THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



December 



Following the campaign of educa 

 tion, projected by the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, better days foi 

 the honey producer are anticipated 

 God speed the days. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



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 H. E. HILL, - EDITOR, 



FORT PIERCE, FLA- 



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Relating to Mr. Poppleton's article 

 in a recent number of The Bee-Keeper, 

 Dr. Miller, in Gleanings makes this 

 pertinent comment: "Might be rather 

 severe to say so, but it looks as if the 

 man who puts on the market some of 

 the unripe stuff to be found there is 

 not only dishonest but a fool as well 

 to spoil his market without any com- 

 pensating gain." And the Doctor 

 spake wisely. 



The publishers and the editor o 

 The Bee-Keeper unite in extending t( 

 each reader sincere wishes for a Merr; 

 Christmas and a Happy New Yeai 

 Nor do our well-wishes end with th 

 festive season; they include the saf 

 wintering of the bees and a bount: 

 ful harvest for the year to come. 



J. A. Green advises Gleanings reac 

 ers that, at least, one confectione 

 makes use of dark comb honey in tli 

 manufacture of high-grade candie 

 The wax, it appears, enters also int 

 the composition of the confection, i 

 order to give the "standing uf 

 quality, a la Dr. Walker, in Ladie; 

 Home Journal, with regard to tl 

 paraffine caramel, etc. 



Bee paralysis is a subject the n 

 vestigation of which has already bee 

 undertaken by the National Depar 

 ment of Agriculture, at Washingto 

 Special Agent in Apiculture John I 

 Rankin is in pursuit of informatic 

 relative to this particular malady, ar 

 bee-keepers in infested districts w 

 pray that his efforts may bear frui 

 Though less virulent, paralysis 

 more mysterious than foul brood. 



It apears that many who write f 

 publication absolutely decline to hee 

 the oft-repeated request that such U 

 ters be written on but one side of tl 

 paper. We have a quantity 

 material, some of which contains gO( 

 ideas, on hand awaiting an opportur 

 ty to rewrite it so that it may 1 

 used. If wp get the time to do so, \ 

 shall make use of it; if not, it cann< 

 be published. It seems strange th 

 writers should be so heedless of tl: 

 simple requirement. 



Slanderous and insulting remar 

 directed at one's opponent in discu 

 sion tend ra-ther to detract from, th; 

 to enhance the force of argument, 

 our object is to influence thinkii 

 minds, our argument should be clot 

 ed in courteous and respectf 

 language. To wound the feelings 

 an opponent is no victory for tl 



