THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



Fehruar. 



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THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG CO. 



m:. e. tiiLL, 



Elditor. 



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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Falconer, N. Y. 



' 4®=Subseribcr> liiMlniLi llii 

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 the matter your attention. 



EblTOKlAL. 



With this issue Mr. H. B. Hill as- 

 sumes the editorial duties and respon- 

 sibilities connected with this journal, 

 and we have no doubt that the change 

 will be an agreeable and welcome one 

 to our subscribeis, for Mr. Hill will 

 devote the greater part of his time to 

 it, and as he is a practical bee-keeper 

 of wide experience as well as a very 

 pleasant w. iter, no doubt the improve- 

 ment of The American Bee Keeper 

 will be very marked. 



The former editor has never done 

 either his readers or himself justice, 

 for he has been at all times so en- 

 grossed in business matters that no 

 time could be devoted to the 

 affairs of The Bee Keeper excepting 

 such as could be obtained by "burning 

 the midnight oil." We hope the new 

 editor will be encouraged by a good 

 flow of subscriptions and new adver- 

 tising, and we can assure our readers it 

 is our aim to have this journal rank as 

 one of the best. 



Yours truly, 

 THE W. T. FALCONER MFG. CO. 



In connection with The Americai 

 Eee Keeper this issue marks the firs 

 charge that has occurred during it 

 seven years of existence. The reason 

 for the change in editorial managemen 

 are fully explained by. the publishers 

 who have, without assistance, carriei 

 it far beyond that stage of questionabl 

 stability through which so few of th 

 apiarian journals have succeeded ii 

 passing. Whether the change wil 

 prove for the better, or otherwise, tim 

 alone can determine. We have only t 

 say that if our success shall be in pro 

 portion to our desire to serve the in 

 terests of our readers and the bee 

 keeping industry in general, our great 

 est ambition will be gratified. 



Gleanings comes to hand this mont 

 with a new set of specially designed de 

 partment headings, cleverly executed 

 appropriate and attractive. 



We have received many letters fror 

 friends in Florida regarding the effec 

 of the recent cold snap there; fron 

 which we learn that the damage ti 

 bee-keeping interests is very slight, i 

 any. 



Our feelings, just at present, place u 

 in close and tender sympathy with th. 

 bewildered "scout," that returns to th' 

 scene of the cluster, only to find tha 

 the swarm has been hived and takei 

 away. We hope, however, to get ou 

 bearings all right, that we may b< 

 spared the humiliation of being com 

 pelled to return to the parent hive. 



A letter just to hand from our es 

 teemed friend and brother bee-keeper 

 Mr. Benjamin Parks of Stuart, Fla. 

 brings the sad intelligence of the deatl 

 by typhoid fever of his second son 

 John Parks, at Rockledge, Fla., on De- 

 cember 18th. Our sincere sympathy 

 together with that of a large circk 

 of friends, limited only by the extent 

 of their acquaintance, goes out to the 

 bereaved family. 



