THE NEW QUINBY SMOKER. 



Friend L. C. Root has forwarded us his 

 new Smoker. Cuts of the old and the new, 

 side by side, will show the radical changes 



THE OLD. 



THE NEW. 



that have been made. The bellows is 

 shorter and wider, and has but 1% inches 

 play—the old one having double that 

 amount, making it difficult to operate. The 

 tube is 2 inches in diameter, and is fastened 

 to the bellows at both ends by cast iron 

 holders. It is strong and durable— a vast 

 improvement, in every way, over the old 

 Quinby Smoker. 



__ • One of the questions discussed at the 

 Congress of French Workmen, recently 

 held at Lyons, related to the means of wid- 

 ening the field of female labor. Among the 

 avocations for which women are particular- 

 ly adapted, bee culture was favorably 

 spoken of. 



1^" Novice is bilious, ill-natured, fretful 

 and peevish— he sees everything through 

 jealous eyes ; and, sure enough, the world 

 is wrong side up ! In consequence, Satan 

 has full possession of his sanctum—" type 

 writer " and all ! That " new light," which 

 so lately illumined the place, has been ex- 

 tinguished by the arch-fiend, and in the 

 "darkness and gloom," Novice is furious! 

 Under dire hallucinations, and with a sud- 

 denness that is surprising, the two control- 

 ling the sanctum have declared war upon 

 the American Bee Journal, and simul- 

 taneously have commenced hostilities ! 



The American Bee Journal, with 

 " charity for all and malice towards none," 

 extends its sympathy to the poor "fallen 

 brother," and offers its strong hand to again 

 lift him out of the grasp of Diabolus,— out 

 of the mire, and gloom and darkness— into 

 that "new light," which strengthens and 

 cheers those under its influence ! 

 The American Bee Journal takes up 



the " text prayer " of Oleanings for Febru- 

 ary—and asks the Father to "create" in 

 him a "clean heart," and " renew a right 

 spirit within" him— enabling him to say to 

 the other occupant of his sanctum—" Get 

 thee behind me, Satan !" 



The National Convention for 1878. 



The proceedings of the next National 

 Convention will be made interesting by 

 many important articles, among which will 

 be the following : 



Who will be our future honey producers ? 

 —By James Heddon. 



Honey Plants of America.— By Prof. A. J. 

 Cook. 



Details of the Apiary.— By L. C. Root. 



Honey as an Article of Food.— By T. G. 

 Newman. 



Rise and Progress of Bee Culture.— By A. 

 J. King. 



Should Inventors be Encouraged by Bee- 

 keepers?— By C. R. Isiiam. 



Tne Commercial Importance of Beeswax. 

 —By Tlieo. Leonard. 



Artificial Comb Foundation.— By N. N. 

 Betsinger. ^ , 



Fertilization in Confinement.— By Prof. 

 J ared Hasbrouck. 



Particulars Concerning Our Honey Mar- 

 kets.— By C. F. Muth. 



Also interesting articles upon statistical 

 information, regarding the production of 

 Honey, by : 



Prescott H. Woodford, of Hartford, Ct. 



Win. W. Cary, of Mass. 



Geo. W. Rosen berger, of Va. 



Rev. M. Mall in, of Ind. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown, of Ga. 



J. M. Shuck, of Iowa. 



Herbert A. Burch, of Mich. 



In fact, the most elaborate arrangements 

 have been undertaken to secure reliable 

 statistics for publication. 



Besides this, many interesting tests will 

 be made in various apiaries this season,, 

 and reported at the meeting. 



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[^" Friend H. W. Conklin has sent us a 

 small part of a frame, showing how he 

 fastens in the comb foundation. A place 

 for the foundation is sawed, as represented 

 by the parallel lines, thus: "^, the acute 

 mark representing another saw cut by its 

 side, and small brads are driven into the 

 latter saw cut, and through the foundation 

 —thus holding it, not only by the nails, but 

 also by the pressure of the wood between 

 the nails and it. It is simple, and very 

 readily done by those having a circular 

 saw; and about holding it in strongly, 

 there can be no question. 



