THE AMERICAN APICULTUBIST. 



171 



BEES HAVE DONE WELL. 

 Bees have done well, in this section 

 the past year and made lot's of honey in 

 June and July. Last spring was the 

 hardest year ever known ; more bees 

 lost by starvation after May ist than 

 were lost in winter. My own average 

 was 40 lbs. box honey per hive spring 

 count. Bees now strong and plenty of 

 stores. This has been a great year for 

 swarming, and the old fashioned box- 

 hive beekeepers have plenty of bees and 

 not much box honey. Some failed to 

 get any. As the most of that class of 

 beekeepers know it all, there is nothing 

 for them to learn. 



J. R. COiMMON. 



Angelica, N. V. 



[Yes, they know it all. Those box 

 bee-hive beekeepers can tell us all about 

 the "king bee," and how to daub the 

 inside of an old box-hive with molasses 

 in order to prevent a new swarm desert- 

 ing after being hived. 



There is one thing they do not boast 

 of, and that is the amount of honey they 

 get each season.] 



SPECIAL OFFER. 



The usual price at which. I have 

 sold an individual right to make 

 and use the drone-trap is $3. Un- 

 til further notice I wil 1 sell the right 

 for any Township in the United 

 States at the above price, $3. One 

 of the latest improved Self-hiver 

 queen-traps will be mailed each 

 purchaser. 



Any one disposed to engage in the 

 sale of the trap and Self-hiver will 

 be given the deed of any County 

 for tan (lOj dollars. 

 Address 

 HENRY ALLEY, 



Wenham, Mass. 



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Read special offer on second page 

 of cover, this issue. 



The editorial on above head in last 

 Api has stirred up quite a breeze. I well 

 knew when I wrote it that the five -band- 

 ed-bee men would come down on me 

 like a thousand of bricks. W^ell, let 'em 

 come down ; tlie truth sliould be told 

 though the heavens fall. 



One five-banded beeman thinks he 

 should not pay for his advertisement in 

 Api because the Api has come down 

 on the five- banded bees. As that fel- 

 low had sold all the queens he reared 

 last season before said article appeared in 

 this paper I do not see that he has any 

 reason to find fault. I can say that I 

 paid A. I. Root for my advertisement of 



