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much needs, but the brown Germans 

 have, and this is why the very best 

 honey-gatherers can be procured by 

 judicious crossings of leather-colored 

 Italian and brown German bees. 

 There is no need of losing any amia- 

 bility in such crossing: as the one last 

 referred to. It is the sitnplest and 

 easiest thing in tlie world to iiR-r"ase it. 



The Holy Land bees have two 

 traits of character, which must for- 

 ever keep them from the apiaries of 

 wise honey-producers. First, they 

 are terribly irascible ; secondly, they 

 do not ripen their honey properly be- 

 fore sealing it, which causes it to 

 press against the capping and ooze 

 out. I have never had them in my 

 apiary, I am happy to affirm ; but 

 good reliable parties, who have tested 

 them thoroughly, furnish me proof of 

 the above statements. 



The brown German bee excells any 

 bee in the v^orld, in the much desir- 

 able point of building white comb, 

 and doing it readily and rapidly ; also 

 in ascending to the upper story early 

 in the season, and in not crowding 

 the brood-chamber with honey. These 

 valuable traits no wise honey pro- 

 ducer will ignore. Another valuable 

 point about them is, they are not 

 nearly as much inclined to swarm as 

 the yellow races of bees. 



Transferring. 



I have been transferring bees from 

 American hives into others, but have 

 not yet finished. Would you advise 

 me to tinish now V Please answer 

 through the Bee Journal and 

 oblige. Silas Kemington. 



Lowell, Mich. 



Answer.— We practice transferring 

 either on the old system or the new, 

 all through the season, when conven- 

 ient, and see no reason why you 

 should not finish the job at ence. 



Separators with Broad Frames. 



Several correspondents have asked 

 me if I considered it advisable to use 

 separators with broad frames. I will 

 reply that I do. When I run 34 broad 

 frame supers, I tried omitting the 

 separators. I find that while the 

 "case" seems not to need separators to 

 get reasonably straight combs, the 

 broad frames are almost a total fail- 

 ure without them. 



Bees are just beginning to swarm 

 and store in cases here. The pros- 

 pects are qood. " After clouds, sun- 

 shine." We are now transferring 

 .iHveral colonies on the new plan, 

 which the students think "the boss." 



J>pecial IJottces. 



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Our Premiums for Clubs. 



Any one sending ns a club of two 

 subscribers for 1 year, for the Weekly, 

 with $4, will be entitled to a copy or 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, postpaid. 



For three subscribers, with $6, we 

 will send Cook's Manual, in paper, 

 Emerson's Binder for the Weekly, or 

 Apiary Register for 50 colonies. 



For four subscribers, with $8, we 

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For five subscribers, with $10, we 

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To get any of the above premiums 

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Bee Pasturage a Necessity .—W e have 

 just issued a new pamphlet giving our 

 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illustrated with 26 en- 

 gravings, and will be sent postpaid to 

 any address for 10 cents. 



^^ Do not send coins in a letter. It 

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Honey as Food and Medicine. 



A new edition, revised and enlarged, 

 the new pages being devoted to 7iew 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price of them low 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 6 

 cents, postpaid ; per dozen, 50 cents ; 

 per hundred, $4.00. On orders of 100 

 or more, we print, if desired, on the 

 cover-page, "Presented by," etc., 

 (giving the name and address of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and expense — enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 



The Apiary Register. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages 1 50 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 2 00 



The larger ones can be used for a 

 few colonies, give room for an increase 

 of numbers, and still keep the record 

 all together in one book, and are there- 

 fore the most desirable ones. 



Special Notice.— We will, hereafter, 

 supply the Weekly Bee Journal 

 for one year, and the seventh edition 

 of Prof. Cook's Manual of the Apiary, 

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 Monthly Bee Journal, and the Manual 

 in cloth for $1.75. As this offer will 

 soon be withdrawn, those who desire 

 it should send for the book at once. 



Sample Copies of theAMERicAN Bee 

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 the persons they desire to interview, 

 by sending the names to this office. 



To Europe and Return for 30 Cents. 



If you eau't afford to pay $22 for one of 

 W. 11. Brearley's round trip excursion 

 tickets "From Detroit to tlie Sea," with 

 which you could leave Detroit . I une 27th, 

 July llth or July 25tli, for a 2,200 mile 

 pleasiue tour to the White Mts. aud Sea 

 Shore, the "next" best thing would be to 

 send ten 3 cent stamps to W. H. Brearley, 

 of the Detroit (Mich.) "Eveuius News," 

 for a copy of his new C8-page Olustratt'd 

 excursion guide book, it also ccjiitaiiis 

 particulars of :! clieaii excursions "From 

 Detroit across the Sea to Liverjjool. Tlie 

 book is graphic in its descriptions, and 

 affords for tlurty cents an excellent substi- 

 tute tor an excursion to Eiu'ope, with the 

 advantage that calm weather anil exemption 

 from sea sic-kucss may be relied upon. One 

 (if tiiese guide liooks has been rccelve(l at 

 the oliice of tliis paper, where it may be 

 examuied by any one interested. 



