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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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granted were valuable, or valid even, what a 

 nation we should be. Bless your hearts, all ye 

 that write about cheap hives. Hazen's hive, 

 Quinby's hive, and Alley's hive, too, can all be 

 made yimplicity fashion. We will halve in 

 the corners, make them stronger and tighter 

 than any you have seen, for $3.00 each, all but 

 the boxes; and there ain't any patent on them 

 every one knows. Bless our stars, there we are 

 — talking " things for sale " again, and how 

 we'll catch it." Well, Mr. Editor, we will 

 recall it, and say that we will furnish directions 

 on these images (with measurements in full), so 

 that any factory, where they have the proper 

 saws, will make any of the hives for $3 00 each, 

 without frames or boxes. The hives shall con- 

 tain all the essentials for securing large amounts 

 of box-honey, but may not have some of the 

 items generally found ; for instance, wire-cloth 

 tacked over holes for ventilation ; our bees so 

 invariably wax up that we omit them and thus 

 save them the trouble. With Simplicity hive 

 entrance it can be enlarged enough to give all 

 the ventilation ever needed. The |3.00 includes 

 the case entire, for any possible yield of box- 

 honey, and this case can just as well be made to 

 take such frames as you already use, thus saving 

 transferring when you exchange, or when you 

 wish to "split up" the "Eureka" when you 

 are tired of it. 



If Mr. Hazenwill thiow off the other $5,00, 

 and make hives for box-honey, without any 

 " right," we'll help him to make 'em and help 

 to sell 'em ; and if we find any " t'aiut good " 

 we'll help " split 'em up " with all the pleasure 

 in the world. Oh! we forgot about the in- 

 fringing. Well, we will tell how to make all 

 hives we know of^pateuted or not — where two 

 stories are used, for $1.00 per story. Adair's 

 "Long Idea " hive, as described in the Journal, 

 $2.00 ; all hives that depend on placing boxes 

 enough on at the beginning of tlie season, to 

 contain all the honey, $3.00 each. Frames can 

 be made from one cent each all the way up to 

 ten cents each. Boxes are out of our line so 

 much that we don't know what they cost; Mr. 

 Quinby furnishes good ones very cheap, and we 

 think our bees don't half appreciate them or 

 they would build combs in them and fill them 

 with honey, but they haven't yet. Oh, yes; 

 "infringements ! " Well, the hives we men- 

 tion will infringe on no jJ^itent, except Lang- 

 stroth's, and we don't know how to make a 

 bee-hive of any use whatever unless it does 

 infringe there. We wonder how many of our 

 successful apiarists have thought to inclose a 

 post-office order for $5 or $lo.OO to our old 

 friend direct, telling him that it is only a part 

 of the debt we owe him for his services. We 

 know of no other way, at present, of showmg 

 him that he is not forgotten. 



Mr. Silsby on page 10 certainly is in error 

 in saying, "who has not forgotten the ridicule 

 with which Novice greeted " Gallujj's proj)osal 



of directions for one dollar, etc. Ridicule came 

 from all sides it is true, but none from NovicM 

 as may be seen by the back numbers ; they are 

 now (bound) at our right hand and are handy 

 always. We think we made no mention of the 

 " dollar," until Gallup began to " pound us," and 

 that was the " effect it had." 

 _ It is not improbable that we have been some- 

 times slightly arrogant and too positive. Mother 

 used to tell us so long years ago, and punish- 

 ment used to have a good effect at times, bufc 

 we think she used to remark that "a very little 

 went a good ways with Novice," and we hope 

 such is the case yet. We read the Journal to 

 her now at times and get scolded (we meaoi 

 remonstrated with, she never knew how ia 

 scold) for being so "sassy" to the veterans im 

 bee-culture. 



Mr. Hosmer, on page 10, would make one 

 think he was a " cruel old chap," but he aint, 

 " 'cause we've seen him." 



You ain't fair, Mr. H., but as the same pages 

 answer you fully we need not. 



Is not sugar a safer and healthier food for 

 wintering bees than honey ? There are answers 

 from all points it seems to us. It matters little 

 who has the credit so we do succeed in winter- 

 ing. We should like to hear about the bees 

 you lost, Mr. H. 



We have at this date, July 12, just about one 

 ton of very nice honey from 56 colonies and the 

 yield seems to have about ceased. We are hoijing 

 "ever so hard " that it may yet recover, for bass- 

 wood is not yet in full bloom, but fear the dry 

 weather in June has again cut it short, however, 

 our apiary is all slicked up, everything in "apple 

 pie order," and we are in a humble state of 

 mind, ready to be thankful for any favors that . 

 may be in store for us in the way of honey. 



Mr. Editor, ain't you afraid if your children 

 quarrel so much that other" good children" 

 won't play with us. Of late a great part of the 

 communications have been from those who had, 

 — there, we won't say it. But why don't Grim 

 write, and our friend Price, too, the "revolvable 

 and reversible." 



If he can raise good queens every time, he caa 

 have our hat, " laurels " and all, if they are not- 

 all torn off in the seige we have passed. We 

 think good, " tip-top " queens for each hive are 

 all that is required to make the poorest gather 

 as much honey as the best, and we are at work 

 now replacing all poor or middling queens for 

 new ones until we get those that do rear brood 

 in such quantities as they should. 



Where is Miss Katie Grim V has she got mar- 

 ried too, and ceased to exist in her own individ- 

 uality •? For fear Mrs. N. will come round with 

 the "blue-eyed baby " and raise a row generally 

 at that last expression, we will make liaste ta 

 subscribe ourselves, still 



A. Novice. 



Mr. Editor : — P. S. — Tell all our friends that 

 don't like us, that " we forsrive all " unkindness 



