THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



lished, and he is paid. Virtue should be, 

 aud I believe always is, rewarded, and 1 am 

 not sure but it is a virtue to put up a fancy 

 gTAde of honey and place it in the hands of 

 the consumer in a " gilt edge " condition. 

 Ves, let us grade up even if we have to copy 

 after the Hour barrel, and cover the outside 

 of the sections with XXX, but let this be 

 strictly a fancy grade. 

 Fkemont, Mich., Jan. 27, 1892. 



Patience and Perseverance. — Duties that Bee 



Keepers Owe to the Journals in the 



way of Correspondence. 



A. K. COOPEB.* 



T" j TT is easier to 



1 work than to 

 wait. The Italians 

 say, "/Z monde e, 

 lU chi ha, pazien- 

 :«," or "the world 

 is his who has pa- 

 tience ;" and of all 

 difficult exercises 

 in the science of 

 morals, the appli- 

 cation of this prin- 

 ciple is perhaps the 

 most so. There are not many, like Colum- 

 bus, ready to hold out to the last ; nor, like 

 Falissy, steadily bent, through long seasons 

 of misfortune, on the attainment of his end. 

 There may be many who can see no imme- 

 diate connection between the above remarks 

 and the subject of writing an article for the 

 papers devoted to apiculture. Only the edi- 

 tor himself knows and feels that it is easier 

 to work by writing to fill his paper with 

 interesting matter than it is to wait until 

 others do a part of the work by sending in 

 their correspondence in order that we may 

 have information from a larger territory. 



*Mr. A. K. Cooper is 32 years old. Was born at 

 Chester, one of the oldest walled cities of old 

 Eugland. When he was four years old his parents 

 moved to Liverpool, where he lived until he was 

 23 years of age, when poor health forced him to 

 give up a very lucrative position and seek the 

 more salubrious clime of America, His health 

 improved. He became an American citizen. In 

 looking about to find some business by which he 

 could earn a living for wife and babies, he met a 

 bee keeper who convinced liim that in bee keep- 

 ing there was an opening for both himself and 

 wife. He soon thought he saw the need of a paper 

 in the Northwest published in the interest of 

 apiculture. The result was the starting of the 

 Bee-Keepers' Magazine. Bro. Cooper has plenty 

 of pluck, is working hard to make a succe.ss of 

 his journal, and the Review wishes him abund- 

 ant success. 



He knows, also, that while due respect is 

 given to his writings, the desire is to have 

 change of sentiment. It is well known that 

 two men will write articles, both taking the 

 same subject, the one will be flat and unin- 

 teresting, while the other will be full of 

 lively humor ; hence the reason that we 

 should strive to have a variety in order to 

 suit all classes. It is a hard task, but the 

 editor who is gifted with an earnest and 

 intelligent patience will hold steadily on to 

 the attainment of his object. 



Perseverance is the stern duty of all who 

 would be victors. There are many who mis- 

 construe the meaning of the word patience. 

 It does not imply idleness, but a steady, 

 plodding perseverance under the most ad- 

 verse circumstances to overcome all obstacles 

 and achieve success. 



These thoughts suggested themselves to 

 me, Mr. Editor, while reading your leader. 

 I seemed to be able to see, with the help of 

 personal experience, how, in the short space 

 of four years, the Review stands to-day in 

 the front ranks of apicultural journals. 



Patience and perseverance, that "keeping 

 everlastingly at it," has been your watch- 

 word, and I am glad that your efforts have 

 been rewarded, for it is not always so. 



Patience and perseverance do not belong 

 alone to the seclusion of the editor's study. 

 One of the greatest troubles that an editor 

 has to contend with is the lack of patience 

 shown by those who are qualified to write 

 intelligently. How frequently we hear the 

 remark, " I know all about such and such a 

 thing but I have not got the patience to sit 

 down and write about it ; besides, everybody 

 knows as much about that as i do;" the 

 general impression seeming to be that they 

 have nothing at stake. At first sight it 

 seems so, but if everybody thought the same 

 way what would become of our journals ? 

 And if there were no journals devoted spe- 

 cially to the interest of the business of bee 

 keeping, where would the bee keepers of this 

 country be to-day ? Why, just where they 

 were one hundred years ago. No, friends, 

 you have an interest at stake ; if you keep 

 bees it is to your interest to sit down and 

 write upon some topic that is of general 

 interest to apiculture. Remember that the 

 papers are to a great extent what the 

 subscribers make them ; it is their organ, 

 through it they give and take their informa- 

 tion. The editor is the medium by which 

 articles are arranged for publication, there- 



