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THE AMERICAN APICULTUBIST. 



queens, which I introduced success- 

 fully. Should have got queens and 

 Italianized my entire apiary, but for 

 two reasons : first, two of my neighbois 

 have native bees in box hives, which I 

 cannot buy and tiiey won't change 

 them into movable comb hives, so 

 they could l)e Italianized. 



Second, I am not much in favor of 

 the Italians or Holyland bees with the 

 little experience I have had; perhaps 

 if I had some of the best strains of 

 those bees, I should think differently. 

 R. A. Dunham. 



SPECIAL NOTICES. 



TO THE PvlCADERS OF THE AriCULTUKIST. 



Owing to extreme nervous prostra- 

 tion, caused by overwork and a burden 

 of cares, it has become absolutely ne- 

 cessary lor me to dispose of my entire 

 interest in the "American Apicultu- 

 rist" and all business heretofore con- 

 ducted under the 11 rm name of S. M. 

 Locke & Co., in oixler that I might re- 

 tire Irom and relinquish all business 

 cares. [ 



My former partner, Mr. Philip IT. 

 Morant, will hereafter conduct tlie 

 business assuming all responsibilities 

 and liabilities and I trust that in his 

 hands the "Apiculturist" and the busi- 

 ness will merit the continued support 

 and patronage with which I have been 

 so generously favored in the past. 

 A^'ery respectfully, 

 Silas M. Locke. 



Now is the best time to subscribe, and 

 have your name registered, so as to 

 avoid delay in receiving them. 



bkkkkepkhs' SUPPI-IES. 



Attention is called to our price list 

 of beekeepers' supplies, which we have 

 appended to this number of the "Api- 

 culturist." We are prepared to furnish 

 anything mentioned in the list at the 

 lowest cash price, and guarantee all 

 our goods to be flrst-class in every 

 respect. 



In connection with the "Apicultu- 

 rist" Supply Department, we have 

 also a large queen rearing apiary under 

 the direction of Mr. Henry Alley, and 

 claim to have some of 'the tinest 

 queens and full colonies of bees of the 

 new races to be found in the world. 



We shall rear Italians and Syrians 

 and their crosses the coming season, 

 as we find that these two races give 

 the best satisfaction, and are in the 

 greatest demand. We especially rec- 

 ommend the crosses of these races as a 

 superior strain, and one that will give 

 satisfaction in any case. 



QUEEN REAHING. 



We know of nothing connected with 

 beekeeping that will furnish more real 

 pleasure and amusement than can be 

 obtained by rearing queens. If you 

 really desire to know the best and sim- 

 plest methods for rearing queens, and, 

 in fact, everything about queens, you 

 should purchase a copy of the third 

 edition of ihe "Beekeepers' Handy 

 Book." This woik contains nearly 

 300 pages and 100 fine illustrations. 

 Sent by mail, bound in cloth, on re- 

 ceipt of $1.50. "Handy Book" and 

 "Am. Apiculturist" sent one year for 

 $2.25. If the purchaser desires a 

 queen at any time between June 1 and 

 Oct. 1, we will send one of the best of 

 any race we rear on receipt of $1.0(1. 



EXTKA COPIES OF THE "API. 



Any one receiving more than one 

 copy of the same number of the "Api- 

 culturist" will do us a favor by hand- 

 ing the extra copy to some beekeei)ing 

 friend. 



THE MUTH SMOKERS. 



We have received from Chas. Muth 

 & Son, of Cincinnati, Ohio, three styles 

 of their all-metal cold-blast smokers. 

 One is called "Perfection." We find 

 them all perfect, and consider them the 

 cheapest smoker in use. There is no 

 wood-work about them, and they are 

 made in a substantial manner. We 

 have them for sale. See our price list. 



THE DETROIT CONVENTION. 



A brief history of the North Ameri- 

 can Beekeepers' Society, with a digest 

 of its fifteen Annual Conventions, and 

 a full Keport of the Proceedings of the 

 IGth Annual Convention held at De- 

 troit, Mich., on Dec. 8 to Dec. 10, 

 1885. This is the title of a new pam- 

 phlet of 64 pages just issued by Thos. 

 G. Newman & Son, Chicago, III. Price 

 25 cents. 



We can supply tliem at the above 

 price. 



