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AMERICAN BEE lOURNAL. 



Dec. 6, 1900. 



I * The Weekly Budget. * I 



Thb New Editor of the Progressive Bee-Keeper, Will 

 Ward Mitchell, starts in well, and it is not likely that the 

 paper will suffer under his guidance. He is the man who 

 has written so much excellent verse for the Progressive, his 

 poems forming quite a feature of that journal. Success 



to him. 



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The Canadian Bee Journal. — The literary shortcom- 

 ings of contemporaries are not considered the best things 

 with which to fill up the columns of a bee-journal, but it 

 may not be greatly out of order to say that since W. J. Craig 

 has taken the editorial chair of the Canadian Bee Journal, 

 there has been a very gratifying improvement in the proof- 

 reading of that journal. 



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Bee -Keepers' Institutes are to be held at several 

 places in the State of New York this month, as will be 

 noticed by referring to the notices of conventions on an- 

 other page of this issue. These ought to be very valuable 

 gatherings for those bee-keepers who can arrange to attend 

 them. We hope as many of our readers as possible will be 

 present, and do what they can to make the institutes as 

 helpful and interesting as may be. 

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Hon. Eugene Secor was a delegate to represent the 

 Iowa State Horticultural Society at the Southern Minne- 

 sota Horticultural Society's meeting held at Austin, Minn., 

 Nov. 21, 22, and 23, 1900. He was also to speak at the meet- 

 ing of the Northeastern Iowa Horticultural meeting at 

 Iowa Falls, Nov. 27, 28, and 29, his subject being " Desira- 

 ble Flowering Shrubs and Plants." Mr. Secor is interested 

 in establishing extensive greenhouses at his home — Forest 

 City, Iowa — toward which he has been laboring for a year, 

 now having arrangements made for beginning the work as 

 soon as the weather permits next spring. About 6,000 feet 

 of glass will be used, and hardy shrubs and perennials 

 grown outside. Mr. Secor is a busy man, and is ingenious 

 as well as a " Eugene-ius." 



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Mr. a. I. Root and the Bee Journal. — Those who 

 were familiar with the earlier volumes of the American Bee 

 Journal will easily recall how its pages were enlivened by 

 the spicy contributions of one who signed himself "Novice." 

 The opportunity of thus appearing 12 times in a year seem- 

 ing too narrow for " Novice," by the aid of a windmill he 

 issued a little quarterly of his own, which grew, and grew, 

 until it became the Gleanings in Bee-Culture of to-day with 

 its 24 superbly illustrated issues every year -a journal that 

 has made the name of A. I. Root a household word in the 

 homes of bee-keepers all over the world. Having achieved 

 a name and fame, it seems he might be content therewith. 

 But he is not. He has not forgotten his old friends, and 

 the wish in him is strong for increast success to others. 

 Here is the way he talks in the number of Gleanings for 

 Nov. ISth : 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Forty years ago next January, Vol. I., No. 1 of the 

 American Bee Journal made its appearance under the man- 

 agement of our good friend Samuel Wagner. It continued 

 one year ; but there did not seem to be bee-keepers enough 

 in our land to keep even one bee-journal running. If I am 

 correct, the breaking-out of the war had something to do 

 with letting it drop for a time. 



When I " went crazy," however, on the honey-bee, be- 



cause of the loss of that truant swarm I became so much in- 

 terested in, I began rubbing my eyes and hunting up the 

 bee-literature of the world. As soon as I found a bee-jour- 

 nal had been publisht I had every back number, and read 

 them over and over day and night almost. How familiar 

 those pages in regard to the Dzierzon theory look even now ! 

 and those strange stories of the wonderful natural history 

 of the honey-bee awaken a thousand pleasant recollections 

 even now as I glance over it. I enjoy even yet exploring 

 new fields of science ; but I am afraid the world does not 

 contain any new field that I shall enjoy as much as my ex- 

 plorations in that observatory hive that stood in the window 

 of my home. 



Well, when I became acquainted with Langstroth and 

 Wagner, there was no peace till they promist to get the 

 American Bee Journal going again, for Mr. Langstroth sec- 

 onded my exhortations. Well, it is still going ; and when I 

 glanced over the issue for Nov. 8, I really felt happy to see 

 such a bright, wideawake, live publication, filled not only 

 with valuable hints, but bright, hopeful, sharp witticisms. 



The thing that troubles me most just now is the fear 

 that our good friend York does not get pay enough for send- 

 ing such a beautiful journal 52 times for the small sum of 

 $1.00— not quite two cents for each issue. (At one time the 

 American Bee Journal was $2.00 for only /.? issues.) Why, 

 Dadant's account of his trip thru Switzerland, alone is 

 worth almost the subscription price for an entire year, to 

 say nothing of the report of the Chicago convention. And 

 it is not altogether bees. Friend York, as well as myself, 

 got hold of that little item about having some land of your 

 own. And the American Bee Journal is an excellent family 

 paper. It is up to the times in standing out strong and 

 fearlessly for good morals, temperance, and purity and 

 honesty. 



Now, if anybody sees this who has not subscribed for 

 the " Old Reliable," let him make haste to give friend York 

 a little encouragement in the shape of a subscription. This 

 is from your old friend — A. I. R. 



We hardly know what to say in response to the exceed- 

 ingly kind words Mr. Root has written above, for it isn't 

 possible for us to deserve them. At any rate, we take off 

 our hat and make our best bow, with a sincere " Thank 

 you," for all he has said. 



No one knows any better than does Mr. A. I. Root what 

 it means to get out a paper like the American Bee Journal 

 every week in the year, and year after year. It is now 

 about 16 years since we have been helping to get up and 

 send out this journal, and we can testify that it means 

 hustle all the time. But that is what we are here for, and 

 if bee-keepers will continue to give us their hearty support, 

 we will agree to do our best for them, so long as health and 

 strength permit. 



Our Wood Binder (or Holder) is made to take all the 

 copies of the American Bee Journal for a year. It is sent 

 by mail for 20 cents. Full directions accompany. The Bee 

 Journals can be inserted as soon as they are received, and 

 thus preserved for future reference. Upon receipt of $1.00 

 for your Bee Journal subscription a full year tn advance, 

 we will mail you a Wood Binder free — if you will mention it. 



Please send us Names of Bee-Keepers who do not now 



get the American Bee Journal, and we will send them sam- 

 ple copies. Then you can very likely afterward get their 

 subscriptions, for which work we offer valuable premiums 

 in nearly every number of this journal. You can aid much 

 by sending in the names and addresses when writing us on 



other matters. 



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Queenie Jeanette is the title of a pretty song in sheet 

 music size, written by J. C. Wallenmeyer, a musical bee- 

 keeper. The regular price is 40 cents, but to close out the 

 copies we have left, we will mail them at 20 cents each, as 

 long as they last. Better order at once, if you want a copy 

 of this song. 



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The American Fruit and Vegetable Journal is just 

 what its name indicates. Tells all about growing fruits 

 and vegetables. It is a fine monthly, at SO cents a year. 

 We can mail you a free sample copy of it, if you ask for it. 

 We club it with the American Bee Journal — both for $1.10. 



