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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



wonder whether good reports of 

 the Simpson honey plant don't 

 spring from its blooming during 

 times thiit other honey pasturage 

 is scarce. 



Gonzales, Cal. 



For the American Apiculturist. 



GOOD NATURE. 

 James Heddon. 



Good nature is one of the cheap- 

 est and easiest obtainable com- 

 modities in the world. It is one 

 of those splendid stocks, which, 

 like love, pays a large per cent to 

 both donor and receiver. 



I had no intent nor thought of 

 arousing the ire of Mr. Swinson. 

 " Whom the gods would destroy 

 they lirst make mad." 



1 should be much better pleased 

 to see one or two writers, who 

 make it their business to prejudice 

 the public against me and my in- 

 ventions, many of which they claim 

 as their own, adopt the policy of 

 good nature. 



I want to commend you for your 

 ■words of wisdom, uttered in your 

 editorial concerning the use of the 

 extractor, cheap bee papers and 

 cheap supplies. Your statements 

 are true, and your reasoning good. 



Doivagiac, Michigan. 



''MUST THE EXTRACTOR 



GO?" 



what avould be the effect if the ex- 

 tractor were laid away ? 



Editor Am. Apt. 

 Please get some of yoxir numerous cor- 

 respondents to itnswer the following ques- 

 tions. 



In your oi)ini(>n would it be },'-oo<l i)olicy to 

 discontinue tlie use of the extractor as sug- 

 gested l>y the editorial in the Way No. of the 

 "Apiculturist ?" 



Do you think tlic price of honey would ad- 



vance, or what would be the probable efl'ect 

 should tlie extractor bj' general consent be 

 laid away ? 



An old reader. 



opinion of prominent beekeepers re- 

 GARDING the MATTER. 



ANSWER BY R. I.. TAYLOR. 



" An old reader's" questions 

 concerning dispensing with the 

 extractor deserve consideration. 



ANSWER BY DR. J. L. TINKER. 



I have never been favorable to 

 the use of the extractor and think 

 it has done beekeepers more harm 

 than it has good. I fully agree 

 with the editor on this question. If 

 the extractor were laid aside there 

 is no doubt but that there would be 

 a general advance in the price of 

 comb honey. 



ANSWER BY JAMES HEDDON. 



Yes, if it could be agreed upon 

 by beekeepers, it would be a good 

 thing for our product if less than 

 one-tenth of the extracted honey, 

 now being produced, was raised in 

 the future. 



I have no doubt of an advance 

 in the profits of honey-producing, 

 if extracting were nearly all aban- 

 doned. I have grave doubts of 

 such beino- done. 



ANSWER BY DR. C. C. MILLER. 



No. I can hardl}' believe the 

 intelligent use of the extractor 

 should be discontinued. I make 

 very little use of the extractor, but 

 I suspect in some places it is the 

 wise thing to raise little or no 

 comb honey. 



I doubt if comb hone}' would ad- 

 vance in price if the extractor 

 should be stricken out of exist- 

 ence, but it is hardly worth while 

 to speculate upon this, for the ex- 

 tractor will not likely be laid aside 

 by those who find its use most 

 profitable. 



