THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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think more of getting out supplies 

 than of apiculture itself. These men, 

 therefore, encourage beginners in 

 starting all they can, as the latter 

 get their supplies from the supply- 

 men and thus give them a living, 

 in addition to, or independent of, 

 legitimate beekeeping ; and where 

 these supply-men publish journals, 

 of course it is one more business. 

 But I can see how all this may cause 

 beekeepers proper to be misled a 

 great deal, and as I have already 

 in my little life been " left" as 

 often as I desire to be, I second 

 the suggestion of Mr. House on 

 this point " by acclamation." 



Lone Star. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. 



We have been greatly encour- 

 aged since our May number was 

 issued, by the hearty responses 

 of our beekeeping friends and 

 "yet there is room." Let all bee- 

 keepers who wish to see a live 

 independent journal published in 

 which their interests may be rep- 

 resented, send in their subscriptions 

 and induce as man}' of their neigh- 

 bors to subscribe as possible ; also 

 please send us the names (plainly 

 written) of all the beekeepers in 

 your locality. 



We propose to open a question 

 drawer in the July number, and 

 while we may be competent to 

 answer all general questions yet 

 .we are aware that many bee- 

 keepers have questions which they 

 desire should be answered by some 

 particular apiarist, hence we will 

 publish any questions which you 

 may ask and see that they are 

 answered by the persons ques- 

 tioned. We particularly request 

 questions upon Alley's nevv method 

 of queen-rearing, as we are deeply 



interested in the propagation of 

 the races. We have completed ar- 

 rangements by which we shall be 

 able to present our readers with a 

 photograph of Mr. Alley, and a 

 description of his apiary. Do not 

 fail to notice our club list, you will 

 never see an opportunity to obtain 

 first-class goods at greater reduc- 

 tions. Please let us know how you 

 like the journal and send us all the 

 interesting matters that you can 

 regarding bee-culture, 



BEE NOTES. 



The cool and backward spring 

 at last has given place to the gen- 

 ial breath of summer, and the bees 

 are at work storing the first crop 

 of surplus honey. We will pre- 

 sume that ere this, you have equal- 

 ized your stocks and that they now 

 are all strong and well supplied 

 with bees. In supplying them with 

 surplus room great care should be 

 taken to give them just what they 

 need and no more. Mr. L. C. 

 Root, on page 9 of May number 

 of this journal, gives us some val- 

 uable hints regarding this matter. 



You will not, of course, attempt 

 to use sections without starters of 

 some kind ; we prefer very thin 

 (10 ft. to lb.) foundation, cut full 

 size of sections and fastened in 

 with a preparation made of two 

 parts of rosin and one part bees- 

 wax. Those who box sides and 

 top may start them at work on the 

 sides as they commence there 

 more readily, and then after they 

 have been started remove them to 

 the top and replace them with empty 

 ones. Most beekeepers will be 

 troubled more or less with swarms 

 about this time. Where the apiary 

 is not too extensive, we would ad- 

 vise the plan that we learned of 

 Mr. Yates, of Yatesville, New 

 York, as follows : your stocks 

 should be of such equal strength 

 that they will prepare to swarm 

 about the same time. Now if No. 



