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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. 



This number completes our first 

 quarter and we feel truly thankful 

 for and encouraged by the warm 

 and hearty grasp of the hand of 

 friendship extended to us by our 

 beekeeping friends. It is not e- 

 nough that we may be able to give 

 you a first-class journal, but it is 

 imperative, if you desire the con- 

 tinuation of the publication of 

 such journals, that you aid in 

 every possible way. We need in- 

 formation (short, spicy notes) upon 

 every important subject pertaining 

 to apiculture, from every section of 

 our country. We also need the 

 names of new subscribers and pro- 

 pose so to conduct the journal that 

 you will derive more than enough 

 of substantial and advantageous 

 information from its pages to repa}^ 

 you for the investment. 



We are now putting to a practical 

 test the question, whether an inde- 

 pendent, scientific and practical bee 

 journal can live in this country. 

 Now the answer depends largely on 

 your putting your shoulders to the 

 wheel and rendering whatever of 

 assistance you may be able. 



We had promised that this num- 

 ber should contain a photograph of 

 Mr. Alley and his apiary, but cir- 

 cumstances which we could not 

 control render it impossible and we 

 will try and have them completed 

 for the next number. 



When sending bee notes or arti- 

 cles, please remember that what we 

 most need is practical information 

 such as one would gain from every 



da^'^ work in the apiary. And we 

 beg of you to remember that the 

 reason that the. name of Father 

 Quinby is held so dear b}^ all who 

 knew him, and in fact by the 

 majority of the beekeeping frater- 

 nity', is that he loved to impart, 

 impartially and freely, any informa- 

 tion that would benefit his brother 

 beekeepers. We are aware that much 

 valuable information is locked up 

 in the brains of its originators, 

 simply because they are (so to 

 speak) like sponges, in that they 

 absorb everything and impart but 

 little. 



Believe us, we speak this with 

 kindly feeling, lioping thereby to 

 induce our readers to make charity's 

 broad mantle the guiding principle 

 of our lives. 



We would call attention to friend 

 Root's article on curing extracted 

 hone}'. There is room for a great 

 deal of study in this question. 

 Friend Cook's article on Race and 

 Variety should call forth more infor- 

 mation on tliis subject. We would 

 call the attention of our readers 

 generally and our New Enghind 

 beekeepers especially to the article 

 on Artificial Pasturage as given by 

 friend Woolver in the June number 

 and noticed by friend Root in 

 this issue. We liave sown soVne 

 of the Bokhara seed this season, 

 . and some of it is now two feet high. 

 It is imperative that we sow 

 artificial pasturage for our bees. 



We are testing the different 

 races and strains of bees, as re- 

 gards size, markings, and length of 

 tongues, both with microscope and 



