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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Semke's, according to his descrition in a 

 recent number of the Bee Journal. 

 The colony is one of the strongest I have 

 in my yard, containing 70. They seem 

 to be working to a considerable extent, 

 gathering pollen and honey. There is 

 no other case in the yard as yet, as I can 

 discover. P. L. Norton. 



In regard to the above mentioned 

 bees, Prof. Cook writes : 



Both drones and workers, which Mr. 

 Norton thinks are dying unnaturally 

 fast, seem bright, and show no sign of 

 disease at all. Indeed, their intestines 

 and stomachs are almost empty. Can it 

 be a case of starvation ? The appear- 

 ance suggests a very meagre diet. — A. 

 J. Cook. 



Otlier Bee-Periodicals have 

 been giving us some much-appreciated 

 notices in recent issues of their papers, 

 for which we make our best bows. It is 

 a matter of particular note, and a thing 

 to be greatly admired, when such sincere 

 feelings of fraternal regard exist among 

 those who are conducting the publishing 

 of the current literature of such an ex- 

 tensive industry as bee-keeping. It is 

 an omen of good, and indicates that 

 there, is promise of great advancement 

 along all lines relating to the pursuit 

 which all the best bee-periodicals are 

 endeavoring to aid. 



Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson, editor of the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review, at Flint, Mich., 

 besides giving in his June number a 

 portrait engraving of the Bee Journal's 

 new editor and proprietor, wrote as 

 follows concerning the change : 



After having been for 19 years under 

 the management of that veteran editor, 

 Thomas G. Newman, the American Bee 

 Journal has passed into the hands of 

 George W. York & Co. Continued poor 

 health compelled Bro. Newman to make 

 this change. The supply trade and the 

 Home Journal still remain in the hands 

 of Thomas G. Newman & Son. 



Although Mr. York is a young man— 

 30 years old— he is not without experi- 

 ence in the publishing of a bee-periodi- 

 cal. Almost the first time that I visited 

 Chicago, some eight or nine years ago, I 

 found him at work in the Bee Journal 

 office, where he had been several 



months. He has been there most of the 

 time since, and now industry and perse- 

 verance get their reward. 



Mr. York and I " took to each other " 

 at once, and in the friendly chat that 

 followed, he told me that he and a 

 fellow workman were saving money by 

 keeping "bachelor's hall." Perhaps 

 this is " telling tales out of school," but 

 this little thing raised Mr. York wonder- 

 fully in my estimation, and I wish my 

 readers to share in this feeling. 



The next time that I met Mr. York 

 was when the North American met at 

 Indianapolis. He had just returned 

 from his wedding trip, and his heart 

 was overflowing with his newly-found 

 happiness. We occupied the same room - 

 at the hotel, and the long, confidential 

 chats that we had over life and its prob- 

 lems, gave me a still deeper insight into 

 his nature. 



When next I visited Chicago, I slipped 

 away from the convention one evening 

 and visited the pleasant home of Mr. and 

 Mrs. York. Since then I never go to 

 Chicago without having a chat with 

 " George,'' and I feel that of all the bee- 

 keeping editors, I am the best acquainted 

 with him, and that I am qualified to say 

 that the readers of the American Bee 

 Journal will find their new editor to be 

 fair and fearless, genial and just. 



The Review and American Bee Jour- 

 nal will pull together tip-top. 



- Mr. Ernest E. Root, associate editor 

 of Gleanings in Bee-Culture, published 

 at Medina, L Ohio, had this to say in the 

 issue of June 15 : 



We were greatly pained upon seeing 

 the announcement that the health of 

 Mr. Thomas G. Newman has been such 

 that he was obliged to sell the American 

 Bee Journal, the " old reliable," that 

 has been so successfully conducted by 

 him for nearly 20 years. We have 

 known for some time that Mr. Newman's 

 health has been very poorly ; but we did 

 not suppose that it had come to such a 

 pass that it would be necessary for him 

 to dispose of some of his business in- 

 terests. We are very glad to learn, 

 however, that the Journal has been 

 transferred to entirely competent and 

 worthy hands in the person of George 

 W. York — an old assistant and employe, 

 who has for eight years been more or 

 less connected with the publishing and 

 editing of the Journal. 



Mr. York is full of business vim and 

 enterprise; and we have no doubt that 

 the change will be better for all parties 



