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EDITOR. 



Vol. mi, OcU,1890, No, 40, 



Bettei- to smile while we live, tWftn frown. 

 Better to love, than to gain renovvu. 

 Better to comfort some aching heart 

 Than to do in battle a warrior's part. 



Tred A. Hoc is the Chinese consul at 

 San Francisco. A Bee is naturally asso- 

 ciated with the Flowery Kingdom. 



Xhe l^ortli western Convention at 

 Chicago will not convene this year. The 

 Officers have consulted and arrived at the 

 above conclusion. The time for holding it 

 is so near to that of the International, that 

 it would be very difficult to make two con- 

 ventions a success, when both cover the 

 same territory, and are of a National char- 

 acter. 



Mr. W. JE. Ilutcliiii!sun, we are 



sorry to say, has been quite ill for some 

 time with malarial fever and rheumatism. 

 He is improving, but not yet able to work. 

 The Honey Shows he has attended have 

 been wearing on his constitution, and when 

 we saw him at Detroit he was not feeling 

 well, and we feared tuat a period of sick- 

 ness might be the result. 



Fire destroyed the home of Mr. J. T. 

 Wilson, of Little Hickman, Ky., on the 8th 

 inst. We hope it was fully insured. It is 

 a duty all owe to themselves and their 

 families, not only to insure tbeir property, 

 but their lives also. We maintain that it 

 is criminal negligence to neglect this duty, 

 unless any one is rich enough to provide 

 again.st such loss in other ways. 



It is 'M> Vestrs uext January since the 

 first number of the Ambuican Bee Jouunal 

 was issued. We shall celebrate that Anni- 

 versary by enlarging the Jouknai, to 32 

 pages in eacli issue — with two coi.umxs to 

 the page, making it of the same size as it 

 was formerly, and similar to the other bee- 

 periodicals. This will be done to give more 

 room for reading matter, as well as for 

 advertisements. 



Now we want oui- friends to assist us to 

 inaugurate a 



FALL AND WINTER CA.MI'AIGX, 



and help to secure thousands of new sub- 

 scribers by the end of this year. To aid 

 them in doing so, we will make this very 

 liberal offer : 



If, you will send us the names and ad- 

 dresses of bee-keepers of your acquain- 

 tances, or those in your locality, who do 

 not take the Bek Joi'knal, ^ve will send 

 it to llieni treeofcost lor 4 weeks. 

 just to show them its character, as well as 

 its value to the pursuit. We think that 

 they will conclude that they need it at the 

 end of that time, and will have their 

 names enrolled among its regular sub- 

 scribers. 



If the senders of the names will then call 

 upon them and get their subscriptions, we 

 will cheerfully forward them such Pre- 

 miums for doing so, as they may select 

 from our Premium List, which will be pub- 

 lished very shortly and sent to all. 



We confidently request all our friends to 

 aid us in this noble work, of trying to ixist 

 up those who keep bees, but who are not 

 keeping up with the limes, by reading the 

 bee-literature of the day. 



To have all your bee-keeping neighbors 

 and friends fully jiosted about the " supply 

 and demand " for honey, and to produce 

 and market it in the most attractive man- 

 ner, is to your interest as much a4 it is 

 theirs. Then they will have no excuse for 

 breaking down the market price, and thus 

 ruining the home market. 



Reader, please sit down now and write 

 the list of names before it passes out of 

 your mind, and accept our thanks in 

 advance for what we feel assured you will 

 cheerfully do in the interest of the pursuit. 



Those who receive such copies of the 

 Bee Joukn'al, not having subscribed for it, 

 are hereby informed that it is sent as a 

 Trial Trip, and they will incur no finan- 

 cial responsibility in taking and reading 

 it. We hope they will like it so well as to 

 subscribe for it for 1891, and get all the 

 rest of this year's numbers free. This 

 paragraph will be marked with a blue pen- 

 cil when sending to each person the first 

 Trial Trip number. 



We Resffet to announce that Mr. 

 James B. Mason, editorof the Bce-Kecpcrs' 

 Advance, has been unwell, and conse- 

 quently the September issue has but just 

 made its appearance. 



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a" Corr<-K|»ondeiit.whQ,^vlien pleased 

 always 16tsit.bc kiiOwo^junB when not sat- 

 isfied with any matter, is a regular 

 "growler from Growlerville," writes thus ; 



I see that the International American 

 Bee Association is to meet Oct. 20, riO and 

 31, but if any wants to know what the 

 railroad or hotel rates are to be. that they 

 must write to the Secretary to find out. 

 What nonsense ! Why not give us that in- 

 formation in the bee-periodicals '. They 

 have always given space for such matters 

 " free gratis tor nothing." It would save 

 lots of writing and postage, and the time 

 of the Secretary answering. 



When such "nonsense" occurs, our 

 friends* may be sure there is some good 

 reason for it. In this case, application was 

 made to the Western Railroad Association 

 for reduced rates, and the Managers placed 

 the application on file, and kept the Secre- 

 tary waiting four months for an answer. 

 It is now under consideration, and if we 

 get a definite answer in time, the announce- 

 ment will be made in this issue of the Bee 

 Jouun'al. If not, it will certainly be in the 

 next number. The programme, with a 

 statement of hotel accommodation, will be 

 completed in a few days, and will be pub- 

 lished as soon as it is received at this 

 office. 



The Secretary is doing all that can be 

 done to perfect the arrangements, and it 

 is no easy task, we assure our friend from 

 Growlerville. We speak from experience, 

 as we have held every office in the Inter- 

 national Association, and know the amount 

 of work necessary to be done, as well as 

 the energy required to do it. 



TI»is is what Dr. A. B. Mason, Auburn- 

 dale, Ohio, has to say about our book, 

 " Bees and Honey :" 



The last edition of your book, "Bees and 

 Honey," received a short time since, fully 

 sustains your enviable reputation as a 

 writer ancl publisher. It is " just splendid." 

 The addition of the faces of so many well- 

 known bee-keejiers to its pages materially 

 adds to its value. It is my handiest book 

 of reference. I have copies of previous 

 editions, but this is the best of all. 



Xiie International American Bee- 

 Association will meet in Keokuk, Iowa, 

 Oct. 29, 30, and 31. As this is the first 

 meeting west of the Mississippi, in the 

 twenty years of the existence of the Asso 

 ciation, a large attendance is expected, 

 especially as our leading publishers and a 

 number of bee-keepers of note will be there. 

 All communications should be addressed to 

 C. P. Dadant, Hamilton; Ills. 



. New Subseribers can have the Bee 

 JontXAi, and the Illustuated Home Jorn- 

 nal from now until the end of 1891 for 

 §1.35. This is a rare opportunity of club- 

 bing two valuable periodicals for a slight 

 advance upon the price of one, and getting 

 the rest of this year free. 



