THE A3IERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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ested in the Exchange and shall 

 miss its visits. It has passed into 

 the hands of the proprietors of 

 the Magazine and we trust that its 

 readers will lose nothing b}^ the 

 change. The success of any journal 

 depends largely upon the interest 

 which beekeepers take in its welfare 

 and the support which they give it. 



Last month we copied from the 

 Exchange an article on the Evapo- 

 ration of Honey, written by L. C. 

 Root and read at the N. E. B. A. 

 last January. We omitted the 

 portion which related to the evap- 

 orator and samples of honey which 

 Mr. Root had with him there, as 

 we hoped to be able to present our 

 readers with a cut and description 

 of it in this number. Mr. Root 

 has been experimenting with this 

 matter for a long time and finds 

 that the evaporator which he has 

 invented works satisfactorily and 

 that the honey taliien from the hive 

 as soon as gathered and evaporated, 

 keeps perfectly. Now, this is a 

 matter of deep interest and great 

 importance and we hope to hear 

 more about it. We shall endeavor, 

 as soon as possible, to give you a 

 picture and description of the 

 evaporator. 



We are pleased to welcome friend 

 Langstroth to our columns as one 

 of our contributors, and our readers 

 may expect to enjoy some valuable 

 articles from his pen. It must be 

 a pleasure to him to see that apicul- 

 ture, for which he has done so much, 

 has assumed such an importance 

 as a national industry and it is our 

 hope that he may be spared to us 

 in good health, for many years to 

 come. 



The secretary of the Kentucky 

 Beekeepers' Association sends us 

 the following notice : 



The Kentucky Beekeepers Soci- 

 ety is called to meet at the Southern 

 Exposition building, Louisville, on 



Wednesday and Thursday, August 

 29 and 30. The premium exhibi- 

 tion of bees and honey will take 

 place August 28 to September 1. 

 A full attendance is requested. N. 

 P. Allen, Secretary ; G. W. Dema- 

 ree, President. 



Friend Pond, to whom we are 

 greatly indebted for the earnest 

 and hearty support that he has 

 given the " Apiculturist" from the 

 start, has sent to us the following 

 liberal "prize offer" for our readers. 

 For this we most heartily thank 

 him. We have seen some of Mr. 

 Pond's bees and some queens 

 reared from his stock and can 

 truthfully sa}^ that whoever obtains 

 a colony will never regret that he 

 has introduced the stock into his 

 apiary. The queens are fine looking, 

 active, and of good size. The work- 

 ers are well marked, active, and 

 good honey gatherers (see his report 

 on page 92) and the drones are 

 fine. 



We trust that our readers will 

 enter into the work earnestlj'^ and 

 not only benefit themselves but 

 also assist us in our endeavors to 

 establish a first-class, free and in- / 

 dependent bee journal. 



PRIZE OFFER. 



Friend Locke : As an induce- 

 ment to beekeepers, or those desir- 

 ing to become such to interest 

 themselves in the endeavor to 

 increase the circulation of the 

 Apiculturist I will make the follow- 

 ing offer. 



I will give to the person sending 

 to 3'ou before the first day of 

 January next, the largest list of 

 yearly subscribers to your journal, 

 provided said list contains twenty 

 or more names, one colony of pure 

 Italian bees, with young tested 

 queen, in a standard Langstrotli 

 frame Simplicity hive. If tiie list 

 contains forty or more names, I 

 will adtl to the above a com[)]ete 



