THE AMERICAN APICULTUEIST. 



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For sale. — A few bushels of 

 Silver Hull buckwheat for isale at 

 80 cents per bushel, delivered at ex- 

 press or freight office at Wenham. 



— There is a growing demand 

 for unfertile queens. We can sup- 

 ply them and guarantee safe arri- 

 val by mail for 50 cents each. 

 This is one of the best methods for 

 infusing new blood into the apiary. 

 No one will have the least trouble 

 in introducing such queens safely 

 if the directions given in the Ma}-- 

 number are followed. 



— We have a fine lot of Bing- 

 ham and Hetherington uncapping 

 knives. See price list, 



— Any one in need of a few 

 cases of the "Falcon" combined 

 section and shipping crates can ob- 

 tain them at this ofiice. We also 

 have two of Stanley's honey ex- 

 tractors for sale at prices much 

 less than the first cost. They are 

 adapted to four combs at one time. 



If you have not seen and exam- 

 ined the Bay State reversible hive 

 and reversible section case, you 

 will be surprised at its simplicity 

 and neatness. See advertisement 

 on another page. 



1. When should it be placed on the 

 hive ? 



2. Would it be advisable to kill all 

 the droues caught? 



I want the trap move especially to 

 keep my bees from going ofl'. 



Linna Bell. 



ANSWERS BY OLD BEEKEEPEU. 



1. Place the trap on the hive about 

 the time a swarm is expecteil, or, per- 

 haps it would be better to do so three 

 or four days before the colony swarms 

 as it would avoid confusion a"t swarm- 

 ing time. lu case a colony swarms it 

 is an easy matter to hive them. As 

 soon as the bees have left the parent 

 hive, just remove it one side or back 

 several feet and place the new hive on 

 the old stand. As soon as the bees 

 miss their queen, they will return to 

 the old location and enter the new 

 hive, when the queen may be allowed 

 to run in with the bees. 



While you use the trap no swarm 

 can decamp to the woods, and no 

 climbing will have to be done to save 

 the bees at swarming time. We think 

 you will find keeping bees much lighter 

 and easier work by using the trap. 



2. It is not advisable to kill all the 

 drones in the apiary, tlioughyou would 

 have to make no special efibrt to kill 

 any when the trap is used, as all the 

 drones entrapped die soon after enter- 

 ing it. The trap should be used to de- 

 stroy suri)lus and useless drones. 



LETTER BOX. 



Neiohurg, N. Y. 

 I must congratulate you on the in- 

 creasing value of the "Api", espec- 

 ially the March number. It is the 

 experience of honest, practical bee- 

 men that is of use to the general bee- 

 keeper. 



F. A. MoNES. 



Leitersburg, Md. 



Please answer the following ques- 

 tions in regard to the use of the drone 

 and queen trap. 



NEW OBSERVATIONS OF 



THE NATURAL HISTORY 



OF BEES. 



Bv Francis Huber. 



(Continued from p. 87, Vol. IV.) 



You have had the fortune to ob- 

 serve the small queens mentioned by 

 the Abbe Needham, but which he 

 next saw. It will be of great impor- 

 tance to dissect them for the pur- 

 pose of finding their ovaries. When 

 Mr. Riem informed me that he had 



