THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



99 



A French Beekeeper lias con- 

 ducted experiments which have dem- 

 onstrated the fact that it requires l)ut 

 six to eight pounds of honey to pro- 

 duce one pound of wax. 



That Chromo sent iis by J. H 

 Martin represents a funny scene such 

 as many beekeepers have witnessed. 

 Send for it and have one good laugh 

 when you see it. 



Mr. Thos. Horn (a name very 

 familiar to tlie readers of " Glean- 

 ings") has advertised in some of the 

 papers tliat he would pay freiglitor ex- 

 press charges on supplies ordered of 

 him. Some sixty-two persons now liave 

 reason to regret that tliey did not order 

 their goods of some relialjle dealer and 

 pay freight and express cliarges them- 

 seives. This reminds us tliat this same 

 Thos. Horn ordered some traps of us 

 in 1S86 to be sent C. 0. D. The 

 traps were sent, and although Horn 

 was in and out of the express office 

 every day, and was informed that his 

 goods were in the office, he wrote us 

 that they had not arrived. Well, the 

 result was we had the express charges, 

 amounting to $2.50, to pay when they 

 were returned. 



This same Horn is a man who can- 

 not spealc the trutli at all times. He 

 was informed by some of his neigh- 

 bors that they were purchasing queens 

 of us. He told said neighbors that they 

 would get his strain as we had order- 

 ed 25 queens of him. 



We never had any dealings with this 

 Horn, except as stated in the begin- 

 ning of this item. 



Vinegar of the finest quality is now 

 made from honey by Mr. Clias. Muth 

 of Cincinnati, Oliio. We will copy his 

 metiiod from one of our exchanges lor 

 the May issue. 



Last Season there was considera- 

 ble delay in filling orders sent to this 

 office for goods. The fact that the firm 

 of P. H. Morant & Co. were novices at 

 the bee business and also the fact that 

 such a large demand for supplies was 

 far beyond their expectation were the 

 two principal reasons why orders were 

 held so long. 



We now have a full supply of all the 

 goods we advertise and there will be 

 no delay in filling orders for anything 

 found in our price-list. 



No matter where you obtain your 

 goods; order early. Don't wait. De- 

 lays are dangerous as many who keep 

 bees have found to their sorrow. 



Artificial Pollen.— If an ajiiary 

 is so situated that bees cannot oljtaia 

 natural pollen early as is needed, a 

 substitute should be furnished them. 

 We have found that wlieat-flonr is the 

 best. This may he supplied them ac- 

 cording to directions given in the essay 

 found on another page of this issue. 



Contract the entrance to the hive to 

 about three inches for the large col- 

 onies, and about half as much for the 

 weaker colonies. Cover tlie tops of 

 the frames with heat-retaining mate- 

 rial. Old woollen-garments, carpeting 

 and the like are best. 



Seed Catalogues.— About all who 

 keep bees use more or less garden 

 seed. We have on our desk several 

 very nice catalogues. One from G. C 

 Vaughn, 42 La Salle St., Cliicago, con- 

 taining 72 three- column pages very 

 profusely illustrated ; the other is from 

 James Vick, Seedsman, Rochester, 

 N. Y., and contains 17G pages fully il- 

 lustrated. We understand that these 

 catalogues can be had free hj all who 

 will apply for them. 



Please do not send to this office 

 any more money for Aspinwall &Tread- 

 well's bee journal. That firm has re- 

 fused to send their paper to an old sub- 

 scriber who sent his subscription to 

 us to be forwarded to them, therefore, 

 under the circumstances, we cannot 

 receive further subscriptions for that 

 paper. 



Tlie subscriber to whom they refuse 

 to send their paper is well known to 

 us and is good for all his bills ; but as 

 he has been confined to the house all 

 winter and more or less for some three 

 or four years by sickness, there would 

 seem to be good and sufilcient reason 

 why he has not forwarded the one 

 dollar. Doubtless Messrs. A. &T. were 

 not knowing to these facts. 



GLEANINGS FROM CORBESPON- 

 DENGE. 



West New Brighton, N. Y. 



Mr.- Alley : 



If our subscription has expired, 



by all means let us know and we will 



forward the money immediately as we 



