THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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On another page mention is made of 

 the fact that nearly all the bee pai)ers 

 discourage the introduction of any new 

 thing in the line of beekeeping. To 

 show that this statement is correct, l^e- 

 low is given a foot-note, fonnd at the 

 bottom of an article in the Canadian 

 Bee Journal oi Dec. i, 1891. 



We are inclined to think tlmt the Punic 

 queens or l:)ees, :uiil tlieir so-called wonder- 

 ful ;ulv;nit:iiies will explode when Ihey are 

 thoroujihly known. Advice from tiiose 

 not. inti-rr.sied in the sale of them, leave us 

 little hope of satisfaction in introdm-ino- 

 them. We are inclinc-d to think that the 

 jierson who pays §80, or even .^8, fora stock 

 of these bees, and ndxes them witli his 

 Italians, will find that lie has made a .u'l'cat 

 mistake. We are determined not to mix 

 them, and hope that no Ijeekeeper in our 

 locality will get them. 



Now, Bro. Jones, this is decidedly an 

 fair. It seems that no amount of good 

 reports of these bees, such as appeared 

 in the British Bee Journal, the last year, 

 will convince the editor of the C. B. J. 

 tliat the Funics possess real merit. 



When Mr. Jones introduced the Cyp- 

 rian and Holy Land bees, the bee- papers 

 chd not even intimate that he was doing 

 a fraudulent business. I believe such 

 publications did all they could to pro- 

 mote Jones' interest. 



There are a good many Punic queens 

 in Canada and Bro. Jones' bees may get 

 mixed. 



It will be time to crv the Funics (iown 

 when they have been found worthless. 

 The evidence of those who have them 

 is favorable. Take hold and test tiiese 

 bees, and then give an opinion of them 

 based upon experience. This will be the 

 better way. Those who are trying to 

 promote and advance bee culture should 

 receive better treatment than they are 

 getting from the bee journals. Don't 

 you think so, Bro. Jones? 



THE KETTLE CALLING THE PO r BLACIC. 



The Editor of tlie Review says that 

 the Api puffed its own goods and then 

 berated those who criticised them. In 

 this Bro. Hutchinson is mistaken. The 

 '"berating" was merely a strong protest 

 against being called a liar and a fraud 

 by those who undertook to chscuss the 

 question of new races or new strains of 

 bees. Brother H. is hardly justified in 

 berating the Api because it does business 

 differently from the Reviciu. The Api 

 will be glad to ptiblish articles froiri any 

 one who wishes to discuss any question 

 in a fair and candid manner. Leave out 

 the intimations that those who are im- 

 porting and developing new bees are 

 frauds and gulling the public. That is 

 not argument and is very unfair. To save 

 further controversy on one point, the 

 bees now called '••golden Carniolan" will 

 be called "American golden Carniolans." 

 This may be more satisf^ictory to those 

 who do not think as the Api does. 



'J'llE ALBANY CONVENTION. 



The great convention has met, and 

 was a grand blank as will be seen by 

 the report of its proceedings in this is- 

 sue. Many of the prominent beekeepers 

 of America were present. 



The report as published in the Api is 

 by E. L. Fratt. No doubt it will prove 

 of some interest to those who read it. 



Please renew your subscription and 

 get some beekeeping friend to subscribe 

 with you. Look over the new club list 

 on another page. 'Tis the most liberal 

 list of any made this year. 



THAT NEW SYSTKM OK HANDLIXG BEES. 



The Canadian Bee Journal is very 

 enthusiastic over Alpaugh's system for 

 handling bees. The system is not so 

 very new, yet it is a good one, and no 

 doubt will be adopted and practised by 

 many of the smaller beekeej^ers. 



The system in substance is this : Sev- 

 eral colonies are so arranged that two 

 hives can be removed to some distant 

 ])art of the apiary, thus leaving the mid- 

 dle one to catch all the bees that return 

 to the old location. If there are three 

 strong colonies standing very near each 

 other, by removing the two outside ones, 



