. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 156 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. September. THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG CO. Ei. E:. HIILL, - - - Terms: Fifty cents a year in advance; 2 copies, 85 cents; 3 copies, $; all to be sent to one postoftice. Postage prepaid in the U. S. and Canada; 10 cents extra to all countries in the postal union, and 20 cents extra to all other countries. Advertising Rates: Fifteen cents per line, 9 words; per inch. 5 per cent, discount for 2 insertions; 7 per cent, for 3 insertions; 10 per cent, lor 6 insertions; 20 per cent, for 12 insertions. Adverti
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 156 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. September. THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG CO. Ei. E:. HIILL, - - - Terms: Fifty cents a year in advance; 2 copies, 85 cents; 3 copies, $; all to be sent to one postoftice. Postage prepaid in the U. S. and Canada; 10 cents extra to all countries in the postal union, and 20 cents extra to all other countries. Advertising Rates: Fifteen cents per line, 9 words; per inch. 5 per cent, discount for 2 insertions; 7 per cent, for 3 insertions; 10 per cent, lor 6 insertions; 20 per cent, for 12 insertions. Advertisements must be received on or betore the l.'ith of each month to insure insertion in the month following. Address THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, Falconer, N. Y. ^^-Subscribers receiving their paper in blue wrapper will know that their subscription expires with this number. We hope that you will not de- lay favoring us with a renewal. 4®-A red wrapper on your paper indicates that you owe for your subscription. Please give the matter your early attention. I EDITORIAL. The honey market is "looking up.' A general exchange of ideas on prep- aration for winter would be seasonable and profitable at this time. Shall W3 have it? Accoding to recent reports of several bee-keepers in Gleanings, the plain sec- tion and fence arrangement has given highly satisfactory results this season. Editor Root, of Gleanings, says it is his impression that "the majority of progressive bee-keepers use hybrids, because they secure as much honey as Italians, and more than ; That the hybrid is the most common bee in use today is doubtless true; but will the "cause" stated justify the inferred pref- erence? In a general sense, such may be the fact, but from personal experi- ence, we think not. An idea that honey stored by Italian bees is superior to that gathered from the same source by the "blacks," is now a wandering outcast of unknown parentage. It's a delicate thing
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