THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST SUPPLEMENT. 



of our combined Drone and Queen - 

 traps free by mail. Tliis is our method 

 of introducing the Apicultuuist and 

 our Drone and Qaeen-traps into every 

 apiary in the United States. 



Dundee, Mich. 



Deak Sii: : — The queen came last 

 niijht and is a beauty. Hope she will 

 prove as good as the one I got of you 

 six years ago. I sohl the colony she 

 was in and it swarmed four times in 

 May. I am not mistaken in the queen, 

 as I clipped her wings when she was 

 iuti-oduced. Three years ago all my 

 bees died but the colony above re- 

 ferred to. 



I have one colony of those worth- 

 less Albinos. The Ijest bees I have 

 for wintering are those I bought of 

 you. Yours, 



Mixer Fleming. 



Patterson P. 0., Tex. 

 Mr. Alley : * 



I want to get a good queen of your 

 strain, as I see they are praised very 

 highly by many beekeepers. As for 

 the Apicultuuist, I cannot give it too 

 much praise, judging from what I have 

 seen of it. 



Out of twenty-four young queens I 

 reared to supersede some black queens, 

 only two or three were mismated. I 

 think I did well, as I am only in the 

 A B C of bee culture. 



N. M. Middlebkook. 



NOW IS THE TIME. 



Send $1.50 and get the Am. Api- 

 cultuuist one year, and a copy of 

 the Beekeepers' Handy Book. 



The book contains 300 pages, 

 100 fine illustrations, is handsomely 

 bound in cloth and sent to each 

 subscriber by mail, for fifty cents 

 in addition to one j'ear's subscrip- 

 tion to the " Api." Regular price 

 of book, $1.10 by mail. 



This work treats of the best 

 methods for rearing queens, and is 

 pronounced by Rev. L. L. Lang- 

 stroth to be " the best authority on 

 this important branch of beekeep- 



We do not advertise to give premi- 

 ums to those who subscribe through 

 other parties. We pay news' agents a 

 percentage on all subscriptions sent 

 us, and if you choose to give the agent 

 a profit instead of sending direct to us, 

 it is no fault of ours. 



Tnstiii City, Gal. 



Mr. Alley: 

 The queen and bees came to liaud, 

 all right, nary dead bee in the cage. 

 Came to the office on the 20th of Sept., 

 fifteen days from the time I sent the 

 order. Thank you for such a fine look- 

 ing queen. 



Introduced the queen according to 

 your printed instructions and she is 

 laying all right. Jeff Williams. 



AGENTS FOR DRONE-TRAPS. 



Messrs. Thos. G. Newman & Son, 

 925 West Madison St., Chicago, 111., 

 are our agents for the sale of the Drone 

 and Queen-traps. Parties west of Chi- 

 cago, as well as those residing within 

 a radius of a few hundred miles of that 

 city, who desire from one dozen to 

 several dozen traps, can save some- 

 thing in freight and express charges by 

 ordering of the above firm. All who 

 can conveniently do so should order 

 traps early, as the trade in them the 

 coming season will be immense, and 

 there may be some delay in filling or- 

 ders later in the season. 



Sir; 



Sevita, Tex. 



I received the queen, introduced 

 her all right. She is very prolific and 

 her progeny is very nice. Many 

 thanks. The bees are doing very well 

 now, but did very badly up to Aug. 1. 

 Shall make plenty to winter, and per- 

 haps have a surplus. M. Simpson. 



COOK'S MANUAL 



OJ^ THE JlJPIA.RY. 



it should be in every beekeepers 



LIBRARY. 



iPiaiaE $1.25, 



A. G. COOK, 

 Author and Proprietor. 



Agricultural College, Mich. 



