THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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transfer no eggs, larvte or royal jelly. 

 Comb containing eggs in proper condition 

 for queen cells is cut in strips ; the eggs 

 in alternate cells destroyed, which require 

 but a few minutes time to do for 100 queens. 

 Come one, come all, and if I can get you 

 to look at some of my beautiful queens, I 

 feel sure you will take away some of them. 

 Come and see the Punic bees at work 

 and I desire you to say whether or not 

 you ever saw bees more energetic and act- 

 ive, or more gentle. 



A. I. Eoot says he hopes that his friend 

 J). A. Jones is still at the editorial head of 

 theC B. .1. It is very evident that Jones 

 is not at the head of the paper he so long 

 edited — the paper has lost its head; it 

 never did that when Jones had control. 



Several parties have undertaken the lit- 

 tle job of ruining the Api, and its editor. 

 It really hope they will con inue in the 

 same course, as no better advertising 

 scheme can be devised. If these growlers 

 were working for the good of the cause, 

 instead of for their own selfish ends, peo- 

 ple would have some little coufldeuce in 

 what they say. 



QUESTION BOX. 



Will it do to feed honey that is taken 

 from a colony that died of dysentery? 

 J. F. B. 



Yes, if fed in tlie spring. It is by no 

 nu'aiis certain that food cau.-<es dysentery 

 in :dl ca^es. Much of this di.-ease is caused 

 by cold, dampne.-s and improper venlila 

 tion. 



Honey fed in the spring will mostly be 

 n.«ed before fall, and for iliis n-ason there 

 is little or no danger in feeding it to healthy 

 stocks. 



HOW TO KNOW A NEW 8WAU:M HAS A QUEEN. 



When a swarm issues throtigh the 

 swarmer, how can I know there is a 

 queen with the bees in the new hive 

 without opening the hive and examin- 

 ing? 



The bees will not stay long in the new 

 hive unless there is a queen with them. 

 Move the new hive away and if the bees 

 do not return to the old .-"tand, it is evident 

 that there is a queen with them. 



A WORD OF CAUTION. 



The other day some one sent us a dollar 

 bill in an unsealed letter. The next mail 

 brought eight dollars in an unreiiistered 

 letter-. Now this is not the way money 

 should be remitted by any one. 1 lad eith^a* 

 of these remittances beenlostin the mails, 

 most likely the sender would have accused 

 us of stealing it. At any rate, it never 

 could have been known certainly that we 

 did not steal it, nor would there be any 

 way, und'-r the circumstances, that we 

 could prove our innocence. We are ac- 

 cused of doing all the bad things we wish 

 to be, and don't care to hive that of steal- 

 ing money laid to our door. 



Register your letters or go to a bauk 

 and get the cashier's check; or get a 

 money order payable at the Salem, Mass., 

 P. 0. This is the best Avay to remit. We 

 shall all be honest in that case, and shall 

 have plenty of evidence to prove our 

 honesty Avheu falsely accused. 



CRITICISM THAT NEEDS NO COMMENT. 



Judging from the article in last An I 

 should not think Cowan was blessed Avith a 

 very good memory. You evidently have 

 the right on your side, and you can afford 

 to wait. 



^piciiltuvist iHail 33 oi". 



A GOOD WORD FOR THE FUNICS. 



Mr. Alley : — This has been a cold, 

 windy ilay, the thermometer being at +6°. 

 Cold as it has been, one of my Punic 

 swarms has put in some yood work. My 

 golden Carniolan and Italian bees did not 

 venture out. Doesn't that speak well for 

 tlie hardiness of the Punics? 

 Lawrence, Mass. Chas. E. Dow. 



QUEKNS SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED. 



Friend Alley : — Last year I purchased 

 a Golden Carniolan and a Punic queen of 

 you. They wei e introdticed in September, 

 according to directions given in Api. I 

 did not look fortiiem lill to-day (April 12) 

 and find them both at home and doing 

 duty. These bees tally with description. 

 You may hear from me again in the fall, 

 Denver, Colorado. Mart W. Moe. 



IT BEATS THEM ALL. 



Hexry Alley: — Enclosed And $1 for 

 Api and drone trap. The sample copy of 

 Api was received and I find it to be the 

 best bee journal, giving good instruction 

 to beekeepers. It beats them all. W. C. M. 



