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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



December 



An apiary of over two hundred 

 colonies is located upon one of the 

 numerous small islands of the Hills- 

 borough River, Fla. , yet the bees 

 have to fly to the main land, nearly a 

 mile away, for water. The river 

 water is too salt. 



Wm Gerrish, East Nottingham, N 

 H., keeps a complete supply of our 

 goods and Eastern customers will 

 save freight by ordering from him. 



Our recent remarks concerning the 

 North American Bee Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation seem to have offended some 

 of our readers and yet such was not 

 our intention. What we would like 

 to see is an association that would be 

 representative and not so necessarily 

 local as the present association seems 

 to be. What ought to be done is to 

 form one well organized association in 

 each state and then have one or more 

 representatives sent b}' each State As- 

 sociation to the National Association, 

 such representation to be fully in- 

 structed by their own organizations as 

 to what may be needed to further the 

 interests of the liee keepers in general. 

 This plan has probably been suggest- 

 ed before, and while undoubtedl}- it 

 is the only proper one, it is quite im- 

 probable tluit it will ever be success- 

 fully carried out. 



After extensive and varied experi- 

 ments to determine the, truth as to 

 bees puncturing grapes we do not say 

 they can not. That might be difficult 

 to prove. We feel, however, that 

 our experience justifies our claim that 

 they will not do so under any cir- 

 cumstances. 



We notice that all the bee maga- 

 zines are offering special inducements 

 for renewals and new subscribers. 

 We do not wish to be behind the pro- 

 cession, so we make the following 

 offer : To everyone who sends in their 

 subscription (50c) before January 1st 

 we will send free a copy of ' ' How to 

 Manage Bees," (price 50c) or will 

 credit them with 50c on their first 

 order for supplies amounting to $3. 00 

 or more which they send us. 



Emmerson T. Abbott says he thinks 

 more of his chickens than he does of 

 his bees. Specialty in bee keeping is 

 not likely to be advocated by one of 

 his tastes. 



A crate holding twelve sections is 

 a package that sells readily direct to 

 families. 



As usual in December number we 

 give elsewhere a complete index of 

 subjects that have appeared in the 

 Bee Keeper during the past year. 



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.-10 for 3000, $10 

 for 5000. Less than 1000 same pric- 

 es as formerl}'. 



Bees\vax. We are now paying 

 25 cents cash or 27 cents 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. 



