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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



little time and labor. But in the modes 

 ordinarily practiced few can make any 

 great profit in this employment. It is 

 hoped a time is at hand when every wo- 

 man will be trained to some employment 

 by which she can secure to herself an in- 

 dependent home and means to support a 

 family, in case she does not marry or is 

 left a widow, with herself and family to 



support. 



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Bee-Keepers' Re-Union. 



Mr. Hoagland, President of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, sends us particulars 

 of arrangements made for the annual 

 meeting at Pittsburg. Our readers will 

 see that he has done his part well toward 

 making the meeting a success. We hope 

 for a very full attendence and a profitable 

 session. Our friends in that part of the 

 country have been for several years desir- 

 ous of having the meeting at Pittsburgh, 

 and we are sure mucli will be gained by 

 every one who attends the meeting. 



Let all the members of the Society 

 make an effort, and a sacrifice if neces- 

 sary, to attend. We are sure that all who 

 attend will find pleasure as well as profit 

 in the interchange of experience 



Let all go determined to impart all they 

 can as well as to gain from the relations- 

 of others. 



These meetings have been in the past, 

 re-unions of great interest, and we expect 

 the one at Pittsburg to be a grand suc- 

 cess. 



Honey Crop of San Diego. 



From the San Diego World we learn 

 that the honey crop of San Diego for 1873 

 was 119,000 lbs., and it is expected that 

 this year it will be equal 200,000 lbs. J. 

 S. Harbison has five apiaries in that 

 county, comprising over 3,000 hives of 

 bees. R. G. Clark has two, comprising 

 over 800 hives. These are the most ex- 

 tensive bee owners in the State. 



Tlie bees begin working in that country 

 about the first of February, and the sea- 

 son for storing honey lasts from June to 

 September. 



The finest honey is made from the 

 flowers of the sage plant, which grows 



here in such abundance. This is the true 

 sage, and must not be confounded with 

 the sage brush of Nevada and the north- 

 ern counties. The flat-top or "buck- 

 wheat " greasewood also aflbrds excellent 

 honey. The bloom of this plant closely 

 resembles that of buckwheat, hence the 

 name. The flowers of the sumac is 

 another source, and the ice plant, which 

 covers so much of the country, is likewise 

 sought by the bees. This latter • plant 

 makes a very white honey, but it is liable 

 to the objection that it turns very quick 

 to sugar, or candies, as the honey men 

 say. The bee-keepers therefore try to 

 avoid it. 



The bulk of the honey will find a mar- 

 ket in the east. 



The hooey made in San Diego is very 

 white and handsome, and of excellent 

 flavor, commands a good price and finds 

 a ready market wherever ofl'eced. 



In Die October number we should 

 have acknowledged the receipt of a 

 nice lithoora))]i of the Hexagonal 

 Apiaiy, from Mr. A. I. Root. It is a 

 nice thing' and shows how an apiary 

 could be s\siematized and carried ou 

 ior both i)leasui'e and profit. 



H. A. KlMg & Co., have removed ta 

 75 Barclay Street, New York, and 

 there publisli the Magazine, and Na- 

 tional Agriculturist. This latter pub- 

 lication, came out lor Sci)teniber with 

 a new and ele^fant headinif. It is pub- 

 lished at .$1. a year. Send for sample 

 copdes. 



Particular attention is called to the ad- 

 vertisement of Mrs. S. E. Spaids' New 

 York Honey House. The address before 

 inserted was a mistake. It is correct as 

 found in this number of the American 

 Bee Jouunal. 



We will send the American Bee. 

 Journal six months lor a copy of 

 Volume 2, No. 1. We want it to com- 

 plete a set. Who will trade with us? 



Let every one writing this oflice make all 

 Postal Orders, Drafts or Checks, payable to 

 Thomas G. Newman. Address everything 

 of whatever nature to 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. 



