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or other protected hives. And in dis- 

 cussing it, we find an important factor, 

 viz. : the convenience that comes from 

 its use. That the beelceeper himself 

 can labor more conveniently and com- 

 fortably in a house apiary, than out of 

 doors, either in summer or winter, there 

 is no ([uestion of doubt ; that bees can 

 be as well protected, yes, and better, 

 in a house apiary, as in any protected 

 hive, no one will denv ; and further that 

 loss in bees comes in early sjning, when 

 it is unsafe to examine hives in the open 

 air, is equally true. 



Now, will, or will not, a house apiary, 

 answer all the purposes of the protected 

 hive, at no greater expense? In my 

 opinion it will ; if so, the further uses 

 to which it can be put, the comfort and 

 convenience found and enjoyed in its 

 use, the fact that thorough examinations 

 of the interiors of the hives can be made, 

 no matter what the weatiier inay be ; 

 the fact that early spring losses can be 

 guarded against by tlieir use, makes out 

 to my own mind so strong an prgument 

 in their favor, tliat I ex|)ett ere long to 

 find that beekeepers generally, in the 

 colder sections have adopteil them, and 

 adopted them "for keeps." 



A^o>-th Attkboro, Mass. J. E. Pond. 



AMERICAN GOLDEN CAKNIOLAN 

 BEES. 



In arranging my bee journals and pa- 

 pers fur the last year, my attention was 

 attracted by a "marked copy" of the 

 American Bee Journal of Sept. lo, 

 i8yr, page 331, in an article by Henry 

 Alley ; the same being a reply to Mr. 

 C. J. Robinson in regard to ''Hunibug- 

 gery in the queen trade." I suppose 

 the "marking" v/as for the purpose of 

 calling my attention to an extract from 

 a private letter of mine to friend Alley, 

 in which I spoke very favorably of a gold- 

 en Caruiolan queen, I had received of 

 him, and of my intention to re-queen one 

 of my a])iaries with her daugliters. My 

 reason for re-queening with the golden 

 Carniolans was the marked superiority 

 shown by said queen and the queens 



reared from her, over any other bees I 

 had ever seen or liandled. The qualities 

 in which they excelled, being gentleness, 

 docility, beautiful color, honey gathering, 

 and especially their wonderful building- 

 uj), or brood rearing qualities. I did 

 not intend, expect or desire friend Alley 

 to publish what 1 wrote. All who deal 

 in supplies, queens, bees, etc., like to 

 hear from their customers ; as a well 

 pleased customer, is the very best ad- 

 vertisement any one can have, and in 

 that si)irit I wrote, and what I said then 

 I reiterate now, and with emphasis if 

 that be possible. I might say right here 

 that fur the last two or three years, I 

 have been gradually drawing out of the 

 queen rearing and supply business, in- 

 tending to give my whole time to the 

 production of honey ; but with only one 

 partial crop of honey in four years, I 

 am compelled to do more in the supply 

 line than I ever intended to do again ; 

 and as I shall offer golden Carniolan 

 queens for sale in their season for 1892, 

 it may look as if I intended to "boom" 

 them on that account, but when that 

 endorsement was given, I never in- 

 tended to raise another queen for sale 

 if I could help it, and I endorsed the 

 "golden Carniolans" and re-queened 

 one of my apiaries with them, because 

 I felt convinced they were worthy of it, 

 and that I could not make a wiser or 

 better investment of time or labor than 

 in doing so, and I feel sure that time 

 will prove I am right, in spile of all that 

 Messis. Robinson, Quiyley, Andrews, 

 Green and others may say to the con- 

 trary, and I am glad to sa\- that I do not 

 stand alone in my convictions. Such 

 men as G. W. Demaree have as much 

 riglit to be listened to, and reliance 

 placed on their judgment as the ones 

 who have been so prominent in their 

 opposition to the efforts of fiiend Alley 

 to give us something better in the line 

 of good bees, and reliable queens. None 

 of us are infallible ; all are liable to make 

 mistakes, but for one I had rather trust 

 in the judgment and experience of one 

 that had spent twenty to thirty years in 

 practical application of his knowledge 



