AMERICAN APICULTURIST ADVERTISER. 



book and drone and queen trap are 

 sent by mail for $1.50. This is a 

 line chance to get these two arti- 

 cles at a ver}' low price. 



HOW IS THIS? 



To each new subscriber and those 

 who renew at once for one year, we 

 will send one of Alley's New Re- 

 versible Section Cases, each con- 

 taining enough i-lb. sections, made 

 up for a standard Langstroth hive, or 

 any other hive that does not take 

 more than 28 sections in one case. 



In ordering, please give the exact 

 <limensions of the inside of the cap 

 of the hive you desire to use the sec- 

 tions on. 



As the entire case, complete 

 weighs less than ten lbs., the charges 

 will not exceed 50 cts. to any place 

 the Am. Express reaches. 



This case is new, and its novelty 

 and simplicity is admired by all. 



Any one who will send ten new 

 subscribers and ^10 will receive one 

 of the "Bay State Reversible Hives" 

 complete (except winter case). 



GOOD WORDS FOR THE QUEEN TRAP. 



The " drone and queen trap" at 

 hand, and certainly promises all 

 that is claimed for it, besides being 

 a marvel of neat workmanship. 

 Think I will order a quantity, and 

 thus do away with the intolerable 

 trouble of climbing for swarms. 

 Mrs. H. Hills. 

 lan Falls, Wis. 



Please Eead the 

 Advertisement at the 

 bottom of this Page. ^^10 



Trap received. Am delighted 

 with it and consider it the " ne 

 plus ultra" in the bee line. Send 

 me one dozen. W. M. Heilig. 



Lntherville, JId. 



CONVENTION NOTE. 



The next annual meeting of the 

 Western N. Y. and JNorthern Pa. 

 Beekeepers' Association will beheld 

 at Randolph, N. Y., May 4, 1886. 

 A. J. Jacobs, Sec. 



Jamestown, N. Y. 



— Varieties of bees — How nu- 

 merous are the varieties of bees may 

 be conceived when it is stated that 

 of bees found in Great Britain alone, 

 Kirby, in his monograph, has enu- 

 merated 2 20 species, and other more 

 recent observers have increased the 

 number to 250. The species, how- 

 ever, which by its commercial im- 

 portance, as well as by its remarkable 

 habits and social organization, pre- 

 sents the greatest interest in the hive- 

 bee. — Dr. Lardner in the British 

 Bee Jo If ni a/. 



SPECIAL NOTICE, 



The Alley drone and queen trap was 

 patented Nov. 11, 1884. I hear that mam- 

 beekeepers are making and using them 

 without the proper right to do so. Rather 

 than have any of our friends lay themselves 

 liable, I will sell farm rights at a low figure, 

 to any who desire to make and use the 

 traps. Terms given on application. 

 Address, 



Henry Alley, 



Wenho.m, Mass. 



The American Apiciilturist 



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