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THE AMERICAN A PIC UL TURIS T. 



Gonzales, Cal. 

 Friend Alley : 



I have a liabit that, in spite of my 

 ettorts to suppress it, sometimes crops 

 out; in writing rapidly. I niisform 

 letters, malie omissions of words and 

 punctuation marlis tliat count much for 

 the worse. I see that I did so in mj' 

 last. By leaving- out a period after 

 Eucalyptis which ends in a sentence 

 aud making ray capital " F" look like 

 a " C," I made myself seem to say that 

 the blue gum tree is a plant of the ge- 

 ranium family, etc. 



Blue gum is E-itcah/ptis globidvs. a 

 tree from Australia; Filaria ov'alfilaria 

 (the accent on syllable " ri" which 

 sounds like " re") is the Spanish name 

 for a plant of the geranium family 

 without the English uiime, except the 

 corruption " fliaree," etc. The mis- 

 take is mine, but if you will please to 

 correct it you will oblige me. 



The season is still dry, only about 

 one-half crop of general products. 



Accept congratulations on June is- 

 sue and its articles on comb honey. 

 Truly yours, 

 A. Norton. 



Ai, Ohio. 



Mr. Alley : 



Please send me I dozen Drone and 

 Queeu-traps. I bought some last year 

 aud would not do without tluMu. 



S. S. MUNSON. 



JIamiUon,0. 

 The AncuLTr'RisT is far ahead of any 

 bee journal I have seoi for practical 

 information. 



J. K. 



Stratford, Out. 

 Mr. Alley : 



The queen I got from you 

 last season has brought tiirough "the 

 winter the strongest colony of bees I 

 have in my apiary. 



E. W. Panton. 



Benison, lotva. 

 Accept my congratulation on pub- 

 lishing that most excellent array of 

 articles on comb-honey In the June 

 Apiculturist. You have struck the 

 key note of " helpfulness " in your 

 journal. 



Z. T. H. 



East Templeton, Mass. 



Mr. H. Alley : 



I see you advertise to send essays 

 "How to Winter Bees." I can give 

 you something better. Use the Bay 

 State Hive. I have the one now that 

 I bought of you I don't know how 

 many years ago. It has wintered bees 

 every time as no colony ever has died 

 in it yet, and it stands in the same 

 place now that it has stood for years. 

 RuEus Stickney. 



OJdo, III. 

 Dkar Sir : 



I received the drone and queen-traps 

 and all were sold within one hour. 

 Send me 25 more. 



R. M. Knight. 



Lawndale, III. 

 Mr. Alley : 



Please continue the Api. There is 

 not a more thoroughly instructive bee 

 journal published, and the articles are 

 timely and to the point. 



The queens I procured of you last 

 season are uncommonly fine. 



F. C. Blout. 



Upper Jay, Essex Co., N. Y. 

 June 7, 1887. 

 Henry Alley. 



I 'received your Queen and Drone- 

 Trap and like it very much, for yester- 

 day the first queen that you sent me 

 led out a large swarm and I did not 

 have to climb trees after them. 



A. D. Knapen. 



HIS WIFE LIKED IT. 



Mr, Alley: 



We bought one of your 

 drone and queen traps last season 

 and my wife likes it so well that 

 she would like about one dozen 

 more of your improved traps. 

 Please ship them. $3.50 inclosed. 

 J. G. Hill. 



[We have sold several thousand 

 traps the present season, and of the 

 50,000 in use not three customers have 

 found any fault or made any complaint 

 of them. We guarantee the traps to 

 work and do all we claim for them.] 



