THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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The Honey Crop of 1887.— 



Early in July we addressed cards to a 

 large number of prominent lionej' pro- 

 ducers inquiring what the prospect 

 was of a crop of honey the present 

 season. Most of those to whom 

 these cards were addressed answered 

 promptly, and what they say may be 

 found elsewhere iu this issue of the 

 Api. 



As is usually the case, there are lo- 

 cations where no honey was gathered, 

 and in other places an average crop 

 was stored. 



That the crop will be far below the 

 averaiie for several years past is evi- 

 dent from the reports received. 



The rains that have visited nearly 

 all parts of the country since June 25, 

 will most likely do much towards a 

 fairly good fall iiarvest, though the 

 lioney gathered late in the season is of 

 an inferior quality. 



Don't get discouraged, friends, as 

 these ofl'-years do not come very often. 

 The beekeeper will most certainly get 

 good returns for his labor four years 

 out of five. 



The Honey Market Reports will 

 be given in the Septemlier issue of the 

 Api, which will be mailed August 2.5. 

 Of course good honey has l)een scarce 

 for several mouths, but prices have 

 not been quoted. By Sept. 1, the new 

 crop of honey will be ready to ship, 

 then quotations vs'ill be iu order. 



The supply Trade.— The season 

 just ended has been a busy one for all 

 supply dealers. At this date we have 

 not an unfilled order on our book for 

 goods of any kind. 



We have fine queens in abundance 

 and can fill an order for most any num- 

 ber promptly. 



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GLEANINGS 

 FROM COBBESPONDENGE. 



Providence, B. I., July 7, 1887. 



Mr. Alley. 



Dear Sir: 



We bought last July a hive of Italian 

 bees and kept them nicely through tlie 

 winter. Last week an immense swarm 

 came off, lighted on a tree in a neigh- 

 boring yard for a while, then sailed ofl" 

 to a second and a third tree, each one 

 farther off and more lofty than the last, 

 I know where they are now; but the 

 lady wlio bravely hived them — iu an 

 old tea box — claims them. I suppose 

 she has nine points of the law, so I 

 must make her welcome to them. It 

 was a disappointment to my little boy 

 who is much interested in the little 

 creatures. I was ill at the time, but 

 had I been able to pursue them the re- 

 sult would probably have been the 

 same. I had never heard of a queen- 

 trap until a day or two since I chanced 

 upon a copy of the American Apicul- 

 turist. 



Mrs. G. a. Siiattuck. 



[Yes, the person who liived the Ijees has 

 nine jioints of the law ami nine points of 

 downrioflit meanness and dishonesty by not 

 giving tlie bees^up. We don't care to say 

 that under the circumstances it is stealing to 

 keep the bees, but then it is the next tiling to 

 it. 



Had you had a drone-trap on the hive the 

 bees never would have left your yard.] 



Hopkins, Mo., July 1, 1887. 

 Dear Api: July number is at hand; 

 I, too, like Mr. J. M. Shuck, want to 

 speak the appreciation I (eel for the 

 June number. I am partial to Mr. 

 Doolittle, for his article and all his 

 writings, for my hive and plans are so 

 much like his. Mr. Shuck's criticism of 

 Mr. Manum I cannot indorse. I have 

 read the article and am using his plan 

 on new swarms witiiout trouble. I 

 tell my neighbors the June nnmi)er is 

 worth $.5 to any one having bees. J. 

 H. Martin said "do you know of one 



