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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



devoted to setj^iSsxng for the best means 

 by which every man's table might bear 

 upon it a pure sweet, whose health- 

 giving properties might bless all its par- 

 takers with a happier and more grate- 

 ful life. 



The culture of bees and the best 

 methods by which their product may be 

 temptingly placed before the eye of man 

 have enlisted the most hearty co-opera- 

 tion on the part of men and women in 

 almost all stations in life. The keeping 

 of bees for the production of honey has 

 grown from a pleasurable avocation to 

 one of the most useful and necessary, as 

 well as important, industries in the 

 agricultural development of our coun- 

 try. That the American Bee Journal 

 contributed much to placing this pursuit 

 upon the high plane which it occupies 

 to-day is unquestioned ; though in these 

 latter years a few other periodicals 

 have aided in the work first begun by 

 the Bee Journal, through its lamented 

 and honored editor — Samuel Wagner. 



As in the past, so in the future, the 

 old American Bee Journal will en- 

 deavor to lead, and it hopes to merit the 

 continued support of all the honest- 

 minded and truth-loving devotees of 

 this fascinating and ennobling pursuit. 



With all the lessons and experiences 

 of the past from which to profit, and 

 feeling assured of its ability to press 

 into newer and richer fields of apicul- 

 tural usefulness, the American Bee 

 Journal to-day begins the march of 

 another year, inspired by unnumbered 

 opportunities for proving itself a help 

 and a blessing to all its thousands of 

 readers. 



Bro. Hutcliinson tells the story 

 of himself in the December Review. He 

 shows how he tried to look when at the 

 age of 18 years, and also how he looked 

 without trying at the age of 36. Those 

 18 years almost illustrate the theory of 

 evolution, though Bro. II. had that same 

 honest, straight-forward, whole-souled 

 look when less than half as old as he 



now. When looking at his later picture, 

 one hardly knows whether to say " a 

 professor," "a preacher," or "a sol- 

 dier." He might be mistaken for any 

 one of them, or all. His own story is a 

 good one, and we hope soon to condense 

 it for the benefit of our readers. That 

 December Revieiv is a good one. Bro. 

 Hutchinson merits all the success with 

 which his paper is meeting. 



Xhe Officers Blected at the 



recent meeting of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association at Springfield, are 

 as follows : 



President — Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, of 

 Spring. 



Vice-Presidents — 1st, J. Q. Smith, of 

 Lincoln; 2nd, Mrs. L. Harrison, of 

 Peoria ; 3rd, Peter Miller, of Belleville ; 

 4th, Geo. Poindexter, of Kenney ; 5th, 

 C. P. Dadant, of Hamilton. 



Secretary — Jas. A. Stone, of Bradford- 

 ton. 



Treasurer — A. N. Draper, of Upper 

 Alton. 



Those wishing to have their names en 

 rolled as members for 1893, will, by 

 sending their fee of $1.00 to the Secre- 

 tary, receive the coming report, as well 

 as the report for 1892. 



We hope to publish the report of the 

 convention in a short time. 



Mr. Orang^e Judd, the eminent 

 and widely-known editor of the Orange 

 Judd Farmer, died at the age of 70 

 years, on Dec. 27, 1892. He was the 

 founder, and for 30 years the editor, of 

 the American Agriculturist. We pub- 

 lished his biography with portrait in the 

 Bee Journal for Sept. 15, 1892, page 

 363. He will be mourned in myriads 

 of homes where his name has long since 

 become honored and revered. The 

 American Bee Journal deeply sympa- 

 thizes with the family in their sad 

 bereavement. 



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