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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



April 



effort to breed larger bees, longer 

 tongues coming with larger bees. In 

 our own country Dr. Murdock has 

 bred bees so large that the worker cells 

 are almost as large as ordinary drone 

 cells. He says they work well ou red 

 clover. 



Now.suppose Apis dorsata is brought 

 into this country, behaves as it does 

 in its native land and multiplies so as 

 to gather nearly all the red clover 

 honey. Don't you see that it will be 

 a positive damage to those who have 

 a red clover strain of bees ? No won- 

 der English sparrows came up in the 

 minds of two of the gentlemen mak- 

 ing replies. No, let us work to get 

 Apis raellifica regularly instead of ex- 

 ceptionally to work on red clover and 

 not run the risk of getting Apis dor- 

 sata here until we know for certain 

 that we can make it work for the ben- 

 efit of its owner and not to his detri- 

 ment. C. C. Miller. 



Prices of Sections. 



Prices of sections for the season of 

 1897 will remain as follows: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 1. No. 2. 



PerlOO— $ .50. S .40. Per 1000 @ $3,00 $2.50. 



" 250— .85. .75. " 2000 @ 2.85 " 2.35. 



'■ 500— 1.50. 1.25. " 3000 @ 2.75 2.25 



5000 @ S2.50 per M. 



Large quantities will be quoted on 

 application. 



The above prices are the same as 

 will be charged by all manufacturers 

 of and dealers in first class sections. 

 Further changes of prices of supplies 

 will be found in our 1897 catalog 

 which is now ready, and will be mail- 

 ed free to anyone asking for it. 



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EDITORIAL. 



We send this month a number of 

 sample copies to bee keepers who are 

 not subscribers. Every one should 

 take a bee paper and keep up with 

 the times. We hope every one re- 

 ceiving a free copy of the American 

 Bee Keeper this month will regard 

 it as a special invitation to subscribe. 

 Kemittances can be made in postage 

 stamps. 



Even though it is 3'et quite early 

 in the season, there are signs that this 

 will be one of the "good seasons"' 

 that are "so few and far betw'een. " 



" How TO Manage Bees," a 50c 

 book, and the American Bee-Keep- 

 er a year for only 60c. 



While the inventor of end spaces 

 and end spacers for top- bars, whoever 

 he my be, is deserving of credit, the 

 inventor of the combined spacer and 

 guard, has contributed a feature that 

 will be more appreciated as apicul- 



