Vol. XV. 



Chicago, Illinois, January, 1879. 



No. 1. 



%t\x\*x 7 s laMe. 



The American Bee Journal pre- 

 sents its compliments to all its readers 

 and correspondents — wishing them a 

 "Happy New Year," as well as general 

 prosperity through all the days and 

 months thereof. 



We have re-arranged our departments 

 for 1879, and as we shall have all the 

 Indexes at the end of the volume, here- 

 after, the title page is presented in this 

 number in proper place for binding. 



E. L. Roberts, of Eagle Mills, N. 

 Y., has sent us a photograph of his new 

 Octagon Bee-Hive. It is peculiar and 

 odd-looking, but would be very attract- 

 ive in a Bee and Honey Show. 



President Chandler, of the New 

 York board of health, reports to the 

 chamber of commerce on the subject of 

 sugar adulterations: "We have care- 

 fully examined a number of samples of 

 the refined ' coffee ' and ' yellow ' sugars. 

 In several of these sugars we have 

 found tin salts and free acids, probably 

 muriatic, and in two of them considerable 

 glucose. These are used solely for the 

 purpose of defrauding the consumer by 

 deceiving him as to the grade of the 

 sugar. In some cases the quantity add- 

 ed may be sufficient to cause a derange- 

 ment of the system. I would recom- 

 mend that the sanitary superintendent 

 be directed to cause analyses to be 

 made from time to time of the sugars 

 and the syrups sold in the city." 



Fully Endorsed. — It is exceedingly 

 gratifying to the American Bee Jour- 

 nal to begin the new year, under such 

 auspicious circumstances. Besides the 

 renewal of nearly all of its old 

 patrons, nearly five hundred new sub- 

 scribers have been enrolled during the 

 past month ! This success is unparalled ! 

 But pleasing as this may be, still more 

 agreeable is the unanimous endorsement, 

 so spontaneously expressed, of the 

 policy of the Journal during the past 

 year ! The hosts of new readers already 

 enrolled are a surprise to us — an agree- 

 able one, to be sure — but no less unex- 

 pected ! While making our bow to all 

 — we gird on anew the armor for the 

 contests of 1879. 



The Bev. W. F. Clarke, late editor 

 of this Journal, is now delivering a 

 series of agricultural lectures in Canada. 

 One on "The Nobility of Agriculture," 

 and another entitled " My Farm at Lin- 

 denbank," have been published, and are 

 on our table. We - have perused them 

 with much pleasure. Mr. C. handles 

 these subjects in a very interesting man- 

 ner, and we are not surprised to learn 

 that his audiences are delighted. The 

 following is Mr. Clarke's opinion of the 

 American Bee Journal : 



1 am glad to see that the American Bee 

 Jouknae is going on well. You are cer- 

 tainly doing your part most creditably, and 

 deserve a remunerative success. Typo- 

 graphically it is an honor to the craft, and 

 editorially, it could not be better managed. 

 I got started again this past season. Next 

 summer if all be well, 1 propose to go at 

 bee-keepiuu' In right earnest. 



Our Table of Contents will hereafter 

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