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Vol. XIX. July L 1892. • No. 1. 



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Home's not merely four square walls, 

 Though with pictures hung and gilded ; 



Home is where affection calls, 

 Filled with shrines the heart hath builded. 



Home !— go watch the faithful dove. 

 Sailing 'neath the heaven above us— 



Home is where there's one to love ; 

 Home is where there's one to love us. 



Espercette is a splendid honey- 

 plant, also excellent for forage. In the 

 Sierra Nevada Mountains Itthrives well, 

 and the bees may be seen all day long 

 humming around its crimson bloom. 



One of the most extensive queen- 

 breeders of America, Mr. H. B. Har- 

 rington, of Medina, Ohio, made us a 

 pleasant visit last week. He is an agree- 

 able and companionable man, as well as 

 a bee-keeper having a large and ripe 

 experience. 



Honey for Analysis is desired 

 by Prof. A. J. Cook, of Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Mich., as there are reasons to 

 think that the methods for honey analy- 

 sis used by chemists may be faulty. 

 Prof. Cook is now having analyses made 

 to determine the real facts about the 

 matter, and desires to have samples of 

 honey that have been known to be 

 gathered very rapidly — say from sage or 

 basswood. He wishes to have the 

 honey at once. Also, he wants samples 

 of any peculiar honey, like that of 

 honey-dew, or of peculiar flavor. It 

 must be in every case ffom one who 

 produces honey, and guaranteed to be 

 genuine honey. He desires us to urge 

 bee-keepers to send any such samples by 

 express to him at Lansing, Mich., at his 

 expense. By complying with this re- 

 quest, bee-keepers will not only please 

 Prof. Cook, but aid in a good cause. Do 

 not forget this, but if possible forward 

 the samples of honey as directed above. 



Volume XXX of the American 

 Bee Journal, begins with this number. 

 The twenty-nine volumes that have 

 preceded it form a very complete api- 

 arian library in themselves, treating 

 most exhaustively every conceivable 

 detail in the best management of bees 

 in the production of honey. It has come 

 up through three decades, has not 

 swerved in propitious or in unpromising 

 seasons, and to-day occupies a position 

 in the hearts and homes of thousands of 

 apiarists in this and other lands, that 

 has been won by faithful devotion to the 

 best interests of the cause which it has 

 ever fearlessly and unselfishly espoused. 



The thanks of the publishers are 

 tendered its ho3t of admirers and ardent 

 supporters, and they beg to express the 

 hope that the hearty co-operation of the 

 past may continue throughout the future 

 years of promise. 



Every Man should kno sumthing 

 ov law ; if he knows enuff tew keep out 

 ov it, ho iz a pretty good lawyer. — Exch. 



