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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



plans which will tend to elevate 

 apiculture and benefit each indi- 

 vidual beekeeper. 



We do not wish to carr^' on any 

 individual or personal war. No ! 

 our aspirations are higher than 

 that and we war with the great 

 principles of wrong. True, there 

 are those who are adherents and 

 devotees of error and wrong; and if, 

 in the institution of reforms, they 

 are injured by the crumbling debris 

 of their own sti'uctures, it is far more 

 wise for them to join with us in cor- 

 recting the errors, than to hurl bit- 

 ter retorts and sarcasm upon our 

 devoted heads. 



Once more, as in the past, we 

 appeal to you our readers, who 

 represent the interests of apicul- 

 ture, to put your shoulders to the 

 wheel and if you consider that we 

 are in the right, render us all the 

 assistance in your power. 



If every one would send us one 

 other subscriber it would aid us 

 wonderfully in our work, and en- 

 able us to devote more time and 

 attention to experiment and study ; 

 while on your part it would be 

 only a little labor and a kindly 

 act, which would return you an 

 hundred-fold. If tlie Apicultuuist 

 is not what you think it should be, 

 to represent properly the interests 

 of the beekeepers, then criticise 

 our course. Remember that the 

 columns are open to the free and 

 manly expression of the ideas and 

 interests of every individual bee- 

 keeper, and altliough you may not 

 be a scholar, yet whatever items 

 you may choose to send us will be 

 thankfully received ; and further, 



do not fear to criticise any state- 

 ment that we may make, as your 

 opinions fairlj^ expressed have the 

 same right to appear in the Api- 

 CULTURIST as do ours, the opin- 

 ion of some to the contrary. Re- 

 member that no individual or part^'^ 

 of individuals or associations hold 

 any control over the Apiculturist, 

 nor will they ever so long as we 

 are fortunate enough to sit in the 

 editorial chair. 



We are happy to say, however, 

 that as yet no individual or par- 

 ty of individuals have tried to 

 bring the '' Apiculturist " under 

 their control. This gives evidence 

 that even our enemies honor and 

 respect the course that it has 

 taken. 



EXCHANGES. 



Cooperation in Bee Culture 

 BY J. y. Detwilek, Esq. — "One 

 of the best illustrations of coope- 

 rative effort, is plainly shown in the 

 economy of the hive. A single bee 

 of itself is powerless to accomplish 

 but a very small amount of labor, 

 however industrious it may be, but 

 when assisted by the vast throng 

 of workers composing a colony, we 

 well know the result of their united 

 efforts, both in storing honey, and 

 in defence of the hive. 



We, as a fraternity of beekeepers, 

 can learn useful lessons from our 

 bees. To them, not a few of us, look 

 for many of the necessaries of life, 

 procured by the sale of delicious 

 honey, the result of the persistent 

 labors of thousands of tiny insects 

 banded together in one common 

 cause. If the instinct of the bee 

 teaches it that in " union there is 

 strength, " may not we, who are 



