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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



June 



Reduction of Prices. 



Foundation has been reduced 3c a 

 pound from prices in our 1896 cata- 

 log. This is owing to the lower price 

 of wax. 



Our No. 1 Falcon Polished Sec- 

 tions we now offer at $2.50 for 1000, 

 $4.50 for 2000, $6.40 for 3000, $10 

 for 5000. Less than 1000 same pric- 

 es as formerly. 



Beeswax is lower. We are now 

 paying 22c cash or 25c in trade, per 

 pound, delivered at our railroad sta- 

 tion, (Falconer, N. Y). This price is 

 not guaranteed. We will pay highest 

 market price when wax is received. 

 Prices are liable to be reduced again 

 within a short time. If you have any 

 wax to sell it is advisable to send it 

 now. 



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. 



We will duplicate the prices on 

 hives and supplies offered by any 

 first class manufacturers — and in 

 many cases can do even better by you 

 than anyone else. 



THE FEIGNING OF DEATH BY ANIMALS. 



The habit of feigning death for the sake 

 of protection can be observed among many 

 of the lower animals, — animals which differ 

 widely in family, genius, and species. In- 

 deed this habit is to be observed in crea- 

 tures micrcscopic in size and of exceedingly 

 low organization, as well as those as high in 

 the scale of animal life as man himself ; for 

 even man does not hesitate, on occasions, to 

 avail himself of this natural subterfuge 



when he thinks it will aid in the preserva- 

 tion of his life. 



With the aid of the microscope one can 

 observe and study the natural history of the 

 minute animal world which otherwise would 

 remain a closed and unread volume. This 

 instrument has shown me, beyond cavil, that 

 creatures as low in the scale as actinophryans , 

 very minute, microscopic animalcules, prac- 

 tice death-feigning when surprised by an 

 enemy from which they cannot otherwise 

 escape. Thus, J have repeatedly seen acti- 

 nophryans fold their delicate, hair-like legs 

 or cilia and sink to the bottom of their min- 

 iature lake (a drop of water) when approach- 

 ed by a water-louse, which preys upon them. 

 They remain to all appearances absolutely 

 without life until the water-louse swims 

 awaj', when they unfold their cilia and go 

 back to their feeding-grounds, — a bit of 

 water-weed, or moss, or decayed wood. — 

 James Weir, in June Lippincott's. 



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