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THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



To carry such, however, into 

 houses, chambers or rooms, is not 

 only troublesome, tedious and dan- 

 gerous but not advisable, but they 

 are best on covered stands made 

 as before described. 

 EodJieim, Germany, July 25,1783. 

 (To be continued.) 



EDITORIAL. 



"Coming events cast their shad- 

 ows before," and the warm sunshine 

 with which the month (Feb.) closes 

 reminds us that soon our little pets 

 and industrious workers will sally 

 forth into pleasant fields ; and, by 

 their merry hum, remind us that 

 their wants must be attended to. 

 All of the supplies should have 

 been ordered ere this ; but if not, 

 no delay should be made now, if 

 you want to take full advantage of 

 the honey flows, as they come. 



While it is true that the past 

 season was not, as a rule, a profit- 

 able one, the honey market being 

 glutted, and prices for honey depre- 

 ciated, yet this should not discour- 

 age you to the extent that you 

 neglect to take full advantage of 

 the coming season. 



The beekeepers have learned one 

 lesson that will prove a valuable 

 one ; that is, not to depend too 

 much on commission men. While 

 many of them do their part faith- 

 fully and well, yet they cannot find 

 markets for the honey from the 

 entire country, in the few centres 

 to which it is all sliipped. 



When the beekeepers realize this 



full}', and see that through our 

 county, state and national beekeep- 

 ers' associations, together wath 

 their own individual efforts, they 

 can easily dispose of many times 

 the honey that they now produce, 

 and at far better prices, one of the 

 great problems will be solved. 



One great trouble is the lack of 

 individual and collective interest, 

 and cooperation in this work. We 

 are far too liable to leave to onr 

 neighbor the work that we should 

 do ourselves, and in neady every 

 instance where this is done but 

 little is accomplished. 



It is our candid opinion that, 

 within the next few years, great and 

 beneficial changes will come to bee- 

 keeping. Stubborn facts have 

 shown us that the overdrawn, and 

 too highly colored pictures of the 

 profits of beekeeping that have 

 been painted, in order that the bee- 

 keepers might be induced to pur- 

 chase goods, are being destroyed 

 and we of to-day realize that, 

 while beekeeping as an agricul- 

 tural pursuit will yield good 

 returns for the amount invest- 

 ed (provided the apiarist is a 

 thorough bee-master, and willing 

 to work hard), yet it is entirely 

 unjust to the community to urge 

 those, who arealwajfs looking about 

 for some more easy and speedy 

 method of "getting rich," to em- 

 bark in beekeeping with the ex- 

 pectation of large profits and small 

 outlay. Our endeavors always 

 have been, and always will be, to 

 urge the importance of paying 

 more attention to the proper method 

 of teachiugapieulture to the masses. 



