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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



THE HONEY FLORA. 



Golden-rod.— The accompanying illustra- 

 tion represents one variety of the golden-rod. 

 The bi-es work upon the blossom and ge* 

 pollen and a small amount of honey. The 

 variety which produces the largest amount of 

 honey grows about one foot in height, straight, 

 no laterals, and has but one bunch of flowers 

 which bend over in a semicircle. 



Tins latter species does not blossom until 

 the last of August and continues nearly all 

 through the month of September or until 

 frost kills it. The honey gatliered from it is 



amber in color and not of the best quality, 

 yet it is good for bees to winter upon, if gath- 

 ered when tlie weather is dry. Dry weather 

 is no disadvantage to the plant as it seems to 

 thrive during the severest droughts, and up- 

 on the poorest sandy soil. 



We intend to investigate tlie coming fall, 

 for tiie purpose of learning whether tliis plant 

 will grow from seed— and also whether it will 

 pay to gather the seed. We will also i)resent 

 the readers of the API with an illustration of 

 the best variety as soon as a plant to photo- 

 grai)h can be obtained. 



One of our Bay State Keversible Hives 

 complete, including the surplus arrangement, 

 weighs but tliiity -four pounds. When packe<l 

 ready for winter the weight of all will not 

 exceed forty i)ounds. Thus it will be seen 

 that most anyone can lift such a liive with 

 ease. Another i)oint is the fact that when 

 one of tlicKc hives is sent by express tlie 

 charges will not amount to more than the 

 cost of the hive. 



TO ADVERTISERS. 



"We will accept of bees, sections or 

 foundation in excliauge for advertising 

 space in the Apicultukist. 



The Quinby Smoker. — A de- 

 scription of the improvement made in 

 this well-known smoker was given in 

 the Api some time ago. We now 

 have a lot of smokers on hand. This 

 smoker, as now made, works as 

 well as any bellows-smoker in the 

 market. The good points are these : 

 If the fuel is dry, a smoke can be had 

 in a minute's time by merely apply- 

 ing a lighted match to the "fire-hole" 

 at the base of the barrel. Those who 

 use the old style Quinby smoker are 

 obliged to go to the stove for a coal 

 of fire in order to ignite the punk. 



DOUBLE-AVALLED LANGSTKOTH HIVES. 



Our old style Bay State hive is 

 the same as the Reversible hive. 

 One has reversible frames, and the 

 other is adapted to the standard 

 Langstroth frame. This hive has 

 every good feature in its construc- 

 tion tiiat the Reversible hive has, 

 except reversing the combs. 



It can be used with or without 

 the outside case in summer ; the 

 sections can be tiered up the same, 

 and the section case is exactly as 

 near the brood as in the Reversible 

 hive. We have used this style in 

 the Bay State apiary fourteen 

 years and with good results. The 

 price is the same as for the com- 

 plete Reversible hive. 



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