THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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Aug. 1, and am ready to tuke subscriptions 

 lor tlie AriciTi.Tuiiisr and send one of 

 those flue, golden queens by return mall. 



The season. 



As is usually tlie case, in some parts of 

 tlic country iiees have done well, while in 

 other sections hut a small amount of honey 

 has been secured. 



I have kept bees for thirty years and in 

 no season have raised so much honey iis 

 during the present one. In fact, I never 

 tried to raise honey Iji'fore, having made 

 queen-rearing my whole business. The 

 weather is now (July 10) too dry for the 

 bees and the heigiit of tiie season has past. 



Last year I commenced to feed as early 

 as May 1. This season no feeding had 

 been done previous to July 15 in the Bay 

 State apiarj'. All my hives are full of 

 honey and uo feeding will be necessary 

 this year. 



"Wintering bees on dry sugar. 

 The editor of the Bee-Jlivc pokes a lit- 

 tle fun at the manager of the Apicultu- 

 KiST on account of the prediction made 

 regarding feeding dry sugar for winter 

 stores. He says "The toUowing article 

 may be behind the times. It was pub- 

 lished in the British Bee Journal about 

 seven years ago, but it expresses our 

 opinion completely." Well, Brother Cook, 

 if you really supposed that I proposed to 

 feed dry sugar onl>/, I must say that you 

 are rather sleepy and way behind the 

 times. Because sucli an attempt was a 

 failure in England several years ago, it is 

 no reason whj' it will fail here. Then, 

 again, I will inform the editor of the 

 Bee-Hive that dry sugar feeding has been 

 practised and made a success in England, 

 and within three years, too. We will show, 

 by and by, how it is done here in the 

 United States. Have patience, Brother 

 Cook, and you shall know all about it. 



The National Beekeepers' Union. 

 The third annual report of the General 

 Manager of the National Beekeepers 

 Union, for the year ending June 30, 1888, 

 has been received. In another issue ex- 

 tracts of the report will be made, as space 

 is all taken this month. The election of 

 officers wiil take place August 1. Every 

 bee-man in the United States should join 

 the Union and help bear the expense 

 of the suits brought against beekeepers. 

 The proper papers and full particulars for 

 becoming a member can be had of Mr. 

 Thomas G. Newman, 925 West Madisou 

 St., Chicago, 111. 



For sale. 

 Mr. C. A. Briggs of Dighton, Mass., 

 has several coloiues of bees for sale. 

 Please write to him for particulars. 



Something about the price of queens. 



I once paid |i20.00 for a queen and late- 

 ly paid another man $3.50 for one. Both 

 queens were satisfactory and well worth 

 the money. Now, I propose to send the 

 Ancui/ruxiST one year and abetterqueen 

 than either of the above for §1.50. 



Aug. 1, we expect to have 400 select 

 and tested queens in nuclei ready to mail 

 on demand. Now is a good time to sub- 

 scribe and secure one of these tine queens. 



Purity and safe arrival are guaranteed in 

 all cases. If introduced by the method 

 given in a late issue of the Apicultuhist 

 no one will lose a queen in introducing. 

 If you do not understand or even if you 

 have any trouble to find a queen you are 

 referred to the method given on page 151 

 of this issue. 



Tlie queens sent out from here are guar- 

 anteed to live, with proper care, three days 

 in the cage in which they are sent. Tins 

 will give all a chance to introduce them 

 by the seventy-two hour method. 



Expiring subscriptions. 



Subscribers will please not forget that 

 no Apicultukist will be sent beyond the 

 time paid for, except by request. The 

 best way for all to do is to renew prompt- 

 ly. If not convenient to remit at the 

 lime, the journal will be continued if you 

 W'ill just make known your desires ou a 

 postal card. 



Do you want a fine queen? 



Send us three new subscribers and $2.25 

 in cash and get one queen free by return 

 mall. We have the queens and shall be 

 glad to get an order from every reader of 

 the Apicultukist. 



Fine articles. 

 No one must suppose there is no ma- 

 terial in our office that we coukl have used 

 because the manager has filled this issue of 

 the Apicultukist. Such is not the fact. 

 In the September number of our journal 

 will be found some of the best articles 

 ever published in any paper. 



