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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



honej' ; in fact, when the weather 

 is not warm and pleasant there is 

 no honey to gather as the tiowers 

 secrete none. VV"e have known 

 seasons when very little or no 

 white clover could be seen, but the 

 bees did well and stored a large 

 amount of surplus honey. This 

 year white clover was very abund- 

 ant, but very little surplus honey 

 has been stored. 



On another page we present re- 

 ports from many sections of the 

 country regarding the honey crop 

 the present year. They are not 

 encouraging, but we must not ex- 

 pect a large crop of honey every 

 season. 



ORDERS FOR QUEENS. 



All of our orders for queens are 

 filled. We now have 200 as fine 

 select tested queens as we ever 

 reared. All orders will be filled 

 by return mail, and safe arrival 

 guaranteed. These queens are 

 large, very prolific and handsome. 

 If not just as represented, we will 

 return the money in every case. 



One queen $1.50, or three for 

 64.00. 



Address 



Am. Apicultukist. 



Now IS THE TIME TO JOIN THE 



Union. — Let every beekeeper send 

 for a copy of the annual report and 

 a voting blank, fill it up and be- 

 come a member. It is to the in- 

 terest of every one to do so. The 

 dues are only twenty-five cents a 

 year ; and it is intended only to 

 call for one assessment (of Si. 00) 

 each year. Apply to Thos. (Jr. 

 Newman, 925 West Madison St., 

 Chicago, 111., for reports and 

 blanks. 



CLIPPINGS FROM ONE OF 

 OUR EXCHANGES. 



To Prevent Robbing. — Mr. J. 



Halter, in the Bienen Zeiticng. gives 

 his method. By the use of glass 

 over the entrance he deceives the 

 robbers. He says : 



After trying the usual methods 

 to stop it, when, owing to extract- 

 ing, robbing had been going on 

 rather extensively, and tliese rem- 

 edies failed, he succeeded in put- 

 ting an end to it in a very simple 

 manner. He placed a piece of 

 window-glass, about 8x5 inches, in 

 front of the flight-hole, the top 

 resting against the hive, and the 

 lower end about 1^ inches from the 

 entrance, so as to enable the bees 

 of the hive to go in and out at the 

 sides. The next morning the rob- 

 bers made an attack on the hive in 

 great numbers, but going straight 

 at the entrance were stopped by 

 the glass. They swarmed in front 

 of the glass, but could not find the 

 entrance at the sides, and very 

 soon returned in disgust. To ef- 

 fectually put a stop to further rob- 

 bing, the glass should be allowed 

 to remain for several days, until 

 the robbers forget the spot. 



[The same device has been used 

 in Bay JState Apiary twenty-five 

 years. We seldom found it neces- 

 sary to protect full colonies against 

 robbing, but nuclei kept in the 

 same yard with full colonies need 

 more or less protection against 

 robbery from their populous neigh- 

 bors ; therefore, we used a piece of 

 glass four or more inches long, and 

 one inch wide, placed against the 

 entrance in such a way that the 

 bees were obliged to pass out at 

 the ends,' or one end was closed 

 by a wad of paper, if the robbers 

 were determined to enter. See 

 Beekeepers' Handy Book, first edi- 

 tion, page 60.] 



