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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



place them in neat cases ready for 

 shipment in the following sizes : — 



12 tins 5 pounds makes a case of 601b. 1 doz. 

 24 " 2| " " " " " 601b. 2 doz. 



60 " 1 « " " " '• 601b. 5 doz. 



120 " 4 " " " " " 601b. 10 doz. 



240 " \ " " " " " 601b. 20 doz. 



480 " J " " " " " 601b. 40 doz. 



Packages of half the above quan- 

 tities could be handled advanta- 

 geously. 



The wholesale merchant may 

 then purchase as many cases and 

 half-cases as he may require, and 

 his travellers will carry samples, 

 and dispose of it in the same 

 manner as they do all other canned 

 goods, to the retailer. In this way 

 tons of honey are disposed of to 

 merchants in out-of-the-way places, 

 which we should not otherwise 

 reach. Why is honey not found, as 

 are all other canned goods, in our 

 mining districts, in the camps of 

 our soldiers, in the new states and 

 territories, in the new towns along 

 our newly constructed railroads, 

 and in thousands of other places 

 in America, where it could be sold 

 with profit to both producer and 

 consumer? When shall we learn 

 to supply our own market with our 

 own products, instead of allowing 

 foreign goods to take their place, 

 and forcing us to seek a foreign 

 market with smaller profits? 



If this system be properly carried 

 out, honey enough cannot be raised 

 in America to supply the demand. 

 — From the World. 



Beeton, OnL, Can. 



THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. 



By John H. Martin. 



Every apiarist has heard a 

 queen's speech, and he knows that 

 the subjects of said queen, like the 

 willing subjects of Victoria, give 

 heed to the speech, though it may 

 be uttered in monosyllables. 



If it be a cry of distress thous- 

 ands of subjects immediately 

 thrust forth their poison-tipped 

 swords for her defence. 



Her royal highness of the hive has 

 some qualities given her that the 

 proudest sovereign never had,i. e., 

 the gift of speech before she is 

 born. 



Every observant beekeeper will 

 notice that in the height of the 

 swarming season the young queen 

 will hoarsely challenge her rival 

 while yet locked in her virgin cell. 



After our queen has come forth 

 into the busy world she frequently 

 gives forth an utterance of fear, 

 especially if introduced to a new 

 place with a brilliant retinue of 

 strange subjects around her. At 

 such times she will cling to the 

 walls of her new home and utter 

 a plaintive cry that would touch a 

 heart of stone ; but the reception 

 committee have no hearts except 

 for those who are introduced 

 through the usual court ceremo- 

 nies, and unless the introduction 

 is in accordance with this red tape, 

 she is mercilessly killed and cast 

 out of the palace. 



When our virgin sallies forth to 

 meet her lover, her speech is soft 

 and wooing, she sings of the beau- 



