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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



also, the improvements made witliin 

 a few j^ears in this important branch 

 of bee-cultnre. The old way and 

 the new wa}' of having cells bnilt 

 will be so illustrated that even the 

 novice will not fail to see the ad- 

 vancement made in the modes of 

 rearing queens. 



— If any of our readers would 

 like to try our method for introduc- 

 ing virgin queens, as given in the 

 May number of the "Api," we will 

 ship such queens by mail and war- 

 rant safe arrival for fifty cents each. 

 This will be a good way to intro- 

 duce fresh blood into the apiary by 

 crossing the queens with drones of 

 some colony having desirable 

 points. We will also receive vir- 

 gin queens of any race, have them 

 fertilized and return them to the 

 shipper at the above price. This 

 will accommodate those who can- 

 not get their queens purely mated. 

 Last season we did much of this 

 business with good success. By 

 adopting this latter method one will 

 be sure to avoid in-and-in breed- 

 ing. 



— During the past ten days we 

 have had one of Muth's cold blast 

 all-metal smokers in use most of 

 the time, and find that it works per- 

 fectly in every respect. We had 

 no rotten wood at hand and so 

 made a wad of heavy paper, which, 

 by the way, is excellent for smok- 

 ing bees. We can furnish tliese 

 pipes by mail for seventy- five cents 

 or by express for fifty cents. 



— If all the sections sent out by 

 Dr. Tinker are like the sample sent 

 to this oflflce, we must say that no 

 dealer in the world can excel them. 

 Tills is not intended as a "slop- 

 over" puff, but is our candid opin- 

 ion. Send for a sample and see if 

 we are not correct. 



— It is said that some of the new 

 style hives are made of such poor 

 material and show such poor work- 



manship that they are practically 

 worthless. We have often con- 

 demned the producer and manufac- 

 turer of worthless goods. Don't 

 tlirow your money away by pur- 

 chasing cheap, trashy supplies. 

 Several parties sent to this office 

 for estimates of certain apiarian 

 fixtures ; we put the price down so 

 that we could not make any profit 

 on any of the goods, but did not 

 get the orders. We beat the bush, 

 and, in so doing, were the menus 

 of " grinding" down prices for some 

 other dealer who "caught the bird," 

 Probably our friends got their 

 goods at a lower price than we 

 offered, but there is no doubt that 

 they also got cheaper supplies. 



When anything goes from this 

 office we are ready to guarantee its 

 quality in every case. 



— Customers who order queens 

 will please state the time they are 

 willing for us to hold the money in 

 case we cannot fill the order by re- 

 turn mail. Occasionally there is a 

 great rush for queens, or the weather 

 has been unfavorable for queen- 

 rearing, and thus there is delay in 

 filling orders promptly. However, 

 we shall run a large number of nu- 

 clei and will try to be prepared for 

 any emergency. Consult our price 

 list for queens before ordering. 



— The Ma}' number of the Api- 

 culturist contains several of tlie 

 best and simplest methods for in- 

 troducing queens. 



— From time to time we shall 

 venture to advise our readers con- 

 cerning anything relating to bee 

 culture. Our opinions may be re- 

 garded by some of our readers 

 when we state the fact that our ex- 

 perience in bee-culture covers a 

 period of thirty years. 



— Those who publish a monthly 

 bee-journal may take courage from 

 the fact that the best agricultural 

 papers, and those having the lar- 



