THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



the general re-queening of colonies, 

 where the age of the queens is not 

 known, we prefer that it should be 

 done during the flush of the season. 

 Better queens can be reared at this 

 time and they will be more readily re- 

 ceived than during a scarcity of honey. 



4. We do not favor handlhig bees 

 late in the season when it can be avoid- 

 ed. 



5. As soon as may be after the stor- 

 ing of surplus honey is over, with the 

 exception of removing the enamel cloth 

 or honey-board and supplying its place 

 Avith proper covering, which should be 

 done when the colonies are placed in 

 winter quarters. 



6. Plenty of well sealed stores in a 

 limited number of combs and a fair 

 sized colony of bees of proper age. 



The hive to have a limited amount of 

 lower ventilation and proper porous 

 covering to allow moisture to escape 

 and to retain the heat. 



7. Younger bees are more desirable 

 as they waste less rapidly during the 

 winter and early spring. 



8. I would prefer early gathered 

 natural stores. If for no other reason 

 I would prefer this from the fact that 

 there is no certainty of securing sugar 

 for food which is free from adulteration. 

 If sugar is to be used, my preference 

 would be for yellow C, rather than the 

 other grades. 



9. If from any cause it becomes 

 necessary to feed, do it as early in the 

 season as circumstances will allow. 



10. We have best success wintering 

 in properly arranged cellars. 



LETTER BOX. 



Oxford, June 29, 1883. 

 Dear Sir: I have read with much 

 interest the May and June numbers of 

 the American Apiculturist, and con- 

 gratulate you upon having already 

 secured so many able conti'ibutors. 

 I am pleased witii tlie fineness of the 

 paper and the neatiiess and accuracy of 

 the typography. Wishing you great 

 success in your new enterprise, I re- 

 main, yours very truly. 



L. L. Langstroth. 



Mr. S. M. Locke of Salem, Mass., 

 the gentleman who contributed to Mr. 

 Henry Alley's Bee-keeper's Handy Book 



an essay on the new races of bees, has 

 commenced the publication of a month- 

 ly journal, the Am. Apiculturist, two 

 numbers of which are upon our table. 

 The articles are interesting and valua- 

 ble and give promise of large useful- 

 ness. The editorial department is 

 not only ably filled, but all the notes, 

 queries, items, etc., are readable and 

 suggestive, and the work is made up 

 and printed in an attractive manner. 

 The Home and Farm. 



The American Apiculturist is edited 

 by a former pupil of D. A. Jones of 

 Beeton, Ont., an apiarist of consid- 

 erable expei'ience. The magazine is 

 neatly gotten up and contains papei-s 

 from the leading beekeepers of the 

 United States. It occupies a place not 

 filled by any of the existing serials. 

 Stratford Beacon. 



New York City, Aug. 7, 1883. 

 Dp:ar Sir : I have received three 

 numbers of the American Apiculturist ; 

 liave read them carefully and are well 

 pleased with all the articles, kno^ving 

 that they are written by our most 

 practical and most thoroughly posted 

 apiarists in the country. Your journal 

 is worthy of the highest commenda- 

 tion arid I wish you success. 



Jos. M. McCaul. 



Melrose, Va., July 18, 1883. 



Dear Sir : The season is a fine one 

 for bees. I have taken eighty lbs. 

 of surplus white box honey, to date, 

 from one colony and shall, if the seas- 

 on is favorable, get 120 lbs from some 

 colonies (hybrid stocks). I prefer the 

 Italians to any other bees, they have 

 done well this year. What is the best 

 remedy for keeping ants out of the 

 sections of honey after they are re- 

 moved from the hives? 



E. W. Harrison. 



[Will some one please answer Mr. 

 Harrison's question? Ed.] 



Sterling, Aug. 9, 18S3. 

 Dear Sir: I received sample copy 

 of the American Apiculturist and was 

 very well pleased with it. If you send 

 out a journal like the sample copy, 

 assisted by the correspondents you 

 have, it is only a question of time that 

 you have the largest circulation of any 

 bee paper published. It was this that 

 convinced me that, without such aid, 

 no one can make a paper a success. 

 W. E. Crockett. 



