THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



hours, then I remove the tin slide so 

 that the bees can remove the sugar 

 and release the queen and attendant 

 bees. I put the cage in as soon as I 

 remove the old queen. Have never 

 failed. 



Naason AVisman. 



We make the following extract 

 from a private letter received from 

 one of our most prominent beekeep- 

 ers and writers on bee matters : 



The ApicuLTUniST 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 lil^e better than that 

 of any other, as one is able to express 

 something lii^e a complete answer. 

 Wishing yon 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 

 famihar to every beekeeper in the 

 land, writes thus : 



"I wish to commend you 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. 



FROM "GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE" 

 JANUARY 1, 1887. 



We congratulate friend Alley on hav- 

 ing given us another number contain- 

 ing so many good things. I am 

 especially pleased with his remarks in 

 regard to procuring good queeu- cells, 

 on page 24. 



[Thanks, friend Root, we fully ap- 

 preciate the goodwill and kindness ex- 

 pressed inthe above. We prize it all 

 the more, coming as it does from one 

 so thoroughly competent to judge of 

 the merits of any publication. 



Since we took charge of the Apicul- 

 TURiST in August last, the two leading- 

 bee publications in the world (6rZea)u'H(/s 

 in Bea Culture and the American Bee 

 Journal") have, on several occasions, 

 shown their good will and friendship 

 towards the Apiculturist. While we 

 do not care a snap for the opinions of 

 some bee papers, whose existence we 

 do notcarc to advertise even when paid 

 for doing so, we do appreciate the fa- 

 vors shown us, from time to time, by 

 the publications named above.] 



The Apiculturist goes to press 

 on the 2oth of each month, and is 

 mailed to its subscribers five days 

 later. If any one does not receive 

 it in the course of ten days from the 

 date of mailing, he should notify us 

 at once and we will forward another 

 copy. 



The Quinby Smoker. — A de- 

 scription of the improvement made in 

 this well-known smoker was given in 

 the "Api" some time ago. We now 

 have a lot of them on hand. This 

 smoker, as now made, is the most 

 perfect of any bellows-smoker in the 

 market. The good points are these : 

 if the fuel is dry, a smoke can be had 

 in a minute's time by merely apply- 

 ing a lighted match to the "fire-hole" 

 at the base of the barrel. Those who 

 use the old style Quinby smoker are 

 obliged to go to the stove for a coal 

 of fire in order to ignite the punk. 



Our Club Rates. 



Am. Aiiicultmist and Am. Weeiily Bee 



Journal, $1.80 



Am. "Api" and Gleanings (semimonthly; 1.90 

 •• Bee Hive (bimonthly) 1.00 

 " " " Beekeepers' Handy Book 1..50 



'• " '• Cook's Manual 1.70 



" " " A Year among the Bees 1.50 



" " " Allev's drone and queen 



trap 1.00 



"Subscription Expired" will be 

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 Otherwise the "Apiculturist" will 

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 All who will do so may deduct 

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