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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPEB. 



December 



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EDITORIAL. 



To each and every reader of The Bee- 

 Keeper a sincere wish for a very Merry 

 Christmas and a Happy New Year is 

 hereby extended. 



Let us not loolc bacliward with envy 

 upon the bee-lteeper of the past. The 

 honey producer of twelve years ago 

 sold his product at about the same 

 prices as those we are receiving today. 

 If there has been any advancement 

 made in bee-keeping methods, appli- 

 ances and knowledge in the past twelve 

 years we have, clearly, the advantage 

 to that extent. We. of the present, have 

 these and other substantial advantages. 

 We are well aware that the claim will 

 be not only questioned, but disputed, 

 by some, yet we do not hesitate to say 

 that, at no period of its history has our 

 industry had encouragement in future 

 prospects equal to those now before us. 



Delos Wood, in Gleanings, says he 

 thinks queens raised in new combs are 

 apt to be brighter than those reared in 

 dark combs. This he gives as a hint 

 that may be useful in shading queens 

 to our liking. 



Bee-keepers throughout the world 

 will learn with sorrow that Miss 

 Helena M., aged 27 years, eldest daugh- 

 ter, and Herbert F., aged 24 years, son 

 of Thos. W. Cowan, editor of the Brit- 

 ish Bee-Keepers' Record and the Brit- 

 ish Bee Journal, were among the pas- 

 sengei's aboard the ill-fated steamship 

 Mohegan, which went down off the 

 coast of Falmouth, England, Oct. 14. 



With this issue The American Bee- 

 Keeper completes its eighth volume. 

 We shall now strive, not only to merit 

 the commendation which our readers 

 have bestowed in the past, but to make 

 The Bee-Keeper for 1899 so interesting 

 and helpful to the bee-keeper that we 

 may be justified in claiming more gen- 

 eral support. It is a source of gratifica- 

 tion to us to note the additions which 

 have been made to our subscription list 

 each month during the past year; and 

 as this has been accomplished largely 

 through the kind interest which many 

 of our readers have manifested in its 

 behalf, we beg heartily to assure them 

 of our fullest appreciation, and hope to 

 so conduct the paper in the future as to 

 merit a continuance of their esteemed 

 favors. 



A point which some ambitious young 

 writers would do well to remember, is 

 that correct spelling and grammar are 

 not nearly so important as a subject. If 

 you have something interesting to 

 write about, tell it as best you can; it 

 is the editor's business to see that it 

 appears properly in print. The object 

 in writing for publication is to say 

 something that will be interesting or 

 helpful to others; not merely to occupy 

 space with an exhibition of faultless 

 diction. 



