THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



robbed badly last extracting, no rob- 

 bing up to that time. I have a copy of 

 the first edition of the Beekeepei's' 

 Handy Book and I consider it leading 

 iu every respect. 



CnAS. Sanderson. 



CoUainer,N. Y., Aug. 30, 1886. 

 My Friend H. Alley: 



At half-past four this p.m. 

 aqneen arrived from you unexpectedly, 

 and a pleasant surprise it was. She is 

 now ruling, I hope, in a colony of the 

 ugliest bees I ever saw. I gave the 

 old queen to Mr. S. Snow of Fayette- 

 ville, and when her bees get a start 

 they will give him the St. Vitus dance, 

 or i am mistaken. She was bought of 

 friend G. W. House for ^5.00 as a pure 

 Italian, but I think he made a mistake, 

 for I think she must be the twin wife 

 of Satan. 



I like the looks of your bees; they 

 are indeed just splendid looking. My 

 wife says they are the handsomest bees 

 in my yard and beautiful. Thanks. 

 Fraternally yours, 



J. W. Lefft. 



Blufft,07i, Ohio. 

 Editor Am. "Api." 

 I am well pleased with the Aficul- 

 TURiST. It contains more good com- 

 mon-sense articles with less advertising 

 by contributors in the reading matter 

 that any other journal I am acquainted 

 with, and I take most of them. 



Frank A. Eaton. 



Cottage Grove, Ind. 

 I like your journal very much. Wisli 

 it was a weekly and as good as it is now. 

 P. A. Barxnard. 



Orangeville, Ca. 

 I take two bee papers, but think the 

 Apiculturist beats them all. 



Wm. G. Robinson. 



We make the following extract 

 from a private letter received from 

 one of our most prominent beekeep- 

 ers and writers on bee matters : 



The Apiculturist under your man- 

 agement is second to no other Journal. 

 Every issue is full of interesting and 

 highly practical matter. Your ques- 

 tion department I like better than that 

 of any other, as one is able to express 

 something like a complete answer. 

 Wishing you the success that you de- 

 serve, I remain, etc. 



Another prominent beekeeper, and 

 one whose writings are found in every 



bee publication and whose name is 

 familiar to every beekeeper in the 

 land, writes thus : 



"I wish to commend j'ou for the in- 

 trinsic value of the "Api" since you 

 took it. It has been solid full of val- 

 uable matter, worth many times its 

 cost. 



Mr. Alley 



Sterling, Mass. 



Last spring I sent for sample copies 

 of the several bee papers of the United 

 States and liked the "Api" the best of 

 any by all odds, and subscribed. 



H. P. Kendall. 



BellefonLaine, Ohio. 

 Mr. Alley : 



I find your drone and queen-trap is 

 especially helpful to the minister who 

 is likely to be preaching the gospel 

 about the time of day, on Sunday, 

 when his choice queen is likely to come 

 ofl' with her yellow-banded beauties. 

 Eev. W. H. Singley, D. D. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The New York State, the Eastern 

 New York and the New Jersey and 

 Eastern Beekeepers' Associations will 

 hold their areat united convention at 

 Albany, N.Y., on Jan. 18, 19 and 20, 

 1887. Tills convention will be one of 

 the largest, if not the largest, ever held 

 anywhere in this country and it be- 

 hooves every beekeeper in the country 

 to attend. A great exhibit of apiarian 

 fixtures is promised. An unusually 

 brilliant programme will be prepared 

 and announced later. 



The next annual meeting of the Ne- 

 braska State Beekeepers' Association 

 will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska, ou 

 Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1887. Location 

 of Hall to be used and Hotel accommo- 

 dations will be given after further ar- 

 rangements have been made. 



H. N. Patterson, Sec. 



"The Vermont Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its annual meeting in the 

 city of Burlington, Vt., on the 13th of 

 Jan., 1887. 



R. II. Holmes, Sec. 



CLUB RATES. 



The Bke-iiive, bi-monthly, iunl the Api- 

 culturist will be sent one year lor $1.00 



The BEEKEEi'Mts' Magazine, mouthly, 

 and Apiculturist, one year, $1.00. 



