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fresh and wonderful some item of bee 

 lore may be, do not raise a flourisli of 

 trumpets over it as a disco\'ery, until you 

 are sure old Keyes knew nothino- about 

 it. And remember that after all. success 

 in bee-keepino-. like many other things, 

 depends on a regai-d to principles old as 

 the hills. It is often the case that what 

 is new is not true, and what is true is not 

 new. W. F. C. 



' We have received from friend Beck- 

 tell a sample of the foiuulation he purchased 

 of Novice, and he wishes us to state our 

 opinion of its purity. We liave not been 

 able to detect anytliino; in it otlier than 

 pure beeswax, tliough it seems to be much 

 softer than the pure article. Some tallow 

 may have been mixed with it, as Novice in- 

 timates, by an oversiglit. Whatever may 

 be said of foundation — when made of pure 

 beeswax— all unite in pronouncing it a gen- 

 eral nuisance when it contains paraffine or 

 other ingredients. 



Friend Muth of Cincinnati, O., is 

 doing a good work in trying to introduce 

 the use of honey where, heretofore, grape 

 sugar has been used exclusively. Brewers, 

 wine producers and liquor manufacturers 

 use millions of poimds of grape sugar annu- 

 ally. To convince them that honey is better 

 adapted to such uses, will be to find a new 

 market for millions of pounds of honey 

 annually. The time is coming, no doubt, 

 when honey will be used by tons where 

 now pounds only are demanded. Brewers 

 will be the principal consumers of the above 

 classes, but all. and others too, will yet find 

 it to be to their advantage to use lioney in 

 abundance. 



' Some of the wrapping paper we used 

 last month had been spoiled in printing 

 Centennial Advertising Cards. It contained 

 tlie ''faces" of all the candidates for presi- 

 dential honors. A friend who happened to 

 get one not agreeing with his political faith, 

 wrote to ask us if we intended to bull-doze 

 him? Certainly not! We only intended a 

 gentle "bee-doze." Wrappers are only in- 

 tended to protect the journals wliile passing 

 through the mails, and should not be ex- 

 pected to bear intelligence otlier than the 

 address of the subscriber. 



It will be noticed with pleasure by 

 all, that this issue is enlarged and improved. 

 Its beautifully white paper vieing with the 

 neatness of its cover in making an attrac- 

 tive appearance. 



The Future of the N. B. E. Society. 



We were greatly relieved to find from the 

 December number of tlie A. B. J., that the 

 N. B. K. Soc. is to live on in some form, 

 and we hope it will be with growing 

 strength and prosperity. A note from Pres- 

 ident Andrews forsliadows a scheme to 

 make the Society a beneficiary one, like 

 that of the Locomotive Engineers. At our 

 suggestion and request, he embodies his 

 views in an article in this issue, which will 

 no doubt elicif tlie opinions of the bee-keep- 

 ing fraternity, and we hope result in the 

 adoption of a course that will be satisfac- 

 tory to all. What is needed is a bond of 

 sympathy and union, a method of co-opera- 

 tion, opportunity for discussion, and com- 

 bined action for the promotion of a common 

 interest. We. shall gladly go in for any 

 scheme that meets general approval, and 

 hope to be in a position shortly to do more 

 for the advancement of apiculture, than we 

 have been able to attempt for some time 

 past. W. F. C. 



Friend Murphy has sent the superb- 

 ly-finished Extractor he had at the Centen- 

 nial Exliibition, to this olhce, where it can 

 be examined by all our callers who did not 

 see it at Philadelphia. It is a real beauty. 

 Mr. Murphy says: "I do not pretend to get 

 up a very stylish extractor, but for ease in 

 operating, durability, and for doing the 

 least injury to the comb, I do not think it 

 can be beaten; and as to the honey knives, 

 1 have not seen anything that will compare 

 with mine for convenience in operating up- 

 on straight or uneven combs." 



'December was a cold month. From 

 10 to 26 deg. below zero in the Northern 

 States, and at zero to 10 deg, below in the 

 Southern States. Fortunately, the bees 

 were in winter quarters before the "cold 

 snap" came; else it may have done much 

 damage. 



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Ct^" It is exp(!Cted that our friend, 

 Claeke, the former editor of this paper 

 will take up his permanent residence in 

 Chicago soon. As we have already made 

 arrangements to have him "office" with us 

 —The Amekicax Bee Jourxat. will re- 

 ceive some of his attention. As to how 

 much, let the next issue tell. Suffice it to 

 say that we expect to make the numbers for 

 1877 surpass all that have preceded them. 

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|^°We send The American Bee Jour- 

 nal, and the Bee-Keepers^ Magazine for 

 1877 for .'P2.7.5— a little over the price of on(>. 



