THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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We have mailed our new catalogue 

 to all our customers and friends, send- 

 ing out 17,000 of them, but it may be 

 that some of you were overlooked; if 

 so please do not hesitate to ask us for 

 a copy and it will be gladly mailed to 

 you . 



Bee-keeping is on the rise, and very 

 rapidly if we may judge by the num- 

 ber of new bee journals and supply 

 dealers that have put in an appearance 

 with the approach of the season. Well, 

 if there are enougb bee-keepers in the 

 land to prosper all of them we shall 

 be somewhat surprised, but we hope 

 our surprise will be forthcoming. 



There are no less than four bee- 

 papers claiming to give the " cream of 

 apiarian literature." Some enterpris- 

 ing person should buy them all up 

 and start a "creamry." They would 

 be better than a herd of "Jerseys," 

 even they don't give cream. 



The new seedling potatoes which Mr. 

 Jacob T.Timpe, of Grand Ledge, Mich., 

 is introducing, are without doubt des- 

 tined to take the lead. All reports con- 

 cerning them are most flattering, and 

 although his prices may seem high, 

 they are not, when compared with 

 thos'e of leading seedsmen. We assure 

 our readers his offer is a liberal one, 

 and an honest one. See ad. in another 

 column. 



This Journal is published for the en- 

 tertainment and edification of every one 

 of its readers — not for a few. We en- 

 deavor to publish only such articles as 

 are of interest to the bee-keeper of 

 moderate attainments. We wish all 

 our readers would send us short arti- 

 cles, giving their experience in any 

 particular department of bee-keeping. 



By the way, we noticed in a certain 

 farm paper recently the ad's of three 

 prominent bee supply manufacturers, 

 each claiming to be the "largest in the 

 world." This is an age of "big" 

 things, but we fear the readers of that 

 paper will conclude that some one is- 

 doing considerable " bluffing." 



We wish our friends, and especially 

 oui fellow editors would refer to us as 

 the "Am. Bee-Keeper," not the A.B. K, 

 as there are the A. B. J., B. B. J., 

 C. B. K., and A. B. K., and nine 

 readers of every ten will confound .1.' 

 B. K. with one of these if thus refer- 

 red to. If the Am. Bee-Keeper con- 

 tains anything worthy of repetition, 

 please give us full credit for it. 



The Ionia Mich. Bee-Keeper's Asso- 

 ciation meets May 6th, 1801, and will 

 have an exhibit of hives and apiarian 

 appliances open to all. Samples for 

 exhibit can be sent to Harm, Smith, 

 Ionia, Mich. 



We are in receipt of No. 2 of the 

 " Bread and Butter Series," by Geo. 

 R. Stockwell, Providence, R. I. The 

 subject is " The Double Hive Non- 

 Swarming System." It is well worth 

 reading. Price, 25c. 



We will be glad to publish items of 

 experience which our headers may 

 semi to us. Please let us know about 

 any happenings out of the usual order 

 of things; they will be of interest to 

 us all. 



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