THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Vol. nil. Dec, 29,1886. 1,52. 





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■We ^Vlsli all our readers, both young 

 and old, a prosperous and 



" HAPPr NEW YEAR." 



To !ill oiir Subscribers of the past year 

 we return thanks for patrouag-e, and earn- 

 estly hope that every one will remain with 

 the Bee Journal family for another year 

 at least. 



Iiook Out for the usual annual crop of 

 so-called new " bee-papers." They are 

 usually offered for nc.\t to nothing:, publish 

 a few numbers, and then cease to exist— the 

 few subscribers they may have obtained 

 being left to mourn the loss of the few 

 dimes paid for a year's subscription. That 

 which is offered for ne.\t to nothing is 

 usually worth nothing I It is best to sub- 

 scribe for a reliable and well-established 

 paper. You will then get the value of your 

 "money. 



Every Day the business letters that come 

 to this office are fully attended to and finally 

 disposed of— none are left until the next 

 day, e.Ncept those in which the writer has 

 omitted either name or PostolHce address. 

 We endeavor to be prompt and accurate, 

 and if our subscribers will practice the 

 same virtues, more than half of the little 

 annoyances that happen will be done away 

 with. 



We Keep tbis Notice standing all the 

 year round : " Always give the name of the 

 Postoffice to which your paper is addressed. 

 Your name cannot be found on our list un- 

 less this is done," and yet many ask us to 

 change their address without even mention- 

 ing to what Postoffice it has heretofore been 

 sent. It often costs us more to find their 

 old address than they pay for the Bee Jouii- 

 N.VL for a year ; as we may have to examine 

 our subscription lists in every State, Prov- 

 ince and Territory in North America. Please 

 be more careful in the future, and never 

 omit your name, Postoffice, county and 

 State. 



Another Voliiiiic is, to-day, closed 1 

 Another monument is reared to our favorite 

 pursuit! Another valuable " book of ref- 

 ei-ence" on progressive apiculture is 

 created I Another tnile-stone in the onward 

 path of life is reached I 



The American Bee Journal to-day en- 

 joys a reputation and influence second to 

 none in the world of apiculture I Its weekly 

 visits to thousands of homes all over the 

 world is greeted with an enthusiastic 

 welcome ! Its apicultural instruction and 

 record of improved methods in our pursuit 

 have been as anxiously looked for as they 

 have been essentially adopted by apiarists 

 not only in every State, Territory, and 

 Province in North America— but also in 

 Australia, Europe, Asia, and Africa I 



It is quite unnnecessary to state that we 

 shall in the future, as in the past, endeavor 

 to "keep abreast of the times," and place 

 before our readers all the new things in our 

 ever-advancing pursuit, as soon as they 

 come to light. The record, character, power 

 and usefulness of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal in the past is its guarantee for the 

 future. It will further the interests of 

 honey-producers by losing no opportunity 

 to create a demand for this product, both at 

 home and abroad— thus aiming to benefit 

 the pursuit at large. 



We respectfully ask fbr the future the 

 same unwavering confldence and support 

 which the present editor has enjoyed for 

 the past 1.3 years. In order to be of the 

 greatest advantage to our pursuit, we must 

 have the largest constituency of wide-awake, 

 progressive apiarists, and we request that if 

 our patrons think we have labored for their 

 interest iu the past, that they will give us 

 "the vote of confidence" in the shape of 

 continued exertions for the prosperity of 

 the Americ.vn Bee Journal. Urge your 

 neighbors, who keeps bees, to subscribe for 

 a periodical that advocates their interests, 

 supports their cause, and defends their 

 pursuit. 



Tlie Science of Spellinia: is the subject 

 of a Bill submitted to the Committee on 

 Education of the House of Representatives, 

 at Washington, D. C, byMaj. Chas. A. Story, 

 of Chicago. Mr. Story desires that this new 

 system be thoroughly "tested and tried" 

 by governmental aid, and then, if it be 

 found as efficient and successful as its author 

 claims, that it shall be adopted, and intro- 

 duced into our common schools. It is 

 claimed that by its use two years can be 

 saved in the education of children, the two 

 years occurring between the ages of 12 and 

 14 years. The new system is endorsed by 

 some 00 of the leading and well-known men 

 of Chicago. 



The principal feature of it Is, that only the 

 sounds of the languageshall.be represented, 

 thus doing away with all silent letters in 

 spelling. No one of intelligence, will say 

 that something like the proposed improve- 

 ment in our language is not needed, and we 

 will venture the assertion that should the 

 recommendation be adopted, all will hail it 

 with a welcome becoming the progressive 

 spirit of our times. 



One Dollar invested for the weekly visits 

 of the American Bee Journal for 1887, 

 will richly repay every apiarist in America. 



An Bread In the Staff* ol' Lite, so is 



judicious advertising the staff of business I 

 You may as reasonably expect one "good 

 square meal " to sultice for three months, as 

 to expect one advertisement to bring in 

 business for that length of time ! Many 

 persons cannot remember anything longer 

 than about seven days. To stop advertising 

 In adull season, is like tearing out a dam 

 because the water is low— either plan can 

 but result in disaster. 



Enterprising queen-breeders and supply- 

 dealers know the value of advertising "all 

 the year round." Presistently keeping their 

 name and business continuously before 

 buyers, will eventually place them on the 

 successful Bide, if they have a valuable 

 article to sell. 



A "sign" is a mute invitation to those 

 who may pass a man's place of business ; a 

 "circular" will only reach the one to whom 

 it is personally addressed ; but an " adver- 

 tisement" in a well-conducted and widely- 

 circulated paper (like the American Bee 

 Journal) has ^n influence " far and wide;" 

 it finds customers and almost compels them 

 to consider the claims of the wide-awake 

 advertiser. To yearly advertisers the 

 American Bee Journal offers special in- 

 ducements. This is just the time to make a 

 contract for the year 1887. 



We Ask every subscriber to promptly 

 renew his subscription and at the same time 

 induce a neighbor to take it, by convincing: 

 him that it is for his interest to do so. By in- 

 ducing your beekeeping neighbor [to take 

 the Bee Journal for 1887, you will be doing 

 yourself a duty, becauce he may thus be 

 educated so as not to ruin your market for 

 honey by selling his at a ruinous price, for 

 lack of knowing its real worth. This matter 

 of marketing honey will be fully discussed 

 in these columns duing the next two or 

 three months, and no one interested in 

 honey-production can afi'ord to do without 

 its weekly visits. 



Can you Use a Few Samples to advan- 

 tage in getting up clubs— just send a postal 

 card to this office for them, saying how many 

 you desire, and we will cheerfully send 

 them. A favorable word from our readers, 

 who speak from experience, has more weight 

 with their friends than anything we might 

 say. Every one of our readerslcan lend us 

 a helping band, in this way, without much 

 trouble, and at the same time help to scatter 

 correct apicultural knowledge and promote 

 the welfare of our pursuit. 



We Point with ITInch Satisfaction to 



the Volume of the American Bee Journal 

 for 1S8G, which closes with this number. It 

 contains 832 pages, and is replete with full 

 discussions of living topics. One hundred 

 and eighty Queries have each been answered 

 in the Query Department during the year by 

 about a dozen different apiarists. A com- 

 plete Index is presented this week not only 

 to the subjects presented during the year, 

 but also to the names of correspondents. 

 The latter comprises nearly all of the best 

 and most thoroughly successful apiarists of 

 the present age. The Query Department 

 each year presents to the readers instruc- 

 tion to the value of many dollars. 



