American Bee Journal 



DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO BEE CULTURE. 



Vol. XI. 



CHICAGO, DECEMBER, 1875. 



No. 12. 



Our New Year's Present. 



In order to encourage the prompt pay- 

 ment of subscription to the American 

 Bee Journal for 1876, we have concluded 

 to make a New Year's present to all who 

 shall pay up all arrearages, if any are due, 

 and two dollars in advance for 1876, by the 

 first day of January next. This present 

 is a genuine oil-chromo, entitled, " Mem- 

 ories of Childhood," size 17x21 inches, 

 designed and painted by F. B. Carpenter. 



As there are but a few hundred of this 

 magnificent oil-chromo in existence, those 

 wiio want a copy of it should send 

 E.XRLY, in order to secure it. We shall 

 send it by mail postpaid, as fast as the 

 remittances come, on and after the 1st of 

 December, until all are gone. 



It is an artistic combination of portraits 

 and landscape, representing a group of 

 four bright and beautiful children, en- 

 gaged in out-door recreation under the 

 shade of a venerable tree, from a branch 

 of which is suspended a swing, in which 

 sits a young girl, smiling on a lad who is 

 holding a buttercup under her chin, as a 

 test whether or not she lovis butter; while 

 another sweet girl, with a hoop in her 

 hands, and another intelligent and digni- 

 fied looking youth with his slate and 

 books under his arm, are thoughtfully 

 looking at the eflect produced. There is 

 also in the foreground a favorite Esqui- 

 mau dog, which seems to take a deep 

 interest in the proceedings; while in the 

 background is a sail-boat on the lake 

 lying at the base of a mountain. Flowers 

 are in full bloom about tliem, buttercups 

 in abundance. The picture is suggestive 

 of modesty, innocence and school-day 

 JOTS. It is a delightful picture, suited to 

 the school-room, drawing-room or parlor, 

 and is one of the most valuable and ac- 

 ceptable premiums ever oftered by pub- 

 lishers to subscribers. 



Bear in mind, this is not a cheap pic- 

 ture gotten up expressly for a premium, 

 but a genuine oil-chromo, having the im- 

 print of the artist and the publisher, and! 

 guaranteed by us to give satisfaction. 



The Centennial. 



As a member of the committee for the 

 Centennial, we are encouraged at the no- 

 tices we receive from those who are pre- 

 paring articles for our department of the 

 Exhibition. Among others, John Long, 

 of New York, writes us, and we giv ♦''*' 

 following extract from his letter, L 

 it may suggest ideas to others : l 



"In regard to the Centennial, I 

 say that I do wish to make a display in 

 your department, and propose to do n.y 

 part in rendering that department in! cr- 

 esting. I am having constructed two 

 observation hives, made of ornamental 

 wood, richly carved antique Swiss style, 

 one for an Italian swarm and the other a 

 black swarm. Tliese will be so arranged 

 that the queen and inside workings of the 

 hives will be fully displayed ; the flight- 

 board will be turned toward the wall of 

 the building, which I will get permission 

 to pierce and run a short tin tubing out 

 from the hive, and put little flight-boards 

 outside the building. I have tried this 

 plan here, and it works well; the bees 

 working nicely. I also propose to have 

 two microscopes mounted on stands with 

 black and Italian bees under each — have 

 them entire and dissected, the objects to 

 be mounted in the best way. In addition 

 to this, I have some wonderful specimens 

 of the bees' industry, such as glass castles 

 well filled with honey, curiously wrought, 

 urns, etc. ; also specimens of comb and 

 strained honey and beeswax from Eng- 

 land, Scotland, Cuba, Texas, Chili, and 

 our own country, embracing almost every 

 known variety. The whole will be neatly 

 arranged in a nice silver-plated show-case. 

 If anything else comes within my reach, 

 between now and the time to enter the 

 goods, I will do my best to procure it, if 

 it is an object of interest. 



John Long. 



523 Hudson st., New York. 



