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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



ready stated in the B. B.J. the opinions 

 of the brothers Jeglic that there were 

 yellow banded bees in upper Carniola. 

 The following were the words used : 



"These two beekeepers (the broth- 

 ers Jeglic) say "that orange or rusty-red 

 bands are not a mark of imi)urity in 

 Carniolans." 



Mr. Benton's article was printed just 

 as he wrote it without one word being 

 changed. Although not intended to be of 

 any special advantage to me, it does 

 nevertheless. do me considerable service. 



I find not a word in it except Mr. 

 Benton's opinion to disprove the opin- 

 ion I have given, namely, that the orig- 

 inal yellow bees were Carniolans. The 

 line which divides Carniola and Italy is 

 so narrow that in my opinion the Italians 

 did not cross the border into Carniola 

 and establish the yellow bands in "every 

 apiary" in that country. It seems to 

 me the Carniolans crossed over into Italy 

 and gave to the native bees of sunny 

 Italy all the claims they have to yellow 

 bands, etc. 



Thanking Mr. B. for his able and in- 

 teresting article, and with an invitation 

 to come again, I now drop the yellow 

 Carniolan subject. 



In order to give all a chance to try 

 our queens the price will be as ioUows 

 the balance of the season : 

 One queen by mail, ^i.oo 



One queen and the kp\, i yr., 1.50 



Six queens, 5.00 



Twelve queens, 10.00 



These queens shall be large, of a 

 beautiful golden color ; worker progeny 

 well marked and very handsome ; in 

 fact I guarantee every queen to be per- 

 fect and satisfactory in all respects. 



I shall be prepared Sept. i to ship 

 promptly by return mail. 



Those who desire to try Carniolans 

 can do so by sending us orders as per 

 prices. Prices of queens producing 

 five-banded bees . and queens reared 

 from our famous strain of Italians, will 

 remain the same as given in above list. 

 Now is a good time to requeen your 

 colonies having old queens. 



I have found that it is a very hard 

 matter to produce absolutely pure Punic 

 queens. There will be a few yellow 

 banded bees from a majority of the 

 queens. This will do no harm. 



I ship you these queens at one dollar 

 each, and you must take your chances 

 as to purity. If there is any other 

 trouble with the queens I will replace 

 them, as I guarantee everything satis- 

 factory but purity. 



If anyone desires to examine one of 

 our new drone-traps, the same as is used 

 in the Perfection self-hiver, one will be 

 mailed on the receipt of sixty-five cents. 

 If desirable to use as a self-hiver, just 

 make a box as per description in July 

 Api. I want every reader of the Api to 

 use one of these traps. If not entirely 

 satisfactory, the money paid for them 

 will be returned. 



If any reader of the Api wishes to 

 examine my self-hiver, as well as a 

 drone-trap that will catch and destroy 

 all drones as soon as they attempt to 

 leave the hive, send $1.50 and get both 

 the above by express. Bear in mind 

 that the trap used in this swarmer can 

 be used in the self-hiver, or separately 

 as a drone-trap. This is a feature no 

 other swarmer possesses. 



If you care to test our Italian, yel- 

 low Carniolan and Punic bees, one 

 queen of each race will be sent for ^3, 

 and the Api for one year besides. Now 

 here is more for the small sum of $3 

 than can be had of any other dealer in 

 the world. 



GOOD EXOUGH FOR HIM. 



Editor Am. Apt :— In regard to the Pu- ' 



iiic bees would say tliat tliey are the best ' 



race of bees I have ever seen, nnd they j 



iire the jrentlest l^ees I ever hiuidled. I \ 



have not had a sting from one of mine yet. i 



I do not use a veil to protect me from tlie ^ 



Funics. They are good enough for me. \ 

 S. F. S.VJIPSON. 



Bonceverte, W. Va. ] 



