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THE AMERICAN AFICULTURIS T. 



FOR ADVERTISERS TO READ. 



Neio Philadelphia, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1888. 

 Friend Alley : 

 I .nm overrun with corresiiomlence and 

 woik. The only advertisement I am innnin,? 

 is in the "American Apicultukis'I', and It 

 sends me lots of work. I shall have to en- 

 large my woi-ks. The API is now one of 

 pur best bee jonrnals and should have a steady 

 increase in circulation. 



Dr. G. L. Tinker. 



[Thanks Bro. T. for such kind words for 

 the API. and its value as an advertising 

 medium.] 



The fact that we send outlarfre numbers of 

 sample coi)ies of the "Api" to those who call 

 for them by mail, makes our jiaper one of tlie 

 best advertising- mediums extant. Wlien a 

 person receives a sample copy of a publica- 

 tion he is ai)t to look it over, advertisements 

 and all, while one who receives it regularly 

 seldom looks at tliem. 



Mr. W. T. Falconer, Chas. Muth & Son, 

 Clias Dadant & Son, Professor Cook, Dr. 

 Tinker, \V. F. and John Barnes and several 

 other iiarties lind that it pays to keep a stand- 

 ing advertisement in the Apiculturist. It 

 willpay you to do the same.] 



TO ADVERTISERS. 



WORTH REMEMBERING. 



1. Provide your apiary with all the neces- 

 sary fixtures before the honey harvest begins. 



2. Don't fail to try one of our Bay State 

 Hives the coming season. You can get one, 

 made of the best wliite pine lumbei-, painted 

 and all complete, rea<ly to put bees in, for 

 $3 00. By the half dozeii in the flat one made 

 for model. $2 ."50 each. 



3. Don't tolerate an old queen in the apia- 

 ry. She may have been the best the |)revious 

 season, and prove worthles.s this year. Send 

 to the API and get one of our "best winter 

 strain pure Italians; they winter well on sum- 

 mer stands. 



4. If you never have used one of the drone- 

 and-queen traps, tlie present season will be 

 a good time to test them. 1\' they do not prove 

 as good as we claim for them you can draw 

 on us for $1.00. 



5. If you want a good smoker send to us 

 and get it. We keep Bingliam & Hethering- 

 ton's "Doctor," and the Alley-Quinby smoker. 

 They are the be.st and cheapest in the world. 



6. Do not forget that you can get the API 

 one year for 7.i cents, but we do not give a 

 premium of a drone-and-queen trap at that 

 price. Nevertheless, if you want a tine queen 

 after i^aying 7.t cents for the Api, you can get 

 her liy remitting 75 cents more when the queen 

 is needf*d. 



7. Those who pav 7.i cents for the API can 

 get a copy of the Beekeeiiers' Handy Book 

 for 75 cents additional. 



8. II you must have two good monthly bee 

 papers, we will send you the Api and '^Bee- 

 keepers'' Review" for $1.00. No premiums. 



One of our Bay State Reversible Hives 

 complete, including the surplus arrangement, 

 weighs but tiiirty-four pounds. When packed 

 ready for winter the weight of all will not 

 exceed forty pounds. Thu.s it will be seen 

 that most anyone can lift such a hive with 

 ease. Another ))oint is the fact that when 

 one of these hives is sent by exi)res8 the 

 charges will not amount to more than the 

 cost of the hive. 



We will accept of bees, sections or 

 foumlation in exchange for advertising 

 space in the Apiculturist. 



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 on 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-WALLED LANGSTROTH HIA'^ES. 



Our old st3'le Bay State hive is 

 the same as the Reversible hive, 

 except one has reversible frames 

 and is adapted to the standard 

 Langstroth frame. The latter has 

 every good feature in its coiistriic- 

 tion that 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 apiaiy fourteen 

 years and with good results. The 

 l)rice is the same as for the com- 

 plete Reversible hive. 



EX PIMA TION OF S UBS CRIP- 



TIONS. 

 When your subscription expires 

 a cross, thus, Xi will be made over 

 tliis notice. The same is intended 

 as a kind invitation for you to renew 

 your subscription at once. If^-ou 

 need the journal and cannot spare 

 the mone}' we will continue it, if 

 requested to do so. 



