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THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



PLANTING FOK HONEY. 



That fellow who publishes a little 

 green- covered bee-pnper down in the 

 Nutmeg State must feel kind ot sore 

 over tire enterprise some bee journals 

 have shown regarding the honey-plant 

 business. He says : 



"The 'hoiie3--pliint' seed business is a good 

 scheme to reduce the surplus cash of over- 

 ciedulous beekeepers." 



This is a sad case of "sour grapes" 

 or a sore head, and is a contemptible 

 and mean insinuation at the best. We 

 are glad to note one change in that 

 fellow's paper, and that is, the uon- 

 sen-^e with which his columns have 

 been tilled the past six months has been 

 left out. He must have had a queer 

 set of "subs," if they were pleased and 

 satisfied with such an amount of non- 

 sense. 



From Beekeepers' Magazine. 

 OF INTEREST TO NEW ENGLANDERS. 



Editor Beekeepers' Magazine, Barry- 

 town, N. Y. 

 My dear Sir :— Ithas been suggest- 

 ed that the next and ninth annual Na- 

 tional Agricultural Convention be held 

 in Boston. These conventions have 

 heretofore been held in New York, 

 Pliiladelphia, and the AVest, and have 

 ahvnysbeen attended by representative 

 agriculturists from all sections of the 

 * country. The coming one will be the 

 greatest ever held. Should the farm- 

 ers of the New England States and the 

 people of Boston desire to have this 

 convention held in Boston, and favor 

 me with an expression of their desire 

 in tlie matter, the utmost considera- 

 tion will be given tlie suggestion, and 

 I have no doubt the next convention 

 would be called in Boston. Very re- 

 spectfully, 



F. K. MoRELAND, Secretary. 



57 Broadway, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1887. 



The Mmi HaiJ Booi 



HAS HAD A^ EXTEXSIVE SALE THE 

 PAST FEW MON THS. 



It will tell you all about Queen- 

 rearing and how to keep bees and 

 make beekeeping pay. 



300 Pages, Boniifl in clotH, liy mail $1.10. 



SS" See Cr.UH Rates (on anotlier page;. 

 AM. APIGULTURIST, 



Wenham, MASS. 



GLEANINGS FROM CORRE- 

 SPONDENCE. 



Hli FINISHED HIS DINNER. 



Kewburgh, Ind. 



Mr. Alley: If my brother beekeepers 

 would pay more attention to your advice tliey 

 would, I think, save much hard labor. 



One day in July last, after much hard work 

 in the beeyard, I went to dinner and after I 

 had satislied the inner man somewliat, yet 

 before 1 was nearly through dinner, my little 

 daughter calls, " Pa, the bees in hives num- 

 ber 19 and 31 are swarming." Well, said I, 

 "never mind tliem , INIary, let them have their 

 fun." " O, Pa, you won't let the bees go to 

 Kentucky ?" "Oh 1 no," I replied, " I will see 

 and attend to them after dinner." '' Oh I yes, 

 I see Pa has put an Alley trap belore the 

 hives." " It is all right," was the reply of my 

 good wife. I finished my dinn< r, smoked a 

 cigar antl after tlie weather Avas some cooler 

 I attended to the two swarms. 



Now, here, brother beekeepers, take my ad- 

 vice, procure the queen-traps, lake your din- 

 ners in ease and do not get alarmed when the 

 bees swarm. Send me one-half dozen traps. 

 Dr. Geo. Locke. 



HE LIKES THE TRAP. 



Cape May City, X. J. 

 Mr. Alley : I have fourteen of yonr drone- 

 and-queen traps in use and like them very 

 much. When a swarm issues, I just quietly 

 put a new hive in the place of the one the 

 bees come out of, put the trap at the entrance, 

 put the nail out so the queen can i)ass out 

 into the new hive, and go about my business. 

 The bees always come back, and what is 

 more they stay. 

 The API improves very much. 



G. W. Blake. 



[Instead of drawing the niiil to 

 allow the queen to pass out, we 

 have taken the slide out at top of 

 ti-ap. We confess that Mr. Blake's 

 plan is much better, as the work 

 can be done so much quicker and 

 better.] 



IT FILLS THE BILL 



Mi/ersville, Md. 

 FuiESD Alley: I have received the 

 " eleven essays on Wintering Bees," also 

 another copy of the An. They were the 

 first of your publications I ever saw. I 

 have seen quite a number of other bee jour- 

 nals, but the API ails the bill for nie iu 

 every respect. Here is my name and one dol- 

 lar for one year. 



C. W. LUDY. 



