1903 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



125 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



THE W. T. FALCO*JER MANFG. Co 



H. E, HILL, - EDITOR. 



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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEFER, 

 Falconer, N. Y. 

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 for the editorial department may be addressed 

 to H. E. Hill, 



Fort Pierce, Fla. 

 Subscribers receiving their paper in blue 

 wrapper will know that their subscription ex 

 pires with this number. We hope that yof 

 will not delay favoring us with a renewal. 



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 you owe for your subscription. Please give tht 

 matter your early attention. 



It is now over five years since the 

 writer stepped from the subscription 

 list into the editorial chair of the 

 American Bec-Kceper; and he has 

 great reason to regard with pleasure 

 the circumstances which brought about 

 this change. It has afforded an op- 

 portunity to form acquaintances with 

 thousands of bee-keepers, and called 

 for a constant correspondence with this 

 vast circle of newly acquired friends. 

 Our humble efforts to serve the fra- 

 ternity have been a source of constant 

 pleasure, made doubly so by the ap- 

 preciative response to which our sub- 

 scription list attests. During this, our 

 sixth year, we most earnestly desire 

 to join hands with the bee-keepers 

 throughout the land in the interests of 

 our pursuit — see if we cannot induce 

 our subscribers to contribute more 

 freely their ideas in regard to bee- 

 keeping matters. In a multitude of 

 counsel there is wisdom, and the coun- 

 sel of the beginner, if not always en- 

 tireb^ practicable, is often valuable and 

 leads to the agitation of interesting 

 subjects by the more experienced. We 

 want the reader to feel that The Bee- 

 Keeper is his representative journal, 

 and that its columns are open to him 

 for the presentation of his apiarian 

 thoughts. We want every interested 

 reader to tell us what he likes best 

 about the paper, and to offer sugges- 

 tions for its improvement. Every sug- 

 gestion received will have due con- 

 sideration, and where practical will be 

 adopted. If each present subscriber 

 could but send us one new subscriber, 

 we would thereby be enabled to greatly 

 improve the present style of the jour- 

 nal. We believe this could be done 

 with less effort than is generally im- 

 agined. Whether you can favor us 

 with the new reader or not, we shall 

 hope for at least a short item from 

 each during the season. Will you help 

 us? 



The Florida office of the American 

 Bee-Keeper has recently -enjoyed a brief 

 visit from Mr. D. E. Merrill, of the 

 publishing firm, at Falconer, N. Y. 



The American Bee-Keeg.er's thir- 

 teenth year is not proving at all "un- 

 luckv." 



Nothing connected with agriculture 

 responds more readily to careful at- 

 tention and intelligent manipulation, 

 than bees. As with fruits, grain, vege- 

 tables, etc., there is sometimes a fail- 

 ure due to causes over which the api- 

 arist has no control, and therefore such 

 failures reflect nothing to the discred- 

 it of the manipulator. But failure, 

 through simple neglect to avail our- 

 selves of that which nature bestows, as 

 is too frequently the case, is criminal. 



