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Kind "Words from our old friends 

 and co-laborers are not only very en- 

 couraging, but are fully appreciated as 

 well. We are not entirely out of the 

 work, but are released from some of the 

 arduous labors which have for years 

 been wearing upon our constitution. 

 The following, from a few of our most 

 intimate friends, are prized beyond 

 utterance : 



My Dear Old Friend :— With the 

 change of firm name, it seemed as if my 

 old friend Newman had gone away off, 

 and I didn't feel quite reconciled to it. 

 For so long a time we had worked and 

 counseled together, and I had never felt 

 afraid to express my inside thoughts, 

 knowing that we were both working 

 honestly for whatever might be best for 

 the fraternity, and that everything 1 

 said would be honestly interpreted. 

 Still, I am glad you can throw some of 

 the care off your shoulders, and I am 

 glad to have one like friend York take 

 up the burden. Blessings on you. 



C. C. Miller, M. D. 



Marengo, Ills. 



Friend Newman : — It is with regret 

 that I learn that through ill-health you 

 have found it advisable to sell out your 

 interest in the American Bee Journal. 

 Yours has been a long service, well 

 done, and you retire with the best wishes 

 of a vast circle of friends, earnest and 

 appreciative. 



I hope that you may be yet spared 

 many years to aid us by your pen, by 

 yourcousel, and by your interest in our 

 pursuit. Few, indeed, could have 

 labored with so unselfish purpose in the 

 interest of bee-keepers as you have done 

 for the many long years I have known 

 you. You will have your reward for 

 these years of earnest labor, and when 

 the great future unfolds the new life, 

 there will be hosts of warm friends to 

 congratulate you, as well as hosts on 

 this side of life to appreciate and profit 

 by your long and faithful labors. 



My best wishes will ever go with you, 

 as one of my best and truest friends. 

 G. L. Tinker, M. D. 



New Philadelphia, Ohio. 



Friend Newman : — I learned with re- 

 gret that the state of your health was 

 such that you were obliged to give up 

 the helm of the American Bee Journal. 

 I know you must regret it also, for the 

 American Bee Journal is really your 

 " adopted child." When you took hold 



of it, it was a babe in swadling clothes, 

 and puny enough at that — so puny, in 

 fact, that if the life you instilled into it, 

 had not given it fresh vigor, it would 

 have died long ago. I began it with the 

 late Mr. Wagner, dropped it for about a 

 year, and have kept with it since about 

 the time you took it. That it has done 

 well, there is uo need for me to say to 

 you. Its manly, independent tone has 

 endeared it to the heart of every bee- 

 keeper of consequence. I only trust 

 that Mr. York will keep it up to the 

 mark and condition in which you have 

 left. 



Please accept my best wishes for your 

 future, and allow me to express the hope 

 that you will soon recuperate, and get 

 back as near to your former condition of 

 health as may be expected in your older 

 years. For I can see that while age 

 may give discretion and judgment, it 

 wears terribly on the "narves." The 

 Home Journal is work enough for you. 

 May your lives run in pleasant places, 

 is the wish of Jos. E. Pond. 



North Attleboro, Mass. 



As intimated by Brother Pond, the 

 Home Journal will furnish all the em- 

 ployment I should have, and hereafter 

 my energies will be devoted to it. My 

 health has improved since the vacation 

 I took, and the subsequent disposal of 

 the American Bee Journal. By les- 

 sened care and labor, fewer hours at my 

 desk, and more spent in the open air, I 

 hope to recruit and be more like the 

 former Thomas G. Newman. 



Bees and Ci rafting:- Wax. — 



Mr. Henry Wilson, of Clinton, Ills., on 

 June 25, 1892, wrote as follows about 

 bees stealing grafting-wax, the subject 

 of Query No. 824, which was published 

 with answers on page 828 of the Bee 

 Journal for June 23, 1892 : 



To keep the bees from stealing the 

 wax from grafts, wrap any kind of 

 paper around the wax when freshly put 

 on, so it will stick. Thin paper is better 

 than thick, and it should be white, so 

 the wax will be cooler. I have had the 

 bees to take it off only one season, but I 

 always wrap the grafts, as it is a great 

 benefit to them, even when the bees dc 

 not touch the wax. 



My bees have done nothing this sea- 

 son so far. Henry Wilson. 



