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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



Mohawk, N. Y., June 23, 1883. 



The weather with us has been cold 

 and wet. Very little honey has been 

 gathered. In fact, we have been 

 obliged to feed to keep our bees 

 breeding. 



We now have had two fair days in 

 succession, and prospects look favor- 

 able for better weather. 



Bees are beginning to work well on 

 Alsyke clover; prospect for basswood 

 is good.. Yours truly, 



L. C. Root & Buo. 



Cliarlottesville, Va., June, 1883. 



Dear Sir : I have at hnnd second 

 number of American Apiculturist and 

 I like its appearance very much. 

 Though I now take three bee journals 

 I believe there is room and scope for 

 one just like yours, and I must have it. 



It is a matter of complaint among 

 those who may be called novices in the 

 art that so much of the results of our 

 best experts' researches are kept from 

 the general public, and they are left to 

 plod along and repeat by costly exper- 

 iments the losses and vexations tliiit 

 might well be avoided, by timely ad- 

 monition from those who have trodden 

 over the ground. For instance, I have 

 had to learn that it was equally unsafe 

 to introduce cells to nuclei niaiie from 

 colonies piiovided with queens, at once 

 after formation, as it is virgin queens, 

 though some writers say it can be 

 safely done. The bees must realize 

 that they are queenle-ss and helpless. 

 I have lost about tifty per cent, in 

 such cases. 



I hope to get about 6000 pounds, and 

 increase from 70 to 120. Comb honey 

 about two-thirds. I have long been at 

 it and am no novice, but it is by no 

 means my principal business. 



J. W. PORTKR. 



Philadelphia, June 28, 1883. 



Dkar Sir: I received the sample 

 copy of the Apiculturist, and am much 

 pleased with it. 



There certainly " does exist an in- 

 creasing demand for advanced scien- 

 tific bee literature," and I am glad you 

 have concluded to make the venture. 



I have just received a note from one 

 of the members of our association, 

 Mr. Jas. Shore of Germantovvn, Pa., 

 stating that he has extracted from one 

 colony fourteen gallons of honey to 

 date, with the basswood yet to come; 

 thinks he shall run over two hundred 

 pounds from some colonies. Friend 



Shore certainly has better luck in 

 coaxing bees to bring in honey than I 

 have here in the city. 



Very truly yours, H. Toavnsexd. 



Nashua, N. H., July 7, 1883. 

 The first and second numbers of the 

 Apiculturist are received and read. 

 Judging from the contributors and the 

 energy and spirit of the editor and 

 kindness, if meted out to all others as 

 to myself while at Salem, success is 

 sure. Bees are booming now. 



Yours truly, Geo. Williams. 



Baldwinsville, N. Y. June 30, 1883. 



Dear Sir: I am well pleased with 

 your Journal. I would not take ten 

 times the cost of it for what I have 

 already learned. What it contains is 

 of practical importance to every bee- 

 keeper. Yours truly, 



A. H. Marks, M. D. 



Kingston, Texas, June 30, 1883. 

 Dear Sir: Nos. 1 and 2 of the 

 American Apiculturist have been re- 

 ceived, and carefully noticed. The 

 editorial ability tiud typographical ap- 

 pearance are worthy of the highest 

 comniendiition. It is tilled with able, 

 practical articles on bee-culture from 

 the most talented bee-nnisters in Amer- 

 ica. Eitlier number is worth the 

 subscription price for one year. 



Wm. R. Howard, 

 Sec. Tex. Beekeepers' Association. 



Hallstille, 3Iont. Co., JST. Y, 

 June 2-1, 1883. 

 Dear Sir : I commence extracting 

 to-morrow from Alsyke clover; "bees 

 booming." Alsyke is the stuff. We 

 have about seventy-five acres of Alsyke 

 clover within range of my one hundred 

 colonies here. 



Yours truly, F. D. Woolver. 



Fort Plain, JST. Y, June 28, 1883. 

 Frikxl> Lockk: I am very sorry 

 that I cannot write anything for the 

 American Apiculturist at present, as 

 my five apiaries of al)out 100 colonies 

 each, with only one boy for help, will 

 not give me even an hour's spare time. 

 I nmst state to you, however, that so 

 far, the American Apiculturist suits 

 me better than any other bee journal 

 published in the English language, as 

 every line in it is worth readingwhile 

 other bee journals contain too much 

 valueless matter. 



Yours truly, Julius Hoi eman. 



