THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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Rambler's description of Mr. Jacob 

 Timp's apiary is quite rich. Here it is : 



Mr. T. hud his yartl full of hives and 

 nuclei, and was raising queens at a high- 

 pressure rate. We first had tlie impn-s- 

 . sion that the hives were arranged V).v driv- 

 ing a load into the yard and letting them 

 drop out at the rear, as vve once lead in 

 Glf'aiiiags ; l)Ut Mr. T. tlidu't do ihat w.iy. 

 A cyclone must have picked up a hivehi-re 

 and there in various States, with a few 

 board lences and chicken-coops, and landed 

 them all ii\ Mr. T.'s yard. 



Well, a fellow who is rearing queens 

 on a large scale will have a hard look- 

 ing apiary in any event. Those who 

 visit the Bay State Apiary may think 

 the above descripdon may apply to us. 

 With the exception of parts of hives that 

 lie • scattered about, the Bay State api- 

 ary is, as a rule, in fair condition. The 

 only way a large queen-rearing apiary 

 can be kept in order is for a person to 

 follow the apiarist and clean up after 

 him. 



The following editorial item appeared 

 in the January issue of the Aw. It was 

 corrected to read as follows : 



The great convention has met, and 



was a grand as will be seen by the 



report of its proceedings in this issue. 

 Many of the prominent beekeepers of 

 America were present. 



The word originally used in the blank 

 space was success. The Api was not 

 certain the convention was a success 

 and not desiring to express an opinion, 

 success was crossed out and typo was 

 requested to leave the space blank. 



Authors and editors are given what is 

 termed a make-up-proof, and on this 

 are made the last corrections before the 

 paper goes to press. 



Brother Ernest Root has an idea that 

 the editor of the Api does not see a 

 make-up proof for corrections. Well, he 

 does, but that does not prevent mis- 

 takes. The Api is printed six miles 

 from Wenham, and it is not convenient 

 to be in the printing office all the time. 



The Punic bee "fad" is fast fading away. 

 The Italian is probably as near perfection, 

 as a race, as any Ave shall ever get. Let us 

 breed for longer tongues, earlier and later 

 workers, good winterers and nouswarni- 

 ing hees, and who can foretell the result? 

 — ir. M. Barmim.'l 



Want to know if it is. Call around 

 at the Api office and look on while the 

 morning mail is being opened and you 

 will have reason Bro. B. to change your 

 opinion regarding the 'Tad." The in- 

 dications are that the call for Funics, or 

 the ebony bees the present year will 

 exceed the supply. Every mail brings 

 orders or notice from some beekeeper 

 that he shall try the Funics the coming 

 season. "Those who do so are wise. 



The Funics possess all the points men- 

 tioned and so much desired by Bro. B. 

 Brother Barnum should write about sub- 

 jects on which he is posted and under- 

 stands. His subject, 'Rambling thoughts' 

 however, was quite appropriate to the 

 remarks he made. The above quota- 

 tion was one of those "Rambling- 

 thoughts." There are too many so-called 

 beekeepers writing articles under the 

 same head as Bro. B. When a person 

 has no subject to write about, the pen 

 should rest. One thing is certain, Bro. 

 B. has no personal knowledge of the 

 good or bad qualities of Funic bees. 

 Furchase a Funic queen Bro. B., then 

 tell the beekeeping public what you 

 know about them. 



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