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"HE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



December 



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EDITORIAL. 



This is the end of 1897, and the 

 Seventh-Volume of the American 

 Bee Keeper. We have endeavored 

 to give our readers the full worth of 

 their subscriptions, and hope our ef- 

 forts have met with their approval. 

 We regret sometimes that we are not 

 so constituted that we can indulge in 

 the idle gossip and "twaddle" found 

 in some of our contemporaries, for 

 strange as it may seem, that sort of 

 thing seems to suit many readers; 

 neither is our religion of that nature 

 that we can feel that it is quite proper 

 to air it through our colums at every 

 opportunity. We are not publishing 

 either a society or a religious journal 

 but we do furnish aiticles both in- 

 structive and entertaining, written by 



the best informed bee keepers in this 

 country, and for which we pay the 

 highest prices. This we shall con- 

 tinue to do, and we trust that our 

 subscription list will continue to in- 

 crease as a mark of approval on the 

 part of our readers. 



Suit has been brought by a Mr. 

 Whittier, of San Francisco, against 

 F. H.Hunt, a bee keeper of Redlands, 

 California. Whittier owns a tract of 

 land near Mr. Hunt's apiary, and in 

 his complaint alleges that Hunt's bees 

 befoul the water in his irrigating res- 

 ervoir, sting his men while at work in 

 the field, bother around his watering 

 trough so that his horses will not 

 drink, and that he is prevented by 

 the bees from cultivating his land 

 near the apiary. Whether the charg- 

 es are founded upon facts or, as in 

 similar cases in the past, are born 

 wholly of ignorance or malicious 

 spite, we do not know. We do know, 

 however, that Mr Hunt has neglected 

 to avail himself of the protection of- 

 fered in such cases by either the 

 United States Bee Keepers Union or 

 the "National," and will in conse- 

 quence have to make the fight alone 

 against a man that is said to be a 

 multimillionaire. " In time of peace 

 prepare for" — defence. 



This number of the American Bee 

 Keeper completes the seventh year 

 of its continuous publication, during 

 which time many changes have taken 

 place in the methods of handling bees, 

 kinds of hives and supplies used and 

 many other things pertaining to the 

 persuit. We have always endeavored 

 to keep up with the times in inform- 



