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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



the plans for introducing queens, I have not 

 noticed the use of this large wire cap that 

 holds a whole frame for that purpose. Its 

 use involves a little trouble, but it is a very 

 safe plan. E. W. Panton. 



WELL APPRECLA.TED. 



Pawtticket, B. I. 

 Gents: — I congratulate you on the Feb. 

 No. ofthe"Api." It is full of interest, 

 and the answers to my questions are worth 

 the subscription price for one year to me. 

 Bees are all alive at present and doing well. 

 Samuel Cushman. 



encouraging words. 



Paris, Out. 

 Editor Am. Apiculturist : 



I should indeed prove myself un- 

 grateful if I did not in some way ac- 

 knowledge the great value that I 

 received for my two dollars, that I sent 

 yoa about one year ago. Not only did 

 I receive Vols. 1 and 2 of the " Ameri- 

 can Apiculturist," handsomely bound, 

 also the journal for 1885, together in 

 due time, the beautiful queen, which 

 I unfortunately lost while introducing ; 

 but that was no fault of yours, for she 

 arrived all right, and through my in- 

 experience I lost her, which I very 

 much regretted for she was a fine Ital- 

 ian. Your journal I consider one of 

 the best, and it should be in the hands 

 of every beekeeper, especially the 

 amateur whom it leads along from one 

 subject to another, until he is a budding 

 professional before he knows it. I had 

 good success with my bees last season 

 after a cold and backward spring. 

 F. D. Mitchell. 



a good report from a beginner. 

 Waterville, Me. 

 February No. of the " Api" at hand, 

 and I hasten to renew my subscription 

 as I could not get along without it. 



I started in the spring with two col- 

 onies of bees and now have nine good, 

 strong ones (or they were so when I 

 put them in the cellar) and I had taken 

 away from them nearly 400 lbs. of 

 honey, which I thought was pretty 

 good for a second year in the business. 

 I received a queen from you about the 

 middle of June, and I put her in a hive 

 with two frames of bees and a little 

 brood. When fall came, they had 

 built up a very strong and beautiful 

 colony. I took off twenty-eight one 

 II). boxes and left cnougli for them to 

 winter on. I think that was doing 

 well. Addison Dollky. 



SAMPLE COPIES. 



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 who receive them will appreciate 

 our efforts to pul)lish a good bee- 

 journal and at once send us their 

 subscription by return mail for one 

 year. If not prepared to remit 

 the amount for a whole j^ear, we 

 will accept twenty-five cents in 

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If 3'ou are well pleased with our 

 journal, speak to your beekeeping 

 neighbors about it, and also send 

 us their address, and a sample 

 copy will be sent them. 



THE BEST OFFER YET. 



Last season we offered one of 

 our best queens to any one who 

 would send us a club of five (5) 

 subscribers and five dollars. This 

 oflTer brought us a large number of 

 subscriptions. The same offer will 

 be continued for 1886. Four hun- 

 dred nuclei will be used in our 

 queen-rearing apiaries, and to the 

 person who will send us the above 

 number of subscribers we will give 

 one of the finest goldenyellow Ital- 

 ian queens that can be selected 

 from our 400 nuclei, or a queen of 

 any other race reared at the "Api- 

 culturist Bee Farm." We liave no 

 doubt that the person who receives 

 one of the above queens would re- 

 fuse ten dollars for her. 



To the person sending the larg- 

 est club will be given an extra 

 queen, also a queen for each five 

 subscribers, and to the person send- 

 ing in the first club will be given a 

 copy of the third edition of the 

 "beekeepers' handy book." 



price reduced. 



Mr. Alley has reduced the price 

 of his " Hand}^ Book or 22 3'^ears' 

 experience in queen-rearing," from 

 $1.50 to $1.10 by mail, or the 



