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THOS. G.NEWMAN S»SON, 



EDITOR. 



Voinv. Jan.l2, 1« 



No. 2. 



Ebiwrml BmMEQS, 



"Our lives are songs ; God writes the words. 

 And we set them to music at pleasure. 



A nd the songs grow glad, or sweet, or sad. 

 As we choose to fashion the measure.'^ 



Xl»e Bee-Keeperss' Advance for 



December carae to our desk on the last day 

 of the year. It could not be much later 

 and keep within the month. Bro. Mason 

 sliould make more advance than that. 



Tlic ReTie\r for December contains a 

 brief history of its existence, and an excel- 

 lent engraving of its editor. The Review is 

 well edited and printed, and is a credit to 

 tlie craft. The reading matter has been 

 tiipical during its first year, and has been 

 exceedingly interesting. We club it with 

 tlie Amjerican Bee Jottrnal for $1.40. 



Xlie Supreme Court of Arkansas is 

 sadly behind its docket, and we are just in- 

 formed that the appeal in the Arkadelphia 

 rase may not be reached for a year. It is a 

 dissrace to America that the Supreme 

 Courts, both State and National, are so far 

 behind as to be detrimental to the interests 

 of our citizens, and the defense of their 

 rights. 



The L,ikeness of Prof. A. J. Cook 

 appears in the BritUh Bee Journal for Dec. 

 . 13, 1888. By means of that excellent picture 

 the European apiarists may learn to love 

 the face and kind expression of countenance 

 : of the Professor, ere they form his personal 

 , acquaintance, or know the amiable charac- 

 ter of him whom the bee-keepers of Amer- 

 ica feel proud to call their honored son, and 

 representative apiarist. 



<»leanins:M for Jan. 1, 1889, is on our 



desk, and is as usual very interesting. Ttie 

 Editor's illustrated " Notes of Travel " are 

 continued, and will last for four or live more 

 numbers, lie describes in a very instruc- 

 tive manner the persons, places, scenery 

 and experiences of his late trip to California. 

 This issue also contains a biographical 

 sketch and portrait of the Editor of the 

 Amei!ic'am Bee Journal ; the former 

 being written by our friend Dr. C. C. Miller. 

 We make our politest bow for the compli- 

 mentary remarks of both correspondent 

 and editor. 



Syracuse, IVe-»v York, as a market 

 for honey was unfavorably mentioned by 

 Mr. J. W. Tefft, on page 839, who stated 

 that it was the home market of "Doolittle, 

 House, Salisbury," etc. In our comments 

 upon the matter, we solicited some of the 

 honey-producers to write an explanation, 

 and here is what Mr. F. A. Salisbury writes 

 concerning it : 



The article by J. W. Tefft, on page 8.39, 

 in regard to the Syracuse honey market, 

 saying it is the " home market of Doolittle, 

 House, Salisbury, Betsinger, Parks, Ross, 

 Bailey and others," is a mistake. None of 

 the parties mentioned sell much honey 

 there. 1 have not sold 100 pounds of honey 

 in Syracuse for years. For what I have sold 

 I have received the same as in other mar- 

 kets. The prices quoted in the daily papers 

 here are misleading, as the prices are not 

 changed during the year. Syracuse is not a 

 good place to sell ; so much honey is pro- 

 duced in the vicinity by farmers, who sell 

 for almost any price. They consider what- 

 ever they receive as so murh clear gain — 

 honey costing them (they think) but very 

 little. 



Mr. W. II. Fiirman, who was well- 

 known in apicultural circles twenty years 

 agw, died on Dec. 29, 1888, at Miller, Dakota. 

 Mr. F. formerly lived at Cedar Rapids, 

 Iowa, but a few years ago he moved to 

 Dakota. He was stricken with paralysis 

 some months ago, and for a time was blind, 

 but recovered, at least partially. His death 

 was caused by a relapse. He was buried 

 at Cedar Rapids on New Year's day. Thus 

 are the pioneers of progressive apiculture 

 passing away. 



