AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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EDITOR. 



Vol, XXIX, Jail,l,M N0,1. 



The Constant drip of water 



Wears away the hardest stone ; 

 The constant gnaw of Towser 



Masticates *he toughest bone ; 

 The constant wooing- lover 



Carries off the blushing maid ; 

 And the constant advertiser 



Is the one that gets the trade. 



To All our readers in every clime 

 and country we give the pleasant saluta- 

 tion of the season — 



A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 



It is 31 Years AgfO to-day since 

 the American Bee Journal was launch- 

 ed on the sea of journalism. For 18 

 years it has been under the management 

 of the present editor. Its character and 

 reputation are fully established, and the 

 history of the past is the guarantee for 

 the future. Suffice it to say that all our 

 time and energy will be devoted to it, as in 

 the past, and we shall endeavor to con- 

 tinue to make it a welcome visitor to 

 thousands of homes all over the country. 



l^iscoiisiil bee-keepers should be 

 thinking about Iheir next annual meet- 

 ing. It will occur next month, and it is 

 none too soon to be making arrange- 

 ments to attend it. In last week's 

 Wisconsin Farmer, Dr. Vance remarks 

 as follows about the programme, and 

 the membership the association ought to 

 have : 



Our Recording Secretary is engaged 

 upon the programme for our next annual 

 meeting, and no doubt he will present 

 one that will draw out the best knowl- 

 edge and experience. He will probably 

 have a stenographer to take down the 

 discu'Ssions, which will be sure to make 

 entertaining reading for all who are in- 

 terested in bee-culture. 



W^e intend to exert our utmost to 

 bring out every bee-keeper of the State 

 who possibly can attend the meeting. 

 We expect to start a " racket " that will 

 be heard throughout the State, and shall 

 keep it up until the date of the meeting. 



Although we have had very good 

 meetings since our organization seven 

 or eight years ago, we have never had 

 more than 100 present, and our mem- 

 bership has not been what it ought to 

 be and must be, if our members will 

 work for the success of our next con- 

 vention in February. 



Talk to your bee-keeping neighbors 

 about the annual meeting, and stir up 

 their interest, and get them to join the 

 association. 



Minnesota bee-keepers should at- 

 tend the State convention at Owatonna 

 on Jan. 20, 1892. All such will have 

 free entertainment during the conven- 

 tion. This is an inducement seldom 

 provided. Go to "the feast" and be 

 refreshed in body and mind. 



Mrs. Iv. Harrison will edit the 

 Bee Department of the Orange Judd 

 Farmer'. She is, as our readers well 

 know, an able writer, and will make 

 that Department interesting. Mr. Judd 

 is a very able and experienced editor, 

 and the Far-mer is one of the best 

 weeklies for the farmer's home. 



^Now is the time to join the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union. Send to this office 

 for the necessary Blanks. 



