THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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It is time such stuff was left out the 

 papers. When an ethtor has nothing 

 better to publish than articles written by 

 fault finders and writers who never have 

 a good word or a practical idea to give 

 the public, it is time to close up busi- 

 ness. It is a notorious fact that those 

 people who spend their time in writing 

 abusive and personal articles, and be- 

 rating those who do write for the good 

 of the beekeeping public, never have 

 one word to say, or an idea or good sug- 

 gestion to offer that will in any way ben- 

 efit those who pay for and read the bee- 

 papers. When a person has devised 

 and tested an implement in his apiary 

 and found it of value, why call him a 

 fool, hunrbug and fraud? Would it not 

 be much the better plan to try the new 

 article, and if there are any weak points 

 in it, why not in a manly way point 

 them out? I do not believe in hanging 

 a man and then giving him a trial after- 

 wards — in all cases. It seems Mr. Cron- 

 kleton was accused of trying to defraud 

 the public before any one had even seen 

 or tested his method. 



An old subscriber to tlie Api writes 

 thus : "Please discontinue the Api. My 

 home is left very sad and lonely. On 

 the 26th of October my only child, a 

 young man nearly 21 years old, died; 

 the loth of December my father, aged 

 86, died, and my wife has been sick 

 nearly all winter. I am in poor health 

 and do not take much interest in any- 

 thing." 



Ross, Iowa. Chas. Kibler. 



Well, the world his used Brother Kib- 

 ler pretty hard. We all, sooner or later, 

 have some very bitter experiences, and 

 know how to sympathize with our af- 

 flicted brother. — Ed ] 



One of the greatest mistakes made by a 

 majority of beeki epers at the very outset 

 is tlie manner of bnyino- queens and sup- 

 plies. Tliere is an everlasting hunt for 

 cheap queens and liives. How often Ave 

 see beekeepers who would not plant poor 

 seeds at any price, search for cheap queens 

 and hives, and in the end, some far-away 

 breeder or dealer fills his order with 



queens or bee hives that a first-class bee- 

 keeper would not use even if he could get 

 a bonus for so doing. 



To the above I can say amen to every 

 word Mr. T. says. No matter what the 

 article offered for sale is, if it is offered 

 below the regular market price it is not 

 cheap, but in most cases mighty dear, 

 and in the end very high. — Ed. 



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On April 9th I visited an apin,i-y of ttm 

 colonies of golden Carniolan bees. The 

 queens were introduced to black colonies 

 in June, 1891. The e bees are all in Bay 

 State bives of the clos d-end frame pat- 

 tern. Every colony seemed ready to 

 swarm, so full of bees were the hives. 



This not only speaks well for the bees, 

 but of the hive also Xow I do not wish-it 

 understood that this is a put!' for the pur- 

 pose <')f selling the hive; it is not I do not 

 caw Avliether I ever receive another order 

 for a Bay State oi-, in fact, any other hive. 



I have selected some of the best colon- 

 ies in the above apiary to rear queens from 

 th'> coming season. Of course, after pre- 

 senting such evidence of the genuineness 

 of the golden Carniolans, no one Avill re- 

 fuse to purchase queens of this race or 

 have any fears of beinu imposed upon. It 

 now is positively known that there is no 

 humbug about them. The flritish Bee 

 Journal has made this fact certain. 



Our new bee house did not quite come 

 up to expectations in the early sprimr ; but 

 at this time it does. Much Avnrk is be- 

 ing performed in the house that is usually 

 done outside, th it could not be done in 

 the open apiary on account of cold Aveather. 

 'i'hose who rear queens can understand 

 Avliat work must be done in order to keep 

 the ([ueen-rearing business moving. 



The tempeiature outside this morning 

 June 4. stood at 40°. Inside, Avith a little 

 fire, it Avas 60°. 



There are several colonies in the house 

 building queeu cells, and others to which 



