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the proof-reader. The high quality of 

 the advertisements is commeiulable 

 In short, Brother Locke has left little, 

 if any, room for complaint from any 

 who want a good bee Journal. 



Glea>'ixgs. 



Christianshurg, Ky., June 22, 1883. 



Dear Siu : The season has been 

 splendid here and my home marlcet 

 good. My honey brings at the apiary, 

 comb and extracted, 15 cents per 

 pound. 



The American Apiculturist, so far as 

 I am able to judge Irom present ap- 

 pearances, is likely in the future to 

 walk among its fellows — the monthly 

 bee periodicals — like King Saul a 

 " head and shoulders above" them all. 



Brother Locke has certainly made a 

 promising start with his Journal. I 

 am proud to see that it is edited by a 

 master in the art of the printing office. 

 I am much pleased with it. and feel 

 sure that it will ttU its mission ably and 

 well. Beekeepers support with a "lib- 

 eral hand" the bee journals, for it is 

 by and through them that apiculture is 

 "what it is," and must be what it "will 

 be." G. W. Demakee. 



Bound Brook, July 3, 1883. 

 Sicarminy must be an excuse for not 

 answering before. I never saw the 

 like. My bees I am sorry to say are 

 largely, yet those splendid (?), Holies. 

 They are getting cooled down finally, 

 and I will send you something soon for 

 your next. I am much pleaseil with 

 the Apiculturist. It is certainly the 

 most tasty and sensible in appearance 

 of anything in its line published in this 

 country, and I believe no one before 

 ever succeeded in getting together so 

 many good things from so many "old 

 heads" as there are in your tirst num- 

 ber. Long life and success to an en- 

 terprise which stai'ts so well. 

 Yours truly, 



J. Hasbroitck. 



Foxhoro, July 23, 1883. 

 Priend Locke: A few weeks ago I 

 received one of your feeders. As my 

 bees then were gathering honey freely, 

 I have had no opportunity till now to 

 ti'y it, in order to test its merits. For 

 two weeks past I have been feeding to 

 stimulate the queens in order to keep 

 them constantly laying, and find yours 

 the very best feeder I ever used for the 

 ])urpose. It is handy to fill, as I am 

 not obliged to remove it from the hive, 



and I can easily so regulate it, as to 

 allow a small or large quantity to be 

 taken from it. This I deem of great 

 value in stimulative feeding, as the ob- 

 ject in that is to feed very slowly; 

 not to give a large quantity iu a short 

 time. I find that I can make the sup- 

 ply last two days, and still have the 

 bees constantly taking some feed from 

 it; this is a great convenience as it 

 does not require that constant every 

 day supervision that all other feeders 

 do, and will allow me to be away over 

 night without fear that the queen will 

 stop laying for want of putting in a 

 fresh supply every day. 



Anyone who has fed for stimula- 

 tion only (and what bee master 

 has not?) can see the great advantage 

 of having a feeder of this kind and 

 yours exactly tills the bill. 



If, ou the other hand, I desiie to 

 feed a large quantity speedily, of honey 

 or other desired food, I can so i-egu- 

 late the quantity taken, that all the 

 bees can possibly remove iu a given 

 time will be supplied to them. As 

 this is done by simply loosening or 

 packing more closely the sponge which 

 regulates the flow of liquid stores, it 

 is at once easy and simple. It is gen- 

 erally admitted that atmospheric feed- 

 ers are the best, but the trouble with 

 them has heretofoie been, that there 

 was no way provided by which the flow 

 from them could be regulated, and the 

 food must necessarily flow away from 

 them as fast as the "bees would take 

 it. This point is one of great impor- 

 tance, and you have succeeded in solv- 

 ing what has been heretofore an intri- 

 cate problem. I trust you will meet 

 with that success in sales of your 

 feeder, which its real merits ought to 

 gain for it, and I know that once used 

 it will never be thrown aside. All that 

 is required, is once to introduce it into 

 an apiary, and the owner will be cer- 

 tain to cry "Eureka" the first time 

 he uses it. 



With renewed assurances of my 

 best wishes for you, and that success 

 may attend your editorial venture, 

 I remain truly yours, 



JosKPii E. PoNJ), Jr. 



Augusta, Ky., June 27, 1883. 

 Dear Sir : Your Journal is the best 

 of the kind I have seen. I am so well 

 pleased with it that you may change 

 my subscription from three mouths to 

 one year. Yours truly, 



D. B. Crumbaugh. 



