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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



Bees never did better than this year 

 up to date (June 21) and the prospect 

 is good for at least two weeks more. 

 Apple blossom honey is very fine this 

 season. White clover honey is not very 

 good. Perhaps that to be extracted 

 later on may be better. 



If any of the readers of the Api would 

 like to know what A. I. Root thinks of 

 the Perfection and other Swarmers, they 

 should send for Gleanings for July i. 

 The Root's are well pleased with the way 

 some of the new swarmers work. They 

 are a success, <Iead sure. 



Brother Thos. G. Newman lias been 

 obliged to give up his connection with 

 the American Bee Journal. Hundreds 

 will regret his retirement. So far as 

 the A. B.J is concerned it seems to 

 have passed into good hands and the 

 Api wishes Brother York success in 

 this new business. 



Bees in New England did well on the 

 apple blossoms. All the brood-chambers 

 were filled with nice new honey and 

 many one-pound sections have been 

 taken from the hives well filled with 

 fine apple blossom honey. At this date 

 (June 13) white clover is in full bloom 

 and the temperature in the shade 93°. 

 The conditions seem just right for a 

 good flow of white clover honey. 



The Falconer Mfg. Co., Jamestown, 

 N. Y., has been somewhat "exercised by 

 a free advertisement one of the new bee- 

 papers has given them. It seems this 

 new paper in order to make a respecta- 

 ble appearance used some of its space 

 by giving a few free ads. An old adv. 

 01 the above company was used and 

 persons who answered it claimed a five 

 per cent discount on goods ordered. 

 Falconer & Co. decline to allow the dis- 

 count 



I shall give away to subscribers of 

 the Aw about twelve of the Perfection 

 Self-hivers. I want them to go to such 

 beekeepers as are likely to have swarms 

 in July. My object is to test the swarm- 

 er. Bear in mind that I am ready to 

 pay ^5 for each swarm the hiver fails to 

 hive. It will work successfully in every 

 case, and it will hive all the bees that 

 come off with the swarm. 



I wonder what report Bro. Cowan will 

 make of the Punics on his return from 

 Africa. His object in going there is not 

 quite understood. Whatever the report 

 is, it will not change the good qualities of. 

 this fine race of bees. The color of 

 them will be just as black, their dispo- 

 sitions just as gentle, their superior work- 

 ing qualities, hardiness, and great pro- 

 lificness will not be in the least changed 

 by any report Bro. Cowan will make. 



Last year Dr. C C Miller gave a 

 method for rearing queens in hives that 

 have fertile queens. It was to place 

 the queen and brood over a chamber 

 of combs with a mat between, leaving 

 room at end for bees to pass down. Place 

 the eggs in the bottom hive and the result 

 would be a "lot of fine cells." Well, I 

 tried it. Not a cell was built. I then 

 placed some cell cups which had been 

 started twenty-four hour? previously and 

 the same as are prepared to place over 

 brood nest containing a queen, and the 

 bees .destroyed all. If any man has 

 made a success of Dr. Miller's plan, 

 please make the fact known, as that 

 would no doubt save the Doctors' credit. 



Of the Punics, W. C. Green, Lake- 

 land, Florida, says : — 



"The Punic queen you sent me is doinij 

 fine work. Think I shall want some laore 

 queens soon." 



Here is another report of queens 

 which just came to hand from an old 

 customer, Jno. S. Brendle, Shaeffers- 

 town. Pa. Friend S. says : 



"1 have been an old customer of yonrs 

 the kist four years, having received at tlie 



