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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



Orangei'ille, Aug. 25. 

 Mr. Alley. 

 Dear Sir: 



The queen I received in June 

 from you is sivins the very best of sat- 

 isfaction ; wnslayinji' the second day af- 

 ter I received her. Every person tliat 

 sees her bees says they are the nicest 

 bees they ever saw. Siie came in good 

 time and I am well satisfied with her. 

 Yours very truly, 



Wm. J. Robinson. 



Davenport, la. 

 Henry Alley, Esq. 



Dkak Sir:— The queen you sent me 

 was duly received and it is a nice one; 

 so say all beekeepers who have seen 

 her. 



I had no trouble in inti'oducinp; her. 

 The bees could not help llkiuf;: her, she 

 is so nice. Of course I have not seen 

 any of her progeny yet, but if they ai'e 

 as nice as she Is, it will do. I find I 

 have another queenless colony. Please 

 send me another nice queen at once. 



M. D. HUGGINS. 



Prophetstoion, El. 

 Mr. Henry Alley. 

 Dear Sir: 



The honey crop is a failure with 

 me. I put forty-five colonies in the 

 cellar last fall and put out forty-four 

 in April in good condition. They bred 

 up early in May and used up all the 

 honey they had. I commenced feeding 

 a few in June and fed regularly twice a 

 week through July. I intend to in- 

 crease the feed about the middle of 

 August to get them in condition for 

 winter. We have had the most ex- 

 treme drought we ever saw in this part 

 of Illinois. 



William Hill. 



South Middleton, Ont. 

 Mr. Alley : 



The queen I bought of you two 

 years ago is the best I ever saw. 



John A. Wilson. 



Richland Centre, Wis. 

 Am. Api. Honey crop venj light in 

 this part of Wisconsin. From 147 colo- 

 nies. May count, we secured but 3,000 

 lbs. extracted and many have not done 

 so well. 



E. R. HOLBROOK. 



Mulford, Pa. 

 Mr. Allky. 



Dear Sir: 



The six queens you sent me are 

 very nice. They reached me in just 

 four days from the time I sent the or- 

 der. Please accept thanks for prompt- 

 ness. I introduced them according to 

 directions found in the " Beekeepers' 

 Handy Book," and think they are all 

 right. 



RusLiN DeWitt. 



Newark, New Jersey. 

 Friend Alley : 

 The two queens you sent me are so 

 beautiful and large and keep their hives 

 so full of bees, that they look like little 

 lumps of gold when flying and sporting 

 around the hive, and are such good 

 workers and winter so well that I have 

 concluded to try more. 

 Yours, 

 Chas. H. Theberoth. 



Beinersville, Ohio. 

 Mr. Alley : 



Bees did reasonably well here 

 up to July 15. I took from forty to 

 forty-eight pounds of comb honey to 

 the colony. Bees seem to be gather- 

 ing honey briskly the last few days and 

 a great deal of pollen. 



G. A. Golden. 



Hutchinson, Ky. 

 Mr. Alley : 

 I like your paper better than any 



I have ever read. 



J, N. S. 



St. Charles, III. 

 Friend Alley : Thank you for the 

 "Api." I read every number as soon as 

 received and find many things therein 

 very instructive. You have a right to 

 feel proud over its contents. Success 

 to you. Truly yours, 



M. M. Balduidge. 

 [We have known the writer of 

 the above upwards of twenty-six 

 3'ears and have alwa3's considered 

 him one of the best writers upon 

 apicultural matters. Merely to 

 say that we appreciate such a tes- 

 timonial as the above does not ex- 



