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THE BEK-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



that a new era in bee-keeping is about 

 to be ushered in. Once more let me 

 say: Keep abreast of the times, and 

 grasp the opportunities. 



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DEATH OF MR. THOS. G. NKWMAN. 



One by one the fathers in apiculture, 

 at whose feet we younger men sat 

 years ago, are passing away, leaving 

 the burdens and responsibilities upon 

 other shoulders. Within less than a 

 year four veterans have dropped out 

 of the ranks. First was the venerable 

 Chas. Dadant, next the genial Dr. 

 Mason, then J. H. Martin (Rambler) 

 closed his eyes in sunny Cuba, and 

 then, on ^Nlarch 10, at the age of CO, 

 the veteran jouriialist. Mr. Thos. G. 

 Newman, passed away at his home in 

 San Francisco, California. 



While Mr. NeAvman was not the 

 founder of tlie American Bee Journal, 

 he took hold of it at a time when its 

 subscribers numbered only about 800, 

 paying .$2,000 for tlie same, and push- 

 ing it onward and upward until it be- 

 came a power in the land. For twen- 

 ty years he was its editor and pub- 

 lisher, when it was sold to its present 

 OAvner, Mr. Geo. W. York, Mr. New- 

 man going to San Francisco, and en- 

 gaging in the publication of the Philo- 

 sophical Journal. 



I shall always remember my first 

 visit to Chicago wlien I was an hon- 

 ored guest at JNIr. Newman's home, oc- 

 cupying the same room with dear old 

 father Langstroth. 



I always liked Mr. Newman. ITe al- 

 ways strove to be correct. I remem- 

 ber tr) Iking a matter over with Mr. 

 Heddon. We both hoped that a cer- 

 tain phase of it was true, but feared 

 it was not. Finally, I told him that 

 Mr. Newman had said it was not. "If 

 Newman said it was not so, you may 

 rest assured that it isn't," was his 

 reply. "I have almost always found 



Newman correct." In after years 1 

 many times re-called this speech of 

 Mr. Heddon's, and noted its correct- 

 ness. Mr. Newman was nearly al- 

 ways correct. 



While editor of the American Bee 

 Joiu'nal Mr. Newman founded, nour- 

 ished, and brought into full tide of 

 prosperity, the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union, Avhich did noble work in de- 

 fending the rights of its members, and 

 in estalilishing precedents in law that 

 have greatly aided in preventing law- 

 suits. For many years Mr. Newman 

 served, without recompense, as Gen- 

 eral Manager of the Union, accepting 

 a salary only wlien the Union was 

 abundantly alile to pay him. 



The last few years of ^Ir. Newman's 

 life were more or less of a struggle. 

 Poor health, and almost total blind- 

 ness, were among his trials. In order 

 to do business he had to employ a 

 reader and stenographer, yet lie strug- 

 gled on with that indomitable spirit 

 that always dies in the harness. 



WHAT PART DOES VENTILATION PI^AY IN 

 THE WINTERING OF BEES? 



It must be admitted tlu'^ ^he part 

 played by ventilation in the wintering 

 of bees is not yet thoroughly under- 

 stood. There is, apparently, a convic- 

 tion of facts and experiences. There 

 have been many reports of successful 

 wintering witli very little ventilation. 

 I have many times wintered bees suc- 

 cessfully buried in a pit, with no 

 more ventilation than could come 

 through 18 inches of fi'ozen earth. The 

 bees consumed very little honey ; 

 in fact, it seemed almost as though 

 the colonies had simply slept over 

 niglit. The man who tirst lu'ged me 

 to try wintering bees in this manner, 

 was Mr. C. J. Robinson, of Richford, 

 N. Y. One of the arguments that he 

 put forward in favor of this method, 



