THE 



AMERICA 



BEE JOURNAL. 



EDITED BY SAMUEL WAGNER. 



To Us, both field and grove. 



Garden and orchard, lawn and tlo^^-ery mead, 



The blue-veiii'd violet, rich columbine, 



The wanton cowslip, daisies in their prime, 



With all the choicest blossoms of tlie lea, 



Are free allowed and given. "-PARLi.mENT OF Bees, John Day, 1607. 



VOLUME V.-1869-70. 



PUBLISHED BY 



SAMUEL WAGNER, WASHINaTON, D. C. 



18 7 0. 



