THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



May, 



THE 



American Bee=Keeper 



Pi -HLISHED MON THL ) '. 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. CO. 



Pro/>riftors. 



PUBLISHING OFFICE, - - - Fort Pierce Fla. 

 HOME OFFICE, Falconer, N. Y. 



HARRY E. HILL, 

 ARTHUR C. MILLER, 



- - - - Editor 

 Associate Editor 



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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Falconer, N. Y. 



partment has, to my mind, been the 

 most unsatisfactory feature of the 

 paper. I feel now, however, that The 

 Bee-Keeper will be able to present 

 editorial representation second to' 

 none in America, in point of indepen- 

 dence, progressiveness, fairness and 

 force. 



It is questionable if the world to- 

 day holds a more thorough and alert 

 student of practical and scientific api- 

 culture, or one who has the ability to 

 more clearly express his ideas in writ- 

 ing than Arthur C. Miller. I there- 

 fore anticipate a degree of popularity 

 for the paper very much in excess of 

 that which it has enjoyed in the past; 

 and while congratulating my readers 

 upon this acqusition and sincerely as- 

 suring them of my gratitude for their 

 productive efforts in behalf of The 

 Bee-Keeper, I bespeak for my esteem- 

 ed associate a reception as genial as 1 

 have myself enjoyed, and a degree oi 

 support worthy of his talents. 

 Fraternally Yours, 



Harry E. Hill. 



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BMtorial. 



ADVANCE OF THE AMERICAN 

 BEE-KEEPER. 



In the history of the American 

 Bee-Keeper this issue iparks the ad- 

 vent of a new era. A new name will 

 be noted at the head of this depart- 

 ment — not new to our readers, but 

 new in this capacity. Hereafter Ar- 

 thur C. Miller will be associated with 

 myself in handling the editorial de- 

 partment of The Bee-Keeper, and I 

 feel sure that the occasion is one upon 

 which the publishers, the readers and 

 myself may all be congratulated. 



For more than seven years I have 

 striven earnestly to serve the interests 

 of bee-keepers, and the work has been 

 a source of constant pleasure during 

 that period, though the editorial de- 



GREETING. 

 In greeting the readers of the Bee 

 Keeper from the editorial chair, I d( 

 so with considerable diffidence, and i 

 was only on the urgent request of Mr 

 Hill that I consented to share witl 

 him the duties and pleasures of th( 

 work. I shall join with him in the en 

 deavor to produce a journal for bee 

 keepers, second to no other. Thf 

 paper has been fearless and indepen 

 dent in the past and will be equalb 

 so in the future. No effort will b 

 spared to give full, free and fair state 

 ments of all sides of all questions per 

 taining to the bee industry. Even 

 implement, practice and belief pre 

 sentcd will be treated on its merit 

 and nothing that can possibly be o 

 interest or value to bee-keepers big 

 little, will be intentionally omitted 

 Neither of the editors have any en 

 tangling alliances, no implements_ t( 

 sell, no practices to exploit, nothinj 

 to hamper or hinder them in their ef 

 forts. When our contemporarie 

 present something better than we d( 

 we may ask to "borrow" it and w< 

 will cheerfully lend them, on prope 

 credit, any of our good material. 

 Fraternally, 



Arthur C. Miller. 



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