,^H\tt'S 



Or how to Realize the .Most Money with the Smallest Expenditure of Capital 

 and Labor in the Care of Bees, Rationally Considered. 



PUBLISHED QTTjVIfcTIEIlll.Y. 



Vol. I. MEDINA, O., JAN. 1, 1873 



INTRODUCTORY. 



No. 1 



H^jellow Novices : — We must con- 

 =*j fess to a feeling of nut being quite 

 ;is much at home here, just yet, as in 

 the old American Bee JouPnal, hut we 

 trust we shali all, in time, feel all the 

 liberty here that we have there en- 

 joyed. Remember at all times that 

 [mproved Bee Culture is our end 

 and aim, and we trust no one will 

 hesitate to give any facts from ex- 

 perience, because they may tend to 

 overthrow any particular person or 

 "hobby." 



It any of our especial plans don't 

 work, or it anything we r advertise 

 has had its value over-estimated, 

 here in these pages is the place of 

 all others to set the error right, 

 'leas don'1 m I sty >r ir maturely 

 positive, and when one of our num- 

 ber acknowledges a fault and makes 

 proper reparation, the matter should 

 be overlooked and friendly feelings 

 renewed on both sides at once and 

 forever. 



The advances-now being made in 

 Bee Culture, it seems to us, must 

 necessarily bring about individual 

 losses often ; for instance, one of us 

 may have made up a quantity of 

 hives for sale, and new developments 

 may point out plainly that they are 

 not fully adapted to the present needs 

 of Bee Culture, and when you are 

 satisfied of this, please do not attempt 



| to sell them without telling your 

 i! customer the whole truth, and making 

 the price correspond. The same 

 may be said of Extractors. If 

 necessary to throw them away as 

 old lumber or old metals, do not, we 

 implore you, hesitate an instant, 



Our most successful business men 

 of the present day, have discovered 

 it to be a fact that it is more profita- 

 ble to tell their customers the bad 

 points of their wares as well as the 

 good. There are ample opportunities 

 in this world to acquire a compe- 

 tence honestly. 



One of the most lamentable 

 wrongs in Bee Culture is the custom 

 of taking money for a "right to 

 make and use" a hive, knowing that 

 the buyer could -'make and use" a 

 hive so nearly like it as to answer 

 every purpose, without using a sin- 

 gle ONE OP THE PATENTED FEATURES. 

 It will be our especial aim to fully in- 

 form the public of ail such tran- 

 sactions coming under our observa- 

 tion. 



Please give facts all you can with- 

 out regard to their bearing on in- 

 dividuals, if they arc of such a 

 nature as to benefit the masses. 

 Without further moralizing we will 

 try and let our little .»< i hxai. show 

 for itself what it is; but, dear read- 

 ers, we hope you have read this care- 

 fully for we may refer to it hereafter. 



