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Vol. mi. Jafl.4,l{ 



NO.1. 



Moan on, ye cold and winter winds, 

 Against the frosted window-panes ; 



Te cannot change the love that binds. 

 With strong and fervent chains. 



The heart that beats and never wanes. 



Lash in j'our might the aged tree. 



Spare not his form, though bending low. 

 Nor let a leaf there clinging be ; 

 But blow, ye winds, and blow, 

 Te cannot change the heart in me. 



—Arthur's Home Magazine. 



Twenty-Five Years— a quarter of 

 a century— is now completed by the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. This issue begins a new 

 quarter of a ceiltury of its • history. Its 

 character and usefulness in the past is its 

 guaranty for the future. We have no time 

 to moralize over the situation— but will 

 work for the interests of bee-keepers in 

 the future, as we have done 16 years, since 

 the Bee Journal came into our hands. 

 "We ask all to work with us, for the best in- 

 terests of the pursuit. 



For the many expressions of grati- 

 tude for the work done by the General 

 Manager of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union, during the past four years, all will 

 please take this acknowledgement. Though 

 time is too limited to answer each one 

 privately, he appreciates all the "kind 

 words" exceedingly. 



Mr. G. H. Ashby, of Albion, N. Y., puts 

 his thoughts into these vigorous words : 



A person would be considered very mean 

 that would require another to work for his 

 direct interest without compensation; but 

 that is just what bee-keepers (who are not 

 members of the Union) are doing. Why 

 not all join hands, for mutual protection, 

 and cause our enemies to cower by actual 

 force of numbers? The stronger we be- 

 come, the less suits we will have to defend. 

 Now, brother bee-keepers, come to the 

 front with your great influence and a little 

 money, and let us all have an equal interest 

 in the good work. 



Tin- Way l<> I>o It The Clly Neivs, 



New Castle, Pa., copied a lying article 

 about comb honey from the Philadelphia 

 Record, which has been repeatedly refuted, 

 but the latter i)uper, though often supplied 

 with marked copies with refutations of its 

 falsehood, has never had the honesty to 

 retract a word of it. (See page 436 of last 

 year's Bee Jouk.n'al.) 



Mr. T. S. Sanford wrote a reply, but the 

 City News could not find room for it. He 

 took it to the Courant, an opposition 

 paper, and there it found a place. Mr. 

 Sanford told the readers about the origin of 

 the falsehood ; and stated that Bro. Root's 

 offer of $1,000 for proof of the existence of 

 the factory where artificial comb honey is 

 manufactured, is still good. He then adds : 



The fact that he has never had an appli- 

 cation for the money is good proof that 

 there is no such thing. There may be dis- 

 honest bee-keepers as well as dishonest 

 people in other trades and callings, but it is 

 a fact that bee-keepers as a class, will com- 

 pare favorably for honesty with our best 

 citizens. It is a shame to injure their call- 

 ing by publishing such articles as the one 

 referred to. A paper that can find room to 

 publish a falsehood, but cannot find room 

 to publish the truth regarding the matter, 

 in my opinion, has very little principle. 



That is a good way to correct, as far as 

 possible, such stories. Let each bee-keeper 

 who sees such things published, write a 

 contradiction, and send it to the paper 

 where the falsehood appeared. Keep a 

 copy of it, and if that paper will not pub- 

 lish it, another one wCl, and thus the truth 

 may be served. 



To Affiliate with the International is 

 just the thing for all local associations to 

 do. Some have written us to state how it 

 should be done. We will reply to all 

 through the Bee Journal, our time being 

 too much occupied to reply to each sep- 

 arately. Just introduce a resolution to 

 affiliate with the International Society, and 

 have it carried— then vote that the Treas- 

 urer send $5.00 (the fee) to the Secretary 

 of the International (C. P. Dadant, Hamil- 

 ton, Hancock Co., Ills.,) and he will so re- 

 cord it, and send receipt for the same. 



The Purdue University, La Fayette, 

 Ind., School of Agriculture, will hold a 

 special winter course in Agriculture and 

 Related Sciences, including lectures in Ag- 

 riculture, Horticulture, Veterinary Science, 

 Agricultural Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, 

 Economic Entomology and Farm Law, 

 commencing Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1890, and 

 continuing six weeks. 



Oloaninss for 1889 winds up with a 

 flourish. The number for Dec. 15 contains 

 a Picture Gallery consisting of 1 6 pages 

 filled with views of apiaries. Oleanlngs 

 ill Bee-Culture is always fresh, lively, 

 original and interesting, and well deserves 

 its great success. 



Tl««- I'uiwn. — The dues and votes from 

 the members of the National Bee Keepers' 

 Union have been coming in quite lively 

 lately, and the following from Mr. Wm. 

 Muth-Rasmussen, of Independence, Calif., 

 is a fair sample of the letters accompany- 

 ing the votes ; 



Friend Newman :— I herewith return the 

 voting blank of the Bee-Keepers' Union. I 

 see no reason for the change of oflicers, and 

 as long as they are not weary of well- 

 doing, I am content to keep the old Board. 

 Please accept my personal thanks for your 

 efforts in behalf of the Union. If bee-keep- 

 ers were less apathetic, we might give the 

 Manager something more substantial thau 

 mere " Thanks '' for his time and trouble. 

 Wm. Mutii-Kasmi'Ssex, 



It is quite evident that there will be no 

 change in the officers when the votes are 

 counted. So we must prepare for another 

 year's active warfare, and hope at the end 

 of 1890 to make as good a showing in the 

 Annual Report as the one just made. 

 "Defense" is our watchwoi'd, and "Vic- 

 tory " our motto! 



The First 'Vice-P,res«l<lent of the 



International, Mr. Eugene Secor, is receiv- 

 ing congi-atulations at home and elsewhere. 

 The Winnebago Srimmit, of Dec. 19, 1889, 

 contains this complimentary notice : 



Mr. Eugene Secor was elected First Vice- 

 President of the International Bee-Keepers' 

 Asssociation, the annual meeting of which 

 was held at Brantford, Ont., Dec. -4 to 6. 

 Mr. Secor has had large experienee in bee- 

 keeping, and has written many articles on 

 this subject, and is regarded as an authority 

 on this question. He also had the honor of 

 having one of his Songs set to music ex- 

 pressly for this occasion, and which was 

 sung at this meeting. Mr. Secor as a bee- 

 keeper, horticulturist, farmer, and writer, 

 is winning for himself an enviable reputa- 

 tion, which, as a matter of course, is highly 

 complimentary to him, no less than gratify- 

 ing to his friends. 



Father l..augstroth has not im- 

 proved in health since last we mentioned 

 the matter, we are sorry to learn by a letter 

 just received from his daughter, Mrs, 

 Cowan. About eighteen months ago a 

 subscription to insure an Annuity for him 

 was started, and we subscribed $35.00 per 

 annum; others pledged similar amounts, 

 but we are pained to leai-n, after enquiry, 

 that quite a number have failed to send the 

 amounts they have pledged. Where it 

 cannot be afforded from a limited income, 

 we have nothing to say— but where plenty 

 abounds, we hope that no negligence will 

 prevent the Annuity from being kept up. 

 Father L. needs it, in his infirmity and ad- 

 vanced age — and we would urge those who 

 have abundance, to share with him— and 

 thereby entitle them to reap the rich re- 

 wards which such "good deeds" ensure. 



The L.ast Toliime ended with Query 

 No. 676. Just think of the vast amount of 

 information afforded in that number of 

 Questions, and twelve thousand answers ! 

 It pays to take and read a good bee-paper. 



