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and otlier blooms will soon follow, as a 

 warm wave aiipcared on May !3l. There 

 are now, in tlie B;iy Stale apiary about 

 200 tine queen cells in process of con- 

 struction, and if the weather is favorable 

 queens will be mailed as early as usual. 



durinfj the proper swarminij: season. In 

 this respect the bees In the Bay State 

 apiary are unlike those that swarm from 

 May 1 to October 1, or as long as the 

 owner has (pieens to sell. They are a fine 

 race or strain to keep. 



In no year since tlie drone-and-queen trap 

 was invented has the sale of them equalled 

 that of the present season. One man writes 

 thus : "Please send me thirty traps. My 

 friends saw the one you sent me last fall 

 and want me to j>et some for them." A 

 few beekeepers do not use the traps, and 

 continue to keep behind the times. Never 

 mind! the prejudice some people had 

 against them is fast t)eing overcome. In a 

 few years, wiiereveryou find bees you will 

 And the trap. 



Cleanings front CorrfS|Jont)£n«* 



A good Hive. 



Taunton, il/nss. 

 Mr. Alt-KJ : Please sliip two B. S. R. Hives to 

 S. A. Lincoln. Have sold my ai>iary. Often have 

 inquiries about hives. 1 vecomnuMul yours as it 

 ib tlic best of any liive I have seen. 



James H. Bosworth. 



Ahead of the others. 



Aforri^tojcn, Pa. 

 Mr. TTkn'ry At.i.ev: I have ilie Am from its 

 first issue and iliouirli 1 liave taken several oilier 

 bee journals 1 liail more practical hints in the API 

 than in any of llie olliers. 



Geo. Spiti-ER. 



iSltibcrtiscmfnts- 



Tlie peculiar process by wfiieti we make 



ONE PIECE SECTIONS 



Serures the most satisfactory restdts. The ac- 

 curacy of workmansliip and the verj' low per- 

 centa^'e of loss by 



BREAKAGE IN FOLDING 



make them the wonder of all who use them. 

 Send for prices and estimates on large lots. 



Address, 



3-S8 Onio. 



BERLIN FRUIT BOX CO., 

 Berlin Heights, Ohio. 



Best bee-paper he ever saw. 



Glen Rock, Xeb. 

 Mr. Alley: I am well jdeased witli the An- 

 It is the best bee iiuper I ever saw. 



Dr. C. L.Cook. 



The Best Queens he has. 



Santa i]fonica. Cnl. 

 Mr. n. Alley: I would like to say that of the 

 sev(!ral liundred (pieens 1 reared last year the 

 most of them were reared by your meMioii and 

 they are the best I have. I prefer them to (jueens 

 realeil under the swarming impulse. 



A. II. Nash. 

 I claim that queens properly reared by 

 the methods given in the lU-ekerpn-s' 

 Handij Book are far superior to tiiose 

 reared by other known methods, and this 

 claim is'intendi'd to be a very sweeping 

 one. 1 feel quite able to back up this 

 statement by actual facts. I make no 

 claim that all my queens are reareil at 

 swarming time, as my l>ees swarm only 



JIAINE. 

 E BLeighton, Falmouth, supplies and breed- 

 er of choice Italian and Carniolan queens. 



NEW YORK. 

 J. Van Deusen & Sons, Sprout Brook Mon. 

 Co., flat bottom comb foundation, wholesale and 

 retail. 



ILLINOIS. 

 F. A. Snell, Milledgeville. Carroll Co., Italian 

 bees, beehives, sections, extractors, veils, smok- 

 ers, comb foun<lation, etc. 



MICHIGAN. 

 A. J. Cook, Lansing, Pub. Cook's Manual, or 

 Bee-keeper's Guide. 



OHIO. 

 D. A. McCord, O.xford, Butler Co., Bees, 

 queens .iimI |ionltiv. 



O. P. Muth, i)7(i-978 CentralAvc., Cincinnati, 

 supplies. 



IXniAXA. 

 H. Or. Frame, North Manchester. Bees 

 Queens. 



