T II K 



AMERICAN 



BEE JOUENAL. 



FOR THE YEAR 1878. 



" To Us, both field and grove, 



Garden and orchard, lawn and flowery mead, 



The blue-vein'd violet, rich columbine. 



The wanton cowslip, daisies in their prime, 



With all the choicest blossoms of the lea, 



Are free allowed and given." — Pakliament op Bees. John Day, IfiOT. 



VOLUME XI. 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS : 



PUBLISHED BY 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN 

 1875. 



