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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., DECEMBER 17, 1884. 



No. 51. 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS CJ. NEWMAN, 



Editof and Proprietor, 



^" This being Ko. 51, one number 

 more will close the Volume of the 

 Weekly Bee Journal for 1884. 

 Nearly all of the subscriptions will 

 run out in a few days and we would 

 respectfully request such readers and 

 patrons to sit down as soon as this 

 article is read and send us tlie renewal 

 of his or her subscription for 1885, 

 and thus prevent the loss of a num- 

 ber and the consequent pleasure of 

 the weekly feast it presents. 



The Elements of Success. 



The Praire Farmer well says that "if 

 a person would reach the very highest 

 success in horticulture, he must love 

 trees and plants. Must love to look 

 at them, to inquire into their wants 

 and requirements, and to administer 

 to their wants as living things. If a 

 man loves a tree for its beauty, for 

 its shade, for its fruit, and for its 

 company, and loves to study varie- 

 ties of fruits and habits of plants and 

 trees, then lie has the firsi; rudimen- 

 tary qualilicatious of a tree and fruit 

 raiser, and may enter on work with 

 assurance of success." 



The same rule will apply to apicul- 

 ture. A person who would succeed, 

 should love the bees and their pro- 

 ducts ; must love to look at them, 

 ascertain their requirements, and ad- 

 minister to their wants. No others 

 can expect to succeed. Though it is 

 not essential that a person should en- 

 joy the eating of honey, it is still 

 desirable that such should be the 

 case — for some human stomachs will 

 not endure its sweetness. In sucli 

 cases, however, a glass of sweet milk 

 drank after eating the honey will 

 tismtUy cause a pleasant condition of 



the system generally, and add to the 

 health of the person using it. 



Jf one loves the honey- bee for its 

 docility and beauty, for its pleasant 

 hum and sporting flight, for its in- 

 dustry and work, for its architectural 

 skill and indomitable energy, then the 

 first-principles of a bee-keeper pre- 

 sents themselves, and such may 

 safely proceed, expecting ultimate 

 success. 



In this, as in all other departments 

 of business, it is only the careful and 

 practical that may hope to succeed. 

 Nature has provided the health- giving 

 delicious nectar in myriads of beauti- 

 ful flowers, wliich deck forest, field 

 and garden, and developed the bees to 

 gather this abundant sweetness and 

 store it in quantities far exceeding 

 their wants — providing an oppor- 

 tunity for mau to step in and second 

 the efforts of Nature and the bees, 

 and utilize the surplus honey for his 

 pleasure and sustenance. 



Bees and flowers are so closely 

 allied, so dependent the one on the 

 other, that we may well love both. 

 What is there in all the Creation so 

 soul-inspiring as a cultivated garden 

 of Nature's flowers of variegated hues 

 and heavenly grandeur 'f None but 

 the unfortunate or despondent can 

 fail to enjoy Nature in her garb of 

 beauty, decked by the bounteous 

 hand of Deity ! 



To produce a garden of living gor- 

 geousness, we may all aspire and long 

 enjoy its gratifying results. We may 

 as well become enthusiasts upon bees 

 and flowers, for apiculture and horti- 

 culture go hand-in-hand. 



1^ Before Vennor died, he had 

 completed the manuscript of his al- 

 manac for iss.j, which has just been 

 issued. In his general forecast he 

 says : " We are in a moist period, 

 which will continue for two years, ex- 

 tending over the northern and middle 

 States and Canada." The fall of 1884, 

 he predicted, would be very open. He 

 also predicted an unusually green 

 Christmas and a mild New Year. 



(^ We have received 10 large 

 quarto volumes of the " Tenth Census 

 of the United States," and shall pub- 

 lish in the Bee .Journal for next 

 week, the statistics therein given on 

 honey and wax for all the States and 

 Territories. The census gives no 

 statistics on bees— or at least we have 

 not been able, so far, to find any. We 

 will give a thorougli examination and 

 report them, if any are found. The 

 Secretary of the Interior lias our 

 thanks for forwarding these volumes, 

 which our visitors can examine at 

 their pleasure, if they so request. 

 Their weight is about 75 pounds, and 

 they were received by mail. 



^' The next issue of the Weekly 

 Bee Journal is No. 52, and con- 

 cludes the Volume for 1S84. On 

 account of the great labor on the 

 Indexes, it will be two days later than 

 usual. Our subscribers will please 

 take due notice, and not expect it 

 before that time. 



Catalogues for 1885.- 



ceived the following : 



-We have re- 



Drake & Smith, Bristol, Vt. 



C. W. Costellow, Waterborougii, Me. 



J. E. Prviir, Ufxter, Iowa. 



C. M. Go<)ds|ici/fl, Thorn Hill, N. Y. 



T. A. Pool, Urcensburg, Ind. 



i^" We have received a copy of the 

 Greenwood, Neb., Hawkeye which 

 contains the following notice of the 

 '■ Greenwood Apiary " owned by Mr. 

 M. L. Trester : 



The apiary is situated in the west 

 part of the town, and has an admir- 

 able location. The proprietor has 

 206 colonies of Italian and hybrid 

 bees. He has erected a large and 

 commodious extracting establish- 

 ment, and has a yearly capacity of 

 20,000 pounds of extracted honey. The 

 honey is of the finest and best, is 

 strictly pure and free from adultera 

 tions. The proprietor keeps on hand 

 at all times plenty of good, pure 

 honey, which can be had at reason- 

 able rates. The apiary has been 

 visited by some of the leading bee- 

 men of the State, and all say unhesi- 

 tatingly that Greenwood takes the 

 cake from them all. 



