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THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



Ig i\t gtaitager. 



Smokers at reduced prices. 



We have in stock about twenty 24 

 inch Bingham smokers that will be sold 

 at the low price of one dollar each, and 

 mailed free of postage ; or the Apicult- 

 URisTwill be sent from October i, 1888, 

 to January i, 1890, and one smoker by 

 mail for ^1.50. 



This size smoker is the best made. 

 Send in the order at once, as they will 

 not last long at the low price placed upon 

 them. 



Reduced prices on Supplies. 



We have a few yoods left over from 

 last season whieh will be sold at the fol- 

 lowing low prices : — 



Red. price. Reg. price. 

 Drone-traps, per doz. $2.75 $3.50 



" " ^doz. 1.65 2.00 



Queen-nursery, by mail, 1 .25 1 .60 



Queen-rearing appara- 

 tus, . . . o.oO 4.50 

 Bay State Bee-hive, 2.75 8.00 

 " " '• in flat, 2. '25 2.50 



Giving credit. 



We have a large amount of money ow- 

 ing us for goods sent out during tlie sea- 

 son of 1888. 



Statements have been mailed to all and 

 al)out live per cent of the amount due 

 has been received. But by far llie largest 

 majority to whom bills were sent have, up 

 to date, failed to notice them. 



Below is the response that came from 

 the friends of one customer, but no name 

 was signed. 



Dear Sir: is dead and there is 



notliinj; left for any body and you had better save 

 your postage. Yours truly, 



Nothing very encouraging hi the above, 

 yet we are glad to hear from even a dead 

 man. You can bet that the advice "to 

 save your postage" will be heeded. 



This response reminds us of what the 

 darkey preacher said alter his hat was 

 passed among his congregation ami was 

 returned with " uarry retl" in it: "Golly, 

 wasn't I lucky to git de hat back?" 



I am quite sure that several other cus- 

 tomers are dead and equally sure that they 

 left no friends to tell tlic sad tale to their 

 poor creditors, as some of them wrote 

 thus when the goods were ordereil : 

 "Please send me and I will remit 



by return mail." No remittance ; cause — 

 sudden deatli and no friends. 



But to be serious about this matter, 

 friends, I shall be compelled to ofler for 

 sale, in our January issue, to the highest 

 biddei', the bills we hold against certain 

 parties, unless paid before Dec. 20, 1888. 



There a re several persons whose crooked 

 transactions with the Apiculturist will 

 be shown up; if, for no other reason, it 

 will prevent other dealers from being 

 swindled on account of ignorance of not 

 •knowing the reputation of certain people 

 who order goods and promise to pay and 

 then fail to do so or to make any reply 

 when a statement is sent. 



Thirty years among the bees. 



The series of papers begun in the No- 

 vember issue under the head, "Thirty 

 Years Among the Bees," will be continued 

 through 1889 and well into the year 18S0. 



These articles will be profusely illus- 

 trated and every branch of beekeeping 

 will be treated. It is the intention of the 

 author to give in detail the p/'rtcJioaZ side 

 of bee culture as he has fouiid it in his 

 thirty 3'ears experience. 



When these papers are tinished and 

 bound in one volume, they will form one 

 of the most practical and interesting 

 works devoted to beekeeping. 



Renew, renew. 



The subscription of a large number of 

 our subscribers will expire with this is- 

 sue. We specially invite all to renew. If 

 the cash is not at hand when you read 

 this, just send in the request to continue 

 and remit at a more convenient time. 



To all who will renew before Jan. 1, 

 1889, and senil one or more new subscrib- 

 ers with the cash, the .An will be sent for 

 sixty-tive cents per year. This offer hulds 

 good oiil;/ till Jan. 1, 1889. 



Bee-hives. 



In the .January issue we shall tell our 

 readers all about "Bee-hives." That num- 

 ber will be nearly all taken with articles 

 on that subject from the pens of Dr. 

 Tinker, ■p^. W. Demaree, J. E. I'ond, R. 

 L. Taylor, J. M. Hamburg, George F. 

 Robbins, .V. C. Tyrrell and several other 

 well-known writers on bee matters. 



These artieles will furnish very inter- 

 esting reading for the expert as well as 

 for the novice. 



