New Year's Greeting. 



The year 1879, with all its joys and 

 sorroAvs, pleasures and pains, toils and 

 troubles, has passed away, and we now 

 enter upon the new year, 1880, the be- 

 ginning of another decade of years. 

 How rapidly the days and months and 

 years pass alone in the sweeping tide of 

 time ! The ''fleeting shadows" warn 

 us of our approaching end, and bid us 

 to be ready for it. Meanwhile to us is 

 appointed the strife and peril of war- 

 fare—battling for the right, waging war 

 on the errors of the past, and doing our 

 share in erecting the temple to be dedi- 

 cated to truth, honesty, justice and pro- 

 gress. If we shall do our work faith- 

 fully and well, we may expect the wel- 

 come applaudit of " Well Done " ! Our 

 co-workers in" the ages to come " will 

 sit in judgment over our labors, and 

 their verdict, shorn of all the prejudices 

 of the present time, will be based upon 

 the just merits of the case. Let our 

 work, then, be done faithfully and well, 

 and with reference to the ever-advanc- 

 ing principles of progressive thought 

 and action. 



The Bee Journal, during the past 

 year has endeavored to act fearlessly as 

 well as faithfully— never losing sight of 

 of the interests of producers as well as 

 consumers. The past must be the 

 guarantee for the future, and if the 

 reader thinks it has done aught for his 

 or her benefit, let the " vote of confi- 

 dence " be given in the shape of con- 

 tinued exertions for its prosperity. The 

 "case" is now all "summed up" and 

 the reader, is one of the "jury," whose 

 verdict, given in language that is unmis- 

 takable, will determine its future. 



Our thanks are due to the many 

 thousands who have continuously sup- 

 ported the Bee Journal for years, and 

 we can assure all such that we shall spare 

 no pains nor expense to make it still 

 more interesting and instructive for 

 1880. We are greatly encouraged by the 

 many who have during the past month 

 renewed their subscription, and yet this 

 is but " the promise of the shower " that 



is to come during this month. But 

 still more encouraqing have been the 

 unanimous expressions of confidence 

 and approval that have accompanied 

 these renewals. 



We have girded on anew the armor 

 for the contests of 1880, and while mak- 

 ing our bow, let us wish one and all of 

 our subscribers. 



"A Happy New Year!" 



ig^ The past season has been one of 

 marked prosperity to the country. The 

 bountiful harvest coupled with the fail- 

 ure of the crops in Europe has greatly, 

 increased our prosperity and wealth, as 

 well as introduced a decade of " good 

 times." It is true that the honey har- 

 vest was light, but with the advance in 

 prices for honey we have but little to 

 complain of, and have considerable 

 cause to take courage. At the Mich. 

 Convention held last month, Mr. Hed- 

 don said " we may look for good prices 

 for honey raised during 1880." Some- 

 how or other we also have such an 

 " abiding faith " and confidently expect 

 a good yield of honey and good prices, 

 next season, for the practical and pro- 

 gressive apiarist. 



<girMr. Frank Benton, is about to 

 start for Cyprus with Mr. D. A. Jones, 

 of Canada, to rear and ship Cyprian 

 queens to America ; but before starting 

 he has taken an American " Queen " to 

 his bosom. He was married to Miss 

 Hattie Wheeler, of Angelica, N. Y., on 

 the l?th ult. The Bee Journal ex- 

 tends its complements, and wishes " the 

 happy pair" continued prosperity. We 

 suppose the journey to Cyprus is the 

 "wedding tour." 



i^Capt. W. J. Andrews, ex-presi- 

 dent of the North American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Society, was re-elected last month 

 as an Alderman for the City of Colum- 

 bia, Tenn., and gave a Banquet on 

 Nov. 17th in honor of his re-election. 

 This we glean from the Nashville, 

 Tenn., daily papers. 



