1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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The AmBFloan Bee-Keeper, 



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EDITORIAL. 



Our regular readers cannot but have 

 noticed the marked improvement in 

 contents of the Bee-Keeper for the 

 past few months, as we have of late 

 printed only such articles and corres- 

 pondence as was of real merit and 

 greatest interest to our readers. 

 Among our regular contributers this 

 year are Doolittle, Gates, Thies, Mrs. 

 Harrison and Jno. E. Pond, besides 

 many others of equal prominence. 

 These writers are all practical bee- 

 keepers and queen breeders of long ex- 

 perience, and their views on all api- 

 cultural subjects are eagerly sought 

 after and greatly appeciated by both 

 the novice and " old timer. " We 

 shall continue to improve in every 



way possible, and while we do not ex- 

 pect to make this the largest or best 

 bee magazine for sometime to come , 

 at least, we will see to it that it is not 

 ranked as the poorest by any means. 



The bee-keeper's edition of The Do- 

 wagiac Times, recently appeared, and 

 while containing some very interest- 

 ing and instructive articles, the chief 

 aim of the editor seems to be the ad- 

 vertising of his patent hive. Editor 

 Heddon wields a very caustic pen, 

 but his attacks on the Roots seems to 

 us rather vindictive and not in the 

 friendly spirit that is most desirable. 

 Certainly, Editor Heddon, cannot be 

 accused of being a member of the 

 "mutual admiration society," which 

 we referred to some time ago. Mr, 

 Heddons paper has no contributors, 

 he writes the entire contents himself. 



The enlargement of the Bee-Keeper 

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 new subscriptions have been sent in. 

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