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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



another milestone in its long career of use- 

 fulness and commendable endeavor, it does 

 not forget that it has not at all times and 

 under all circumstances measured up to its 

 highest opportunities, or shed the light that 

 it might have given oiit had its wise and 

 lamented originator lived longer to bless it 

 and humanity with his profound apiarian 

 knowledge, and great ability to focus with- 

 in its columns the grand results of Euro- 

 pean investigation and experimentation. 

 And yet we feel that a great deal of perma- 

 nent value has been accomplished. 



As for ourselves, we can refer to only 

 about a year and a half of eflPoi't to con- 

 tinue, in a measure, the work carried on for 

 years by our worthy and energetic prede- 

 cessor; but while in the main endeavoring 

 to continue the principal features and aims 

 of the Bee Joukxal, as we found them 

 when assuming full control of its destinies, 

 yet we have at times departed from the 

 well-beaten paths, and introduced features 

 which we trust may enhance its value to 

 all as time goes on. We can only promise, 

 that if our life and health are spared, and 

 sufficient support extended, we shall not 

 rest content until the old American Bee 

 Journal completely fills its high mission of 

 bearing to mankind the best and most re- 

 liable information to be obtained upon the 

 important subject of bee-culture. 



And now, with the kindliest of feelings 

 toward all its friends; with the earnest 

 hope that good health, unbounded happi- 

 ness, and richly-deserved prosperity, may 

 all be theirs ; and with the earnest desire 

 to faithfully serve them in the future, the 

 Bee Journal bids farewell to the depart- 

 ing year of 1893, and looks hopefully and 

 cbeei'fully toward the approaching year of 

 18!)4. 



.Til', .laiiies llf-'dUoii — once a promi- 

 nent figure in apiculture — is about to re- 

 enter the bee-keeping ranks after a few 

 years of enforced retirement to attend to 

 business matters of importance to the city 

 in which he resides. In the December Re- 

 view Mr. Heddon says : 



We have sold our electric-light plant to 

 the city, and I am going back to apiculture 

 in old-fashioned style; I am going into the 

 old work both mentally and physically, 

 heart and hand. 



Bro. Hutchinson shows in two very neat 

 pictures, Mr. Heddon's home, and also 

 home-apiary, which lie visited last October. 



Selling- A<litlterate«l Honey.— A 



case of alleged adulteration of honey re- 

 cently came up in the Cleveland courts, 

 and the seller of the product fined. The 

 item reads thus: "George G. Willard. of 

 Cleveland, O., has been arrested and fined 

 $70.85 (including costs) for selling adul 

 terated honey." The court relied for its 

 decision upon the report of a chemical 

 analysis of the honey itself. Mr. Willard 

 claims that he did not adulterate it, but 

 sold it just as it came from the bee-keeper 

 in whose apiary it was produced. 



Owing to the unreliability of chemical 

 tests of honey, it behooves every honest 

 honey-producer to carefully mark or label 

 each package of honey he produces and 

 sends out from his apiary. Verily, there 

 are interesting times ahead, if courts in 

 cases of alleged honey adulteration are to 

 base their decisions upon the results of so- 

 called chemical tests. The Bee-Keepers" 

 Union may have to step in and help in these 

 matters. 



11^" Each bee-keeper ought to thoroughly 

 understand the honey resources of his own 

 locality. He should know when to expecl ». 

 honey-flow. — Hidchinaon : 



Xlie Alley-onllni'ii^t might be a very 

 appropriate name for what has been known 

 for some years as the ApiculturUt. The 

 contents of the numbers of that paper for 

 October, November and December, we no- 

 tice, was almost wholly written by Bro. 

 Alley himself. That's individuality for 

 you, with a vengeance. But as Bro. Alley 

 seems to enjoy it immensely, we won't ob- 

 ject. 



Xlie ISiograpliieal Sk^etelie!<<, if 



we may judge from the many expressions 

 of appreciation, have been a very attrac- 

 tive feature of the Bee Journal this year. 

 If we are not mistaken, we have presented 

 in that department all except one of those 

 who answer queries regularly, besides many 

 others. The missing one we have tried to 

 get, but so far we have been unsuccessful, 

 we regret to say. We started out to ac- 

 complish this much at least, as we felt that 

 it would be exceedingly interesting to see 

 the faces (on paper), and know at least a 

 little about all those who have been so long 

 in the '• nut-cracking " business. 



We are glad to know tluit in one thing. 



