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THE AMERICAN APICVLTURIST. 



THE BEE'S SERMON. 



Good-inorning, dear friend ! I'm a clever 



young bee ! 

 And a sermon I'll preach if you'll listen 



to me ; 

 It Ts-ill not be long, and it will not be 



dry, 

 And your own common sense my remarks 



may apply. 



Not slothful in business must l>e the first 



head, 

 For with vigor we work till the sun goes 



to bed ; 

 And unless one^is willing to put forth 



one's powers 

 There is no getting on in a world such as 



OIU'S. 



We are fond of our dwellings ; no gossips 



are we, 

 No gadders about idle neighbors to see ; 

 And though we are forced for our honey 



to roam. 

 We come back as soon as we can to our 



home. 



We carry our stings not on any pretense 

 For aggressive attack, but in self-de- 

 fence ; 

 We meddle with no one, and only repel 

 Assailants Avho will not in peace Avith us 

 dwell. 



Now my sermon is ended and you, if you 

 please, 



Some hints may derive from us hard- 

 working bees ; 



May your life be as useful, your labors as 

 sweet. 



And may you have plenty of honey to 

 eat ! — New Orleans Picayune. 



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 x^Pi to 

 use one of these traps. If not entirely 

 satisfactory, the money paid for them 

 will be returned. 



"The Avay to be happy and wealthy and 



wise 

 Is early to rest and early to rise." 

 This proverb has molded our conduct for 



years. 

 And we never sleep when the daylight 



appears. 



If you were to peep in our lives you 

 would own 



That as models of cleanliness they might 

 be shown ; 



All dust and all dirt, without any delay. 



Are SAvept from our door and soon car- 

 ried away. 



Ventilation most thorough our domociles 



share. 

 So no one need teach us the worth of 



fresh air. 

 For Ave could not live as Ave've heard 



people do. 

 In close rooms where no healthy-giving 



breeze. can pass through. 



When ope of our number is sick or dis- 

 tressed 



He is suieof kind treatment from eaeh 

 of the rest; 



We sympathize Avarmly Avith those Avho're 

 in grief, 



And are eager to proffer immediate re- 

 lief. 



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-hJA^er, 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 ENOUGH FOR HIM. 



Editor Am. Api :— In regard to the Pu- 

 nic bees Avould say that they are the best 

 race of bees I have ever seen, and they 

 are the gentlest b-^-es I ever handled. I 

 have not had a sting from one of mine yet. 

 I do not use a veil to protect me from the 

 Punics. They are good enough for me. 

 S. F. Sampson. 



Eonceverte, W. Va. 



