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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



October 



(lurino; tli<> three winter months, hut 

 early in Marcli they siionld he on their 

 summer stands. A closed-up room or 

 huildino;, that is too warm, is equally 

 fatal to bees. 

 Brunswick, Me. 



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Messrs. F. Gieiner, S. F. Ha.x;- 

 ton, W. H. Pridgen and J. W. Tefft 

 get the cash and queens for 

 Octobei-. 



Do not neglect to prepare the 

 bees very carefully for the coming 

 ordeal of winter. If you have been 

 unfortunate in not securing a profit- 

 able crop of honey this season, next 

 year may square accounts ; provided 

 the bees are in condition to take 

 advantage of the flow. 



' "A $200 Queen,'' or even "u 

 $100 Queen," makes a very catchy 

 headline for a queen -breeder's ad- 

 vertisement. It is a very simple 

 matter for a breeder to place such 

 a valuation upon the queen from 

 which he breeds — in his advertise- 

 ments. We know of a number of 

 breeders at present who claim to 

 be breeding; from such high- 

 priced stock. 



Reference is frequently made of 

 late, in our exchanges, to the 

 "Hyde method" of cell building. 

 If The Bee-keeper is not behind 

 the times — which we think it is not 

 — Mr. W. H. Pridgen was the first 

 man to advocate the confinement of 

 bees for cell buildingi;. For the sake 

 of uniformity, we use the term by 

 which it appears to be popularly 

 known at present ; but incline to the 

 belief that the honor belongs to Mr. 

 Pridffen. 



The Western Bee-keeper is in- 

 formed that twenty-four maiden 

 ladies arrived at Denver, Col., on 

 one train, recently, to engage in 

 the culture of bees in that State. 

 Our contemporary is of the opinion 

 that Colorado offers to women in 

 quest of profitable investments for 

 their savings, a very desirable field, 

 as apiarists. California, we believe, 

 would otter even greater induce- 

 ments to such a trainload of aspir- 

 ants for fame in the realm of 

 apiculture. There would be abun- 

 dant opportunities for them to 

 become equal partners in well- 



