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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



Gonzales, Cal. 

 FltiKND Ar.i.EY: 



I have a linbit that, in spite of my 

 efforts to suppress it, souietinies crops 

 out; in writlnj; vapidly. I misform 

 letters, make omissions of words and 

 punctuation marks tliatcount much for 

 the worse. I si^e that I did so in my 

 last. By leaving- out a period after 

 Eucaliz/i'tis which ends in a sentence 

 and niakiiio- my capital " F" look like 

 a " C," I made myself seem to say that 

 the blue gum tree is a plant of the ge- 

 ranium family, etc. 



]?lue gum is EncaJjiptif! {/lobjilns, a 

 tree from Australia; Filaria ov'alfilaria 

 (the accent on syllable " ri" which 

 sounds like " re") is the Spanish name 

 for a plant of the geranium family 

 Avithout the English name, except the 

 corruption " fllaree," etc. The mis- 

 take is mine, but if you will please to 

 correct it you will oblige me. 



The season is still "dry, only about 

 one-half crop of general products. 



Accept congratulations on June is- 

 sue and its articles on comb lioney. 

 Truly yours, 

 A. Norton. 



Ai, Ohio. 

 Mr. Alley: 



Please send me i dozen Drone and 

 Queen-traps. I bought some last year 

 and would not do without tlum. 



S. S. MUKSON. 



Hamilton, 0. 

 The Apicultcrist is far ahead of any 

 bee journal I have seen for practical 

 iuformation. 



J. K. 



Stratford, Ont. 

 Mr. Alley : 



The queen I got from you 

 last season has brought through the 

 winter the strongest colony of bees I 

 have in my apiary. 



E. W. Panton. 



Denison, loxoa. 

 Accept my congratulatiou on pub- 

 lishing that most excellent array of 

 articles on comb-honey in the June 

 AncuLTURisT. You have struck the 

 key note of " lielpfuluess " in your 

 journal. 



Z. T. H. 



East Templeton, 3Iass. 



Mn. II. Alley: 



I see you advertise to send essays 

 "How to Winter Bees." I can give 

 you something better. Use the^Bay 

 State Hive. I have the one now that 

 I bought of you I don't know how 

 many years ago. It has wintered bees 

 every time as no colony ever has died 

 in it yet, and it stands in the same 

 place now that it has stood for years. 

 RuFus Sticknky. 



Ohio, III. 

 Dear Sir : 



I received the drone and queen-traps 

 and all were sold within one hour. 

 Send me 25 more. 



R. M. Knight. 



Lawndale, III. 



Mr. Alley : 



Please continue the Apr. There is 

 not a more thoroughly instructive bee 

 journal published, and the articles are 

 timely and to the point. 



The (jueens I procured of you last 

 season are uncommonly fine. 



F. C. Blout. 



Upper Jay, Essex Co., N. Y. 

 June 7, 1887. 

 Henry Alley. 



I -received your Queen and Drone- 

 Trap and like it very much, for yester- 

 day the first queen that you sent me 

 led out a large swarin and I did not 

 have to climb trees after them. 



A. D. Knapen. 



HIS WIFE LIKED IT. 



Mr. Alley : 



We bought one of your 

 drone and queen traps last season 

 and m}' wife likes it so well that 

 she wotdd like about one dozen 

 more of your improved traps. 

 Please ship them, $3.50 inclosed. 

 J. G. Hill. 



[We have sold several thousand 

 traps the present season, and of the 

 50,000 in use not three customers have 

 found any fault or made any complaint 

 of them. We guarantee the traps to 

 work ami do all we claim for them.] 



