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THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



journal can be published in New Eu- 

 2land. Allow me to express the hope 

 that the beekeepers of the New England 

 states, particularly, and the United 

 States generally, will rally to your 

 support and demonstrate that a good 

 monthly devoted to the interests of 

 bee-culture, can be maintained in New 

 England; also I like the tone of your 

 editorial, with justice to all and malice 

 toward none, asking no favors and 

 fearlessly advocating the right as you 

 understand it. You ought to, and I 

 believe will, meet with such success as 

 your efforts deserve. 



J. E. Pond, jr. 



Mohawk, N. Y., June 4, 1883. 

 Friend Lockk : The first number of 

 the American Apiculturist is at hand. 

 If possible, place it in the hands of 

 every beekeeper in the land. It speaks 

 for itself. One thing is certain and that 

 is that no bee journal ever before pub- 

 lished started with such an initiatory 

 number as does yours. Your efforts 

 are sure to be crowned with success. 

 L. C. Root, 



West Monterey, Pa. 

 Dear Sir : I am highly pleased with 

 the specimen copy sent me. It seems 

 to be filled with just those things which 

 practical men find out about their 

 business and how success is attained 

 only after a lifetime of careful study. 



J. T. Fletcher. 



Danielsonville, Ct. 

 American Apiculturist, wliat an inim- 

 itable name for a bee journal! No. 1, 

 received and read. Its contributors 

 know how to think, how to write, and 

 doubtless how to secure honey. Neat 

 in mechanical arrangement, first-class 

 in every respect, we bespeak for this 

 bright little monthly a warm welcome 

 in "many a home, where honey is 

 relished and bees are kindly used. You 

 may count me a permanent subscriber. 

 V. P. Simmons. 



Lansinci, Mich., June 4, 1883. 



Dear Sir: I wish to congratulate 

 you on the excellence of the Apicul- 

 turist. To compete with the many 

 excellent bee papers now in the country 

 requires great force, ability and skill. 

 Your first number shows that you 

 knew this and counted the cost. I 

 wish you great success. 



Our Syrian bees are working on the 

 lilacs ; I never saw Italians do that. 

 A. J. Cook. 



Augusta, Ga., MaijSl, 1883. 

 Dear Sir : The initial number of the 

 American Apiculturist is at hand. I 

 like the "get up," of your journal. It 

 is neat, tidy and " clean faced." I hope 

 the encouragement you meet with will 

 be sufficient to enable you to continue 

 its publication. 



J. P. H. Brown. 



liichards, Ohio, June 6, 1883. 

 Friend Locke : The initial number 

 of the American Apiculturist is re- 

 ceived. I doubt whether any other 

 bee paper in America ever came out 

 with so good a Vol. I, no. 1. 



E. E. Hasty. 



Seneca, Mo., June 6, 1883. 

 Dear Locke : Apiculturist has been 

 received and read with much pleasure. 

 It is excellently well made up as to 

 character of matter which it contains, 

 and mechanically it is also a gem. 

 Altogether I regard the Apiculturist as 

 the coming up of one of the brightest 

 stai's ip the apicultural world. 



W. McKay Dougan. 



Detroit, Mich., June 7, 1883. 

 Dear Sir : I am exceedingly pleased 

 with the Apiculturist. 



A. B. Weed. 



Can any one of the readers of the 

 " Apiculturist" give us any clew as to 

 the origin or derivation of the term 

 " Alsyke" as used in connection with 

 Alsyke clover ? Equally reliable author- 

 ities render it " Alsyke" and '• Alsike." 

 Any information regarding this point 

 would be thankfully received by 



Inquirer. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



King, Albert,!. Bee and Poultrj^ Magazine, 

 Vol. xi, No. a.— From the publishers. 



Root, A. J. Gleanings in Bee Culture, 

 June, ISSi.— From the author. 



British Bee Journal, pp. iS'-WO.—From the 

 pnhlishers. 



Bulletin de la Soci^t^ d'Apiculteiir de la 

 Somme, Amiens.— i^roni the publishers. 



Hamet, M. H. L'Apiculteur, Paris, 1883.— 

 From the author. 



Root, L. C. Quinby's New Beekeeping, 

 pp. 264, 1882. From the author. 



