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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



One day when the temperature out- 

 side was 5° below zero, I thrust my 

 thermometer dowu under the six indi- 

 es of packinu' (planer shavings) to 

 the cloth honey-board, and wlien ithad 

 been there two hours the glass indi- 

 cated thirty-two degrees above zero. 

 This one experiment satisties me that 

 it pays to pack Ijees for the winter. 

 Had there been no packing the temper- 

 ature would have been about as low in 

 the hive where the thermometer was 

 placed, as out of doors. 



All who Subscribe for the Apicul- 



TUHisT from January 1st will receive 

 one of our combined drone and queen- 

 traps free by mail. This is our method 

 of introducing the Apicultukist and 

 our drone and queen-traps into every 

 town and city in the United States. 



Those who receive the trap as a pre- 

 mium must not expect to get the Handy 

 Book or a queen for fifty rents, as the 

 profits are so small that only one pre- 

 mium can be given each subscriber. 



AVe do not advertise to give pre- 

 miums to those who subscribe through 

 other parties. We pay news' agents a 

 perceniage on all subscriptions sent 

 us, and if you choose to give the agent 

 a pi-ofit instead of sending direct to us, 

 it is no fault of ours. 



See Club List on another page. 



For Thirty Days from date the 

 price of the drone and queen- trap will 

 be S'3.00 per dozen in the flat with one 

 made up for model to work by. When 

 you order, we will send the nails re- 

 quired to make each dozen if you men- 

 tion the fact that you desire them. 



Where the trap is used, there is no 

 cutting or climbing into high trees to 

 get your bees. IS'o swarms will be 

 lost. By using the trap one can have 

 his young queens mated to any of the 

 drones in the apiary he chooses. 



We have one hundred dozen traps 

 packed and ready for shipment. One 

 hundred traps, including nails and all 

 materials will be sent for $L'0. Bear 

 in mind that any one who purchases 

 traps of us can sell them anywhere in 

 the world. 



We will pay one-half of the express 

 , charges, when the traps are ordered in 

 lots of 50 or 100, to any place where 

 the American express has an office east 

 of the Mississippi river. For $3. .50 we 

 will pay all express charges on each 

 dozen, as per condition on one hundred 

 lots. 



Calendars. — We have received the 

 2ihrenological calendar hy Fowler, Wells 



& Co., 753 Broadway, N. Y. It is most 

 unique and attractive, consisting of a 

 beautifully lithographed phrenological 

 head, engraved on stone and printed 

 in colors, showing the location of each 

 of the phrenological faculties, with 

 its natural action which is indicated by 

 especially artistic illustrations. Sent 

 by mail, post-paid, on receipt of ten 

 cents in stamps. Address as above. 

 Mr. Alley : 



Has any part of the "Beekeepers' 

 Handy Book" been printed in the Amer- 

 ican Apiculturist? J. C. 



This inquiry was received some time 

 ago. We answer no, not over four 

 pages of it has ever been printed in 

 any bee journal or work upon bee cul- 

 ture. The contents of the Handy Book 

 is the result of twenty-two years' 

 practical experience in bee-culture by 

 the author, and contains no old history 

 or useless words. 



Be particular when you send for 



circulars or copies of the " Api" to give 

 the right address. Last week a person 

 sent ten cents for a copy of the Octo- 

 ber number and gave the name of the 

 town, plainly written. Mount Ci ntre, 

 N. Y. The "Api" was mailed, but the 

 next day it was returned marked "«o 

 svch office in the state." We looked over 

 the list of post-offices and could And 

 no such office in. the LTnited States. 

 Another pei'son gave the name of a 

 town Frymoyers, Berks Co., Pa. The 

 "Api" sent met the same fate as the 

 other. Thei-e is no such place in the 

 county as "Frymoyers." These per- 

 sons will not know why they do not 

 hear from us, and will say " It's of no 

 use to send to that place for anything, 

 you will never hear from it again." 

 Every communication received at this 

 office is answered promptly, generally 

 the same day it is received. " Sub- 

 scription received" is stamped on the 

 wrapper of the first number of the 

 journal sent to new subscribers who 

 send cash with subscription, and in 

 such cases we do not think it neces- 

 sary to acknowledge the receipt of 

 money by postal card. 



Bound Vols. I and II. We have 

 about one hundred copies of these two 

 vols, handsomely bound in one book. 

 AVe will mail free one copy to each of 

 the first one hundred persons whose 

 subscriptions are sent in from this 

 date (Feb. 1). We also have about 

 fifty copies of vol. Ill bound in cloth, 

 and these will he sent to the next fifty 

 subscribers. AVheu this supply of 



