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THE AMERICAN APICVLTURIST. 



— Good old father Langstroth seems to 

 be renewing his age, as about all the 

 bee-papers contain something original 

 from his pen. 



— A big crop of new bee-papers is 

 promised in the near future. Such 

 things must be expected as long as fools 

 and cranks infest the world with thtir 

 existence. 



— 'Tis a hard question to decide whether 

 T. W. Cowan or the Punic bees possess 

 the more vindictive disposition. We 

 can handle the Funics, but cannot do 

 much with Cowan. 



— If the editor of the British Bee Join-- 

 nal had any disposition to be fair in the 

 discussion of the Punic bee question, 

 he would publish favorable, as well as 

 unfavorable reports of these bees. 

 Gleanins.s is fair and gives both sides. 



— That fellow way up in New Hamp- 

 shire, who is publishing the White 

 Mountain Apiarist, i:\d,s a new set work- 

 ing on his paper. The June issue reached 

 us in the middle of July, and was a 

 marked improvement on all previous 

 copies of that paper sent to this office. 



— Don't be in a hurry about marketing 

 your honey. There must have been a 

 short crop of good honey gathered this 

 year. Vermont beekeepers have se- 

 cured but litde surplus, and this seems 

 to be the condition in several states where 

 large quantities of section honey is us- 

 ually secured. 



— In a recent issue of the Scientific 

 American can be found the article on 

 "Producing a better bee" from the pen 

 of J. Edward Giles. Articles of real 

 merit only find their way in such a paper 

 is the Scientific American. Elsewhere 

 an this issue may be found another in- 

 teresting article on the same subject by 

 ISIr. Giles. 



— When those beekeepers who have the 

 Funics learn how to handle them, little 

 complaint will be heard from stings. 

 There is a great knack in handling bees 

 to avoid stings. 



Some people cannot handle bees any 

 more than they can the horse, or other 

 domestic animals. The Funics are all 



— *T never saw such handsome bees," 

 remark all who visit the Bay State Apiary, 

 and are shown the beautiful Italians. 

 Well, these bees are from a queen reared 

 this year, her progeny is so beautifully 

 marked, I shall rear and have ready for 

 mailing, Sept. i, some over 200 queens. 

 Ten dollars per dozen, $5.50 per half 

 dozen or $1 for one queen is the price 

 .these queens can be had for. 



— I recently received an order for half 

 a dozen queens by return mail with four 

 days notice. Couldn't do it. 



A few days ago an order came for a 

 queen by return mail. The next morn- 

 ing the same customer wrote that I must 

 ship at once or it would be too late for 

 him. The next day word came "it is 

 too late." That is what I call doing bus = 

 iness on a rush. 



— Brother York, of the American Bee 

 Joicrnal gives notice that at present he 

 is not in the supply business. Here's 

 two to one that he'll have to be, or stop 

 issuing the old A. B.J. 



Nearly all those publishing bee-papers 

 tried the same experiment Brother York 

 is now experiencing ; but after a while 

 all had to come down and sell a few fix- 

 ings used in the apiary. 



— 'Tis pretty rough to be obliged to 

 write this stuff with the temperature at 

 92° in the coolest place. 



'Tis rough, too, to go into the apiary 

 and put up queens when it is i20°in the 

 sun. We poor mortals who rear queens 

 and publish bee-papers have to do these 

 things as well as a good many more 

 things the common beekeeper is not 

 obliged to do. 



