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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



Tustiii City, Cal. 

 Dkar Sihs : 



Keccivedthe queens in eigiit clays 

 from date of shipment, and tliey were 

 in fine condition, as lively as crickets, 

 with but two dead bees in one of the 

 cases. 



On the next day I toolt them to my 

 apiary, twenty-five miles from here, 

 and introduced them according to ac- 

 compauyiuii" directions, with perfect 

 sticcessi and they are laying nicely. 



I am well pleased wiih them. The 

 $5.00 queen is the finest that I ever 

 saw. 



I received the books and drone trap, 

 etc. ; they are all more than is claimed 

 for them. The bound volumes are an 

 ornament to any library. 



I would not take many times what 

 the goods cost and be without them. 



Jeff. Williams. 



Fast Uandolpk, Vt. 

 Dear SipxS : 



1 was much pleased with the "Api- 

 cultnrist " I think it the best bee 

 journal that I ever saw. It is plain 

 and right to the point. The June num- 

 ber was to the beginner all that you 

 ask for it for one year. 



You can count on me as long as I 

 keep bees. 



Geo. C. Bhigiiam. 



shipment of bees to new zealand. 



Dear Sirs : 



By the mail steamer I duly re- 

 ceived the shipment of queens which 

 arrived in very good order. Six of 

 the ten queens were alive, five being 

 strong ; but one was slightly injured 

 by getting between the wire and the 

 side of the cage. The other four 

 were dead as well as their attendant 

 bees, but why they should be was 

 not by any means clear. I succeeded 

 in introducing five of the six success- 

 fully to strong colonies and they are 

 now laying all right. The other died 

 before I liberated her. They were 

 in confinement just forty days. I 

 think the way they were sent is very 

 good and likely to give good results. 



I had paid the cost from San Fran- 

 cisco before the steamer left here, 

 but am much obliged for your having 



done so thus avoiding any hitch. I 

 am much pleased with the result and 

 think you deserve great credit for the 

 care taken in preparing them for the 

 voyage. H- J. Bagnall. 



Tunia, Thames, N. Z, Nov. g, i88s. 



SPECIAL NOTICES. 



Messrs. E. T. Lewis & Co. of Toledo, 

 Ohio, the well known dealers in apiar- 

 ian supplies, are now ready to mail 

 their new circular and price list to all 

 who desire it. They are ready to till 

 all orders, except for bees andtiueens, 

 the day they are received. 



Haiokes Park, Fla. Jan. 18, 188G. 



Gents :-P;ease to give notice through 

 your valuable paper, that the late cold 

 spell killed a good deal of our man- 

 grove. So if any of its readers are 

 thinking of coming here to keep bees, 

 they had better hold back until they 

 flnci out how badly the honey-produc- 

 ing plants are injured. 



Yours truly, 



W. S. Hart. 



PRIZES FOR HONEY AND BEES 

 AT FAIRS. 



HINTS TO VICK-PUESIDENTS. 



During the first three months of the 

 year, the premium-lists for County, 

 State and District Fairs are usually 

 made up. The Vice-Presidents of the 

 National Society should therefore soon 

 commence their work. 



I would respectfully suggest that 

 they communicate with the diflerent 

 Olticial Boards of the Agricultural So- 

 cieties in their respective States, and 

 endeavor to induce them to offer ap- 

 propriate prizes for BEES and HoxiiY 

 at the Fairs for the coming season. 



The'foUowing, or something similar 

 to it, would be well to reconunend in 

 the line of prizes : 



Best colony of bees in observatory 

 hive ; best display of comb honey ; 

 best display of extracted honey ; best 

 display of beeswax; best honey ex- 

 tractor; bee-hive for all purposes; 

 and largest and best display of apia- 

 rian implements. 



Each vice-president and secretar}'- 

 of State and local societies will under- 

 stand the requirements of their local- 

 ity, and act and govern themselves 

 accordingly. H. D. Cuttinc;, 



Chairman of Executive Committee. 

 Clinton, Jlich. 