Xliis i!« (lie Prngranime of the 



ninth annual meeting of the Indiana Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, to be held on Jan. 1(J, 

 1889, at the Agricultural Rooms, State 

 House, Indianapolis, Ind., commencing at 

 1 p.m., and continuing two or more days : 



1. President's Address. 



2. Making Colonies Strong for the Har- 

 vest— Ora Kiiowlton, New Brunswick, Ind. 



3. Is it Profitable to Use Full Sheets of 

 Foundation in Sections and Brood-Cham- 

 bers ?— Mr. Abbot, Noblesville, Ind. 



4. Does Nature Guard Against the Pro- 

 miscuous Crossfertilization of Flowers, by 

 Causing Bees to Visit Flowers of One Color 

 or One Genus in Securing One Load ; or do 

 Bees Visit Flowers Adiibitum ?— Prof. A. 

 J. Cook, Agricultural College, Mich. 



.5. How do You Handle a Swarming Col- 

 ony to Get the Best Returns from both the 

 Swarm and Parent Colony ?— T. S. Bull, 

 Valparaiso, Ind. 



6. To what Extent can We be Theoretical 

 Apiarists ?— Mr. Hubbard, Editor Apiary 

 Column, Indiana Farmer, La Grange, Ind. 



7. The Anatomy and Piiysiologv of the 

 Honey-Bee. (Illustrated.)— Prof. Webster, 

 Purdue University. 



8. The Best Method of Preventing too 

 Much Increase, Especially Second Swarms. 

 —Mr. Mason, Fillmore, Ind. 



9. Queen-Rearing.— Frank L. Dougherty, 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



10. The Best Method of Obtaining Straight 

 Combs— Those in the Brood-Chamber Con- 

 taining 9.5 per cent. Worker-Cells.— Miss 

 Eva Scholl, Lj'on's Station, Ind. 



11. The ^^sthetics of Bee-Culture.- Mrs. 

 Cassandra Robbins, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Xlie liVeatlier is remarkable for this 

 time of the year. Here in Chicago it is 

 almost summer-like— the thermometer rang- 

 ing in the sixties. We have had no snow 

 worth mentioning, and the ground is soft as 

 in spring. An exchange says that the 

 weather was so spring-like on Christmas 

 Day in the Catskill Mountain region, "that 

 bees and butterflies came out in swajms, 

 lured by the hot sun." 



England has also had a liberal share of 

 the mild weather. By telegraph we learn 

 that ten days ago, in a garden near Ply- 

 mouth, there was no less than thirty spring 

 plants in full bloom. 



We hope that summer will not be late in 

 consequence of the mild weather now— but 

 we will not meet trouble half way. 



^Ir. A. I. Root, editor of Oleanings, 

 has returned from California, and we hope 

 with renewed health and strength. Here is 

 what he says about getting home : 



I am once more (Dec. 20) at home again. 

 The past few weeks seem so much like a 

 dream, that every little while I have to 

 shake myself and look around to make sure 

 that I am in wintry Medina instead of away 

 off in California, the land of perpetual 

 flowers and sunshine. I am glad I am here, 

 though, after all. 



Catalogriies for 1889 are on our desk 

 from— 



M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich.— 16 pages 

 —Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



W. D. Soper, Jackson, Mich.— 20 pages- 

 Supplies for the Apiary. 



J. M. Jenkins, Wetumpka, Ala.— 50 pages 

 — Bees and Supplies. 



Queries.— We closed the year 1888 with 

 Query 600, and commenced this year with 

 No. 601. This department has been exceed- 

 ingly interesting, and makes a feature not 

 to be despised in the make-up of an apicul- 

 tural periodical. 



Mr. 4Jcors:e Knickerbocker was 



married to Miss Julia C. Collin, at Husteds, 

 N. Y., on Dec. 27, 1888. The Bee Journai 

 extends congratulations, and best wishes 

 for their happiness. 



Never Ui.stiirb the bees during cold 

 weather. If anything is necessary to be 

 done, wait for a warm day, and then do it 

 about noon. 



