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THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



GLEANINGS FBOM CORRE- 

 SPONDENCE. 



Newport, R. I. 

 Mr. Alley: 



Is the l)ook, "Alley's Queen-Rear- 

 ing," that I sec advertised, the same as 

 the "llaiKly Book?" 



W. S. 



[Yes. The full title of the book is 

 "The Beekeepers'* Handy Book, or 

 Twenty-two Years' Experience in 

 Queen-Rearing."] 



Hamilton, Minn. 

 Editor " Ai'i :" 



Your Question and Answer depart- 

 ment in the " Apiculturist" is complete 

 and very instructive. 



I thank you very much for inserting 

 my questions and having them an- 

 swered so well. 



Yours, 



Howard Babcock. 



Harrison, Ohio. 

 Mr. Alley : 



The " A pi" arrives on time with its 

 hints .and suggestions for the mouth. 

 It is an intellectual feast that the mod- 

 ern beekeeper can not afford to be 

 without. 



Respectfully, 



James A. Scott. 



DeKalb Junction, N. Y., April 7, 1887. 



Bees in northern New York are all 

 in cellars yet, and in line condition. 



The weather is clear and cold, and 

 the mercury hovers too close to zero 

 nearly every morning to please bee- 

 keepers. 



No snow except in fence corners, 

 and the fields are frozen as solid as a 

 I'ock every morning. Poor show for 

 clover. Ira Barber. 



Skowheyan, Maine. 



THE CYPRIAN BEES. 



Last season I had presented to me a 

 fine Cyprian queen, by A. Norton of 

 Gonzales, Cal. I found them very 

 mild to handle, as gentle as the Ital- 

 ians. I can say they were the mildest 

 Cyprians that I ever saw. The queen 

 was very prolific. I am not fully de- 

 cided as to their honey-gathering qual- 

 ities compared with other kinds of bees, 

 as it was a poor honey season with me 

 last year, and 1 could not give them a 

 fair test. 



AV. II. Norton. 



Hampden, O. 

 Mr. Editor : 

 I am a novice in beekeeping and a 

 subscriber to the Apiculturist, and am 

 well pleased witli it; think it is the 

 best bee journal published. 



W. D. Ballard. 



I consider the "American Apicultu- 

 rist" invaluable to apiarists. 



A. G. W. 



Chitlenaiujo., N. V. 

 Editor Am. "Api," 



Please do not take it as flat- 

 tery if I give you my reasons why 

 I admire the Apiculturist. 



1. For the Editor's plain, ont- 

 spoken and independent manner of 

 conducting a public journal. 



2. For the plain, practical com- 

 mon-sense articles from its able 

 contributors. 



Last, though not least, there is 

 less trash enters its columns than 

 those of any other bee journal. 

 A. F. Smith. 



CIRCULARS RECEIVED. 

 Prime & Gove, Bristol, Vt. 



E. M. Youmans, Andover, Conn. 

 W^. Vy. P.liss. Diiartc. Cal. 



J. B. Murray, Ada, Ohio. 



C. W. Costeloo, Waterboro. Maine. 



.loseph E. Shaver, North River, Va. 



Smith & Smith, Kenton, Ohio. 



Edw. R. Newcoml), Pleasant N'.illey, \. ^' 



W. E. Clark. Orislianv, N. Y. 



F. A.Snell. Millodgeville. 111. 

 John Nel)el & Son, Hiarh Hill, Mo. 

 Frank A. Eaton. Bliiffton, Ohio. 

 Oliver Foster, Mt. Yeinon, low.-i. 

 Arthur A. Davis, Clark's Green, Pa. 



Our Club Rates. 



Am. Apiculturist and Am. Weekly Bee 



• Joui-nal, $1 



Am. "Alii" and Gleanings (semimonthly) 1 



•' Bee Hive (bimonlhly) " 1 



" " Beekeepers' Handy Book 1 



•' '• Cook's Manual " 1 



'• •' A Year among the Bees 1 



" " Alley's drone and queen 



trap 1 



VINEGAR FROM HONEY. 



Friend Root : — Having seen, in 

 Gleanings, an article on honey 

 vinegar, I shall express you a sam- 

 ple of ours; and if you ever saw 

 a better article, let us know it, 

 please. We have l)eeii making 



