VOL XXXIV. CHICAGO. ILL, DEC. 20, 1894. 



NO. 25. 



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A Mei-i-y diriiiitiiias we would wish 

 Our friends both old and new. 



" A Merry Christmas !"' Pass it on— 

 With joyful hearts and true. 



** I'^ools can find fault, but it is a wise 

 man who finds the merit in a thing." This 

 quotation is commended to those of us 

 who always are looking for flaws, instead 

 of trying to find some good in our fellows. 



Editor Stili^oii, of the Nebraska Bee- 

 Eeeper, says that Pres. Abbott, at the St. 

 Joseph meeting, "showed himself to be a 

 splendid executive officer, and set an ex- 

 ample worthy of every future President of 

 the North American to follow." Right you 

 are, Bro. Stilson. 



A Convention Niimtoer is what 

 you might call this issue of the American 

 Bee Journal. It will pay you to read it all 

 carefully. The essays of Pres. Abbott, R. 

 McKnight, of Canada, and of Chas. Dadant 

 and S. E. Miller, of the United States, are 

 well worth your closest attention. You 

 can't afford to miss reading them or the 

 discussions. 



Oni* Conti-ibutor!i$ will please be 

 patient, for we expect to publish their com- 

 munications as soon as possible. We 

 thought it best, however, to dispose of the 

 North American convention report first— 

 or let that have first place— and let other 

 matter wait. We have published the con- 

 vention report just as fast as we could get 

 the copy from Secretary Benton— in fact, 

 faster, as we received, direct from the 

 writers, the article from Pres. Abbott on 

 "The Wintering of Bees," and the 10th 

 Annual Report of the " National Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Union," by the General Manager, 

 Thomas G. Newman. Both will be found 

 in this number. 



A Croo<1 Revie^ver is Mr. Hasty. In 

 his last contribution to the Review his 

 sharp, pointed pencil just punctures things 

 so that enough "wind" is allowed to es- 

 cape to permit a more normal condition in 

 a certain "quarter." " Quarterly " applica- 

 tions of the doses which "Dr." Hasty so 

 wisely administered ought to help to "im- 

 prove bee- literature " (so-called), in the 

 locality most needed. Go on, Bro. Hasty, 

 in your good work; and whenever "this 

 locality" needs special attention, "spare 

 not." 



]Tlr. A. J^I. Preston, of Longmont, 

 Colo., called on us last week. He was in 

 Chicago with a carload of alfalfa honey 

 from his locality. Mr. P. is the bee-inspec- 

 tor for Weld county, Colorado, and is a 

 very pleasant gentleman. He bad about 

 5,000 pounds of comb honey this year. Mr. 

 R. C. Aikin and brother, of Loveland, had 

 30,000 pounds. Colorado is right up with 

 her honey crops — and her alfalfa honey is 

 most excellent. 



