there. 

 Formerly we sold large quantities of 

 supplies to Cuban bee keepers, but 

 since the disturbances began there we 

 have received no orders. There were 

 also large quantities of beeswax im- 

 ported into this country from Cuba, 

 but none comes at present. This ac- 

 counts, in some degree, for the scar- 

 city of wax this season. 



Wm Gerrish, East Nottmgham, N 

 H. will keep a complete supply of our 

 goods during the coming season and 

 Eastern customers will save freight 

 by ordering from him. 



In the March number of " Harpers' 

 Monthly Magazine " we notice an arti- 

 cle on "Bee Keeping in Arcadia," 

 describing a visit to some of the large 

 bee ranches in Ventura county , Cali- 

 fornia. The principal facts pertain- 

 ing to bee culture are obtained in an 

 interview with an old bee man named 

 Martin, — not J. H. Martin the well 

 known writer of the "Rambler" arti- 

 cles so frequently seen in "Glean- 

 ings " and elsewhere. 



We will send the Americ.vn Bee- 

 Keeper one year with the Cosmopol- 

 itan for $1.25. The Cosmopolitan is 

 a monthly magazine containing an 

 average of over lUO pages and 80 il- 

 lustrations each month. 



We are in receipt of a copy of a 

 petition to the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture for the introduction of the Giant 

 Bees of India into the United States. 

 The petition is gotten out by the On- 

 tario, (N. Y.,) Bee Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. Copies can be obtained by any 

 one who will circulate them by ad- 

 dressing W. F. Marks, Chapinville, 

 •N. Y. 



A mild and comparatively open 

 winter is now drawing to a close with 

 an unusually "cold spell," and an 

 abundance of snow, but the cold and 

 snow came too late to do much harm 

 to the bees and they should come out 

 next month in first class condition. 

 Bee keepers who are delaying in 

 sending in their orders for supplies 

 are cautioned not to wait too long. 

 It is better to order now and be sure 

 to have your supplies on hand when 

 wanted than to order late and have 

 perhaps to wait for them owing to 

 the rush of orders that are sure to 

 come in April ann May. 



The supply business seems to be 

 gradually getting into the hands of a 

 few manufacturers and dealers. 

 There are not nearly so many adver- 

 tisements of supplies in the different 

 bee journals as there have been in 

 3'ears gone past. This is noticable, 

 also, in reference to the queen trade. 

 Perhaps it is because the demand is 

 not so great. 



We have a quantity of Alley 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. 



