GEOBGE W. TOBK, ( DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY 



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VOL. XXXI. CHICAGO, ILL, APRIL 13, 1893. 



NO. 15. 



Xlie M^eatlier the past few days has 

 been warm and pleasant, and the bees have 

 been improving it well. It now (April 8thj 

 looks like an early spring. 



ICiiigliani &, Ilf^tliei-ingtoii^s Cir- 

 cular will be found on pages 476 and 477 of 

 this number of the Bee Journal. It tells 

 all about their excellent Bee-Smokers and 

 Uncapping Knife. They didn't want you 

 to miss seeing their Circular, hence this 

 editorial notice. 



'I'lie St. Jo«<»e|>li Apiary Co., of 



St. Joseph. Mo., have purchased the busi- 

 ness conducted by R. E. Harbaugh, of that 

 place, whose death was announced last 

 week. They now ask Mr. Harbaugh's cus- 

 tomers to patronize them, which invitation 

 no doubt will be accepted. 



3Iiss Amanda Atcliley, the 19- 



years-old daughter of Mrs. Jennie Atchley, 

 has just taken charge of the bee-department 

 in U/tcle Sani'H Live Stock Joarual. a Kansas 

 farm monthly. She makes a good start in 

 the March number, and saj-s that she will 

 •■ endeavor to talk upon practical, profitable 

 and i^leasant ways to manage bees." Suc- 

 cess to Miss Amanda, as well as to her 

 '• Ma," is our wish. 



Ciileaiiiugw ibr April \Ht is a mag- 

 nificent number — but, then, it's just like 

 every issue of that journal ; except that the 

 April 1st copy contains two veiy much ap- 

 preciated editorial references to the Bee 

 Journal. The following is one : 



G. W. York is making the old reliable 

 American Bee Journal fairly boom. 

 Every page shows that he is putting a good 

 deal of hard work on it, and we hope that 

 his subscription-list may roll up strong ; for 

 we have always noticed that, when any of 

 our rival publications are booming well, it 

 helps boost along (rIeaiumjH ; so you see we 

 are interested from a selfish point of view. 



Why is it that editors of publications in 

 other lines fail to see this? • They look upon 

 a successful rival as dangerous to their own 

 success, and then write more like an idiot 

 than a responsible being. But perhaps a 

 point should be made here : An editor who 

 takes no interest in his own publication but 

 to get out copies of his paper filled with 

 " stuffing," will almost surely suffer if there 

 is an energetic rival in the field. He who 

 is jealous of a rival, confesses the weakness 

 of his own efforts in the journalistic line, 

 and he had better step down and out. Such 

 kind of editors are not wanted, and sooner 

 or later they a,TQ j/hliyedjui step^down^ and 

 out. 



We wish to thank Bro. Root most sin- 

 cerely for the kind hope expressed in the 

 first paragraph above. We see no reason 

 why rival publications shouldn't work to- 

 gether in harmony, and their editors be the 

 best of friends. Only by so doing can they 

 all best fulfill their object or mission in life. 

 Truly, the success of one should but make 

 more easy and certain the prosperity of all. 

 We have often, during the past year, been 

 more than delighted to note the cordial and 

 friendly relations existing among all the 

 periodicals devoted to the cause of bee- 

 keeping. We trust such a condition may 

 long continue. 



The other editorial refers to the biographi- 



