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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



Take Courage. — Reports most 

 discoura,<iin,i>- of the failure of honey 

 crop come iii from every quarter by 

 every mail. Beekeepers should be pre- 

 pared to take the bitter with the sweet. 



Take courage, friends, and get ready 

 to harvest the crop of 1888. A fellow 

 who cannot stand a little set-back such 

 as all have experienced the past season 

 will not make a success in any enter- 

 prise. 



Brothers Pond, Heddon and others 

 have not told the readers of the Api 

 why it was tliat weak colonies win- 

 tered better than strong ones last win- 

 ter. We all give it u^). It would be 

 all theory to explain. 



Mr. Ivar S. Young, of Christl- 

 ania, Norway, expects to be at the Bay 

 State Apiary on Sept. 5. We tiiink he 

 never will regret that he travelled so 

 far to meet the beekeepers of Amer- 

 ica. 



GLEANINGS 

 FROM COBBESPONDENCE. 



Stratford, Ont. 

 If you will pardon the liberty, I 

 would suggest that you resume adver- 

 tising your own goods in your journal 

 as formerly. 



E. W. P. 

 [Prices of most of the goods we 

 have for sale, will be found in each 

 issue of the "Api." Just what we 

 shall do in regard to our price-list 

 for another season we cannot now 

 sa}'-. We shall issue no new price- 

 list till Jan. 1, 1888.] 



Walton, Ky., Aug. 1, 1887. 

 Priknd Alley: 



The queens were received all right 

 July 29. I am very much pleased with 

 them. They are safely introduced to 

 strong colonies and I hope will soon 

 be all right. We are almost burnt up 

 with drought and hot weather — 104° at 

 noon. Yours truly, 



L. Johnson. 



Orangeville, Out., June 20, 1887. 

 Dear Sir : 

 I received the queen and was very 

 much pleased with her looks ; she ar- 

 rived here on the 15th inst. 



My first swarm for the season came 

 out on the 12th of this month and have 

 lia<^l four since, making five; the bees 

 seem to be doing well on clover here 

 now. I am more than pleased with 

 the June number of the "Api." 



Yours very truly, 

 Wm. I. Robinson. 



Yo7'k, Penn. 

 Mr. Alley : 



I find the drone and queen-trap, 

 which I received as a premium when 

 I subscribed to the Apiculturist, a 

 great convenience for regulating 

 swarms and trapping drones. 



I take tliree bee journals and prefer 

 the Am. Api. for its general make-up 

 and the solid facts we learn from its 

 well-filled i:]fages. 



Morris W. Strick. 



Hitchcock, Ind. 

 Mr. Alley : 



We have had no use for the drone- 

 trap this year, but I think none the 

 less of it for that, for I would not be 

 without it for twice what it costs me. 

 I like the Api very much so far as I 

 have read it. 



WiLLiAJi Bundy. 



Hamilton, Minn. 



Bees have done very poorly. No 

 clover honey whatever. Basswood 

 came to empty hives. The drought 

 makes a slim prospect for buckwheat. 



I had only one swarm from fifty- 

 eight colonies. The Api, "Handy 

 Book" and drone-trap are indispens- 

 able. 



C. H. Barcock. 



Marion, N. Y. 

 I like the Api very much, also the 

 drone and queen-trap; they have saved 

 me much more than the cost. 



G. p. Howard. 



Florence, W. Va. 



I am a beginner; commenced with 

 one hive last year; it swarmed four 

 times; wintered three colonies and 

 have nine colonies now ; six are in home- 

 made Langstroth hives; expect two 

 more swarms soon. 



There are no Italian bees within 

 forty or fifty miles around me that I 

 know of, and I am acquainted with all 

 the principal beekeepers. They use 



