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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



April 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



THE W. T, FALCONER MANFG. Co 

 H. E. HrLL, - EDITOR. 



Terms. 



TRUTH. 



Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again ; 



The eternal years of God are hers ; 

 But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, 



And dies among his worshipers.— Bryant. 



In the presentation of arguments it 

 is a grea,t thing to be able to always 

 adhere strictly to the truth. Minds 

 are sometimes biased, unwittingly, by 

 our personal beliefs in which we are 

 sincere. However, these beliefs may 

 be based upon ignorance to some ex- 

 tent, or upon a misconception of prin- 

 ciples involved. The infinite diversity 

 of belief upon any popular question has 

 absolutely no influence upon existing 

 facts. It has been written that "be- 

 lief admits of all degrees, from the 

 slightest suspicion to the fullest as- 

 surance;" but the actuality — reality — 

 truth, remain unaltered by any degree 

 of belief. 



This journal has no higher ambition 

 than the development and presenta- 

 tion of facts and truths which may ap- 

 ply advantageously ,to the labor and 

 life of the bee-keeper. We strive to 

 treat all with courtesy and due con- 

 sideration; and especially to give those 

 who differ in opinion with us, an equal 

 opportunity with ourself. Being quite 

 human, we fully appreciate our com- 

 mon liability to error; though, we 

 hope, we are ever willing to frankly 

 confess an error when shown that we 

 are wrong. We have ample evidence 

 in support of our belief that our read- 

 ers so regard The Bee-Keeper, but 

 there is, at least, one exception among 

 them, and we give below his com- 

 munication in full: 



Wenham, Mass., March 9, 1903. 

 H. E. Hill: — I am sorry to be obliged 

 to say many of your editorials must 

 be prompted by jealousy and spite. 

 Seems to me I can read these things 

 between the lines. This intimating 

 that some people are all wrong, with 

 no facts to back up assertions, 

 cannot be anything but as above in- 

 dica,ted. Am sorry to have to enter- 

 tain such an opinion, but when you 

 run people down regularly in your pa- 

 per, I cannot keep from using my 

 opinion on such matters. 



Henry Alley. 



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Spring is here. 



How are the Bees? 



