THE A ME RIO AN A PIC UL TUB IS T. 



Wi 



no brood in the l)rood-nest, but plenty 

 of young bees. 



Self-liivers placed in front of the o'd 

 hive in sucli a manner that the working 

 bee-! pass through tlie hirer while on their 

 way to and from th9,hive. give promise of 

 catching full swarms. The trouble with 

 the old kind is that many of the bees re- 

 turn to the old entrance. — Iteview. 



Reports of the Panics are both favor- 

 able and otherwise. This was to be ex- 

 pected. 



I wish all those who have received 

 and introduced the Funics would give 

 their experience with them for the Api, 

 in as few words as possible. It matters 

 not whether the reports are favorable or 

 otherwise ; I want them. 



English beekeepers speak much more 

 favorably of Punic bees than American 

 beekeepers. I am ready to stand by 

 the following statement. They are gen- 

 tle, queens very prolific, bees very in- 

 dustrious and superior honey gatherers ; 

 they do not sting, bite or kick. The 

 only trouble seems to be, as with the 



" nigger," they are black. Ninety 



out of every hundred who introduce t!ie 

 Funics will like them. They are the best 

 imported race that have come into this 

 country. I am ready to sink or swim 

 on this statement. 



Those who have any unfavorable re- 

 ports of the Funic bees will please send 

 them to the Canadian Bee Journal. 

 Favorable reports are not wanted by 

 that paper. One thing about it, that 

 jjaper has so small a circulation that 

 whatever they say will not count much. 

 We have sent lots of Punic queens into 

 Canada, yet not an unfavorable report 

 of them has come to hand from that 

 country. How's that, Mr. C. B.J? 



That a fair crop of good honey will 

 be taken this year no one doubts. I 

 am sure more was produced in our api- 

 ary than for many years. 



How to keep honey after being taken 

 from the hive, was given in a late issue 

 of the Api. Elxamine your back copies 

 for the desired information. 



Considerable space in this issue is 

 taken up in the discussion of Punic bees 

 and self-hivers. Both these subjects are 

 of vast importance to a large majority 

 of beekeepers. We now have had our 

 say, and but little more will be said in 

 future in the Api concerning these sub- 

 jects. 



A long article may be found in a re- 

 cent issue of Gleanings under the head 

 of "cranks." We are all more or less 

 cranky; sort o'crazy ; that is, let some 

 people tell it. In my day, I have heard 

 several prominent beekeepers called in- 

 sane. There seems to be a method in 

 some people's insanity. 



Order one or more golden Carniolan 

 queens. 



A WORD ABOUT SELF-HIVEI:S. 



Since the last issue of the Api, about 

 twenty self-hivers of our latest pattern 

 have been shipped to beekeepers in 

 various parts of the country, to test. 

 Up to date, July 13, but three reports 

 have 6ome in, and I need not say they 

 are favorable When I said I would pay 

 ^5 for every swarm the hiver failed to 

 self-hive, no idle talk was intended. 

 The hiver, as now constructed, will not 

 fail to hive any swarm that issues through 

 it. This is the only device that has 

 hived every swarm, as reports of some 

 others have been unfavorable. There 

 is not an objectionable feature about 

 the present hiver. It is easily and 

 quickly placed in position to catch a 

 swarm, and if properly cared for will 

 last a life time. 



Bear in mind that this self hiver is 

 the only one that catches and destroys 

 all drones : this is a feature that should 



