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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



Giving Credit.— Several parties 

 ■\vlio we supposed were honest liave 

 ordered goods from the Apiculturist 

 Supply Department and promised to 

 pay promptly. Although they have 

 several times been requested to remit, 

 no notice whatever has been taken of 

 the demand. 



Now, we wish to say that the mana- 

 ger is one of tiie liardest-worked fellows 

 connected with the bee business and 

 can assure debtors that he earns every 

 cent he gets at hard labor. We also 

 can assure our customers that the sup- 

 ply business has not been as remuner- 

 tive for several years as it ought to 

 have been, therefore we need the 

 inouey due us to meet our bills. 



Notice is hereby given that unless 

 said parties either "pay up," or give 

 some good reason why they do not, 

 their names are likely to api)ear in tlie 

 advertising columns of the " An" aud 

 there remain until the bill is paid. 



Bro. Jones of the Canadian Bee 

 Journal is a funny fellow. In a re- 

 cent issue of that paper we And the fol- 

 lowing editorial remarks : — 



"The readers ol'the liee Journal will please 

 excuse Us il the Journ;il is not as intereslnig 

 as It shouM be." 



After reading the foregoing remarks 

 we looked tlie Journal over with a view 

 to tind what miglit be wrong, and con- 

 cluded that the C. B. J. was rather 

 more interesting than usual. When we 

 came to the last few pages we found 

 that Bro. Jones had copied nearly three 

 columns from the Api. Now, Bro. 

 Jones, did you really mean what you 

 said in the abovej editorial remarks? 

 We are inclined to think that your 

 i-eaders will agree with us in the opin- 

 ion that that particular number of the 

 Journal was more interesting than it 

 commonly is. Bro. Jones is very 

 funny. 



The Rev. L. L. Langstroth ap- 

 pears to have improved in Health again. 

 His son-iu-law (with whom lie resides) 

 has moved his family to Dayton, U., 

 and Mr. L. writes us that the change 

 has been of some benetit to him. lie 

 adds: "I hope for relief Irom the 

 head trouble." llis numerous friends 

 throughout the world will be glad to 

 know that he has had even a sWiht re- 

 lief in the malady from whicii he has 

 so long suffered. His address is 928 

 Steele Ave., Dayton, 0. — Am. Bee 

 Jour. 



OUR ADVERTISEMENT. 



At the request of a l.ii-ge number of the sub- 

 scribers ol the APicui.TUHiST our price-list 

 of apiarian supplies will, in future, be in- 

 serted in each issne of the journal. 



This publication cannot be run inrlepen- 

 dentof a supply trade to back it nj); as, like 

 most all other puljlications devoted to bee- 

 culture, the subscription list of the API does 

 not support it. No paper of this kind can be 

 published with profit with le^s than lO.OuO 

 subscribers. Yet, there is not a bee-journal 

 in existence that has or ever had 8,0U0 sub- 

 scribers. 



Manj- of our readers desire to purchase 

 supplies of some sort during the season. We 

 can say to our friends that the manager of 

 the API lias received a liberal shaie of pat- 

 ronage from those who lece've the API regu- 

 larly, as well as noui those who hiive received 

 samiJie co|nes only. In (;onclusion, allow us 

 to thank you all for past favors, ami we hope 

 by promptness in filliiig orders to continue 

 to receive your future orders. 



ntlZE ESSAYS. 



To the person who will send us the best es- 

 say on "Prevention of Increase" we will pay 

 five dollars and mail the API one year. 



For the best essay on " Fastening Comb 

 Foundation" in frames and sections one of 

 the Hay State Reversible hives complete and 

 one copy of the Apicui.i'L'rist one year. 



For the best method tor " Introducing Vir- 

 gin Queens" to nucleus coUiiiies we will give 

 one copy of the " Beekeepers' Handy Book." 

 send the API one year, also one combined 

 drone aud queen-trap by mail. 



For the best article on " Advice to Begin- 

 ners," said article not to exceed in length 

 three columns of tin- API, one dozen drone 

 and queeutraps in the Hat, also the API one 

 year. 



To the first fifty beekeepers who will 

 send to the Api articles of one and not 

 over two columns in length, on any 

 subject of interest to beekeepers, we 

 will mail the Api free one year. There 

 are hundreds of beekeepers who can 

 give from experience much valuable in- 

 formation regarding bee matters. 



The above oilers are made, hoping 

 that some of tiiose who are competent 

 to furnish articles will do so. 



None of the above prizes will be 

 paid to those who are considered ex- 

 perts. What is desired is articles from 

 tlie "rank and tile" of beekeepers. 

 Other arrangements will be made for 

 compensating those who are called up- 

 on to use their time for regular con- 

 tributions. Let no one say '* I don't 

 know how to write for publication." 

 Put your ideas on paper just as you 

 would communicate them wlien talk- 

 ing to another person. We do not 

 desire " higii-toned" literary produc- 

 tions. Send us facts gleaned from ex- 

 perience and they wilfbe put in good 

 shape for publication. 



