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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Another Bee Paper Dead. 



It is but a year ago that we cbroni- 

 cled the death of the Bee-Keepers'' In- 

 structor, which died for the want of 

 sufficient support; now the Bee- 

 Keepers' Exchange has died from the 

 same cause. Tlie Bee and Poultry 

 Magazine of New York City will fill 

 out the unexpired subscriptions, and 

 thus none of its subscribers will suffer 

 pecuniary loss. Mr. T. O. Peet, the 

 late editor of the Exchange, in the Bee 

 and Poultry Magazine for August,says: 



We remember writing, when the 

 Instructor collapsed, that it was, per- 

 haps, a victim to the law of the 

 " survival of the fittest," and made 

 our braes that the Exchange stUl 

 lived. We did not think then that 

 ere a year had elapsed we should be 

 writing the obituary of the " -Bx- 

 c/iauge," but so it is, and it corrobor- 

 ates the fact that we know very little 

 of the future, and should be very 

 careful how we talk and presume 

 upon it. 



and join in the bonds of unity the 

 bee-keepers of the entire country, and 

 thus aid the advancement of apicul- 

 ture every where — for unity is 

 strength ; division is death. 



Good.— The Fremont. Mich., Indica- 

 tor, of Aug. 9, says : 



George Hilton has taken 1,833 

 pounds of suriAis honey up to Aug. 

 4, from his 3.5 colonies of bees, spring 

 count, ile says, judging from the 

 amount now on hand, that they will 

 double the amount before the season 

 closes. His apiary now contains 58 

 colonies. 



On Aug. 11, Mr. Hilton wrote us as 

 follows: "I have to-day taken 383 

 pounds more of as fine comb honey 

 as I ever saw, making 2,216 pounds 

 up to date. Bees are still doing some- 

 thing on white clover. Our fall fiow 

 has not commenced yet." 



Trial Trip-25 Cents. 



"One comes and another goes." 

 During the past year two bee papers 

 have ceased to exist, but still the 

 number remains the same as then, 

 for two more have been born during 

 that time— the Apiarist in Maine, and 

 the Apiculturist in Massachusetts. 



For some years there has been a 

 mania for starting bee papers, which 

 live but a few months or years, and 

 then *e for want of support. Which 

 one is next to succumb, we know not, 

 but we expect " the survival of the 

 fittest." 



The two that have lately died were 

 selected to receive the support of the 

 "co-operatives;" whether this was 

 " the last straw that broke the camel's 

 back," we do not know, but certain it 

 is that they gave up the ghost in rapid 

 succession. We learn that the co- 

 operatives are casting around to 

 make another selection for their or- 

 gan-but it will be wisdom for the 

 papers so approached to beware, and 

 profit by the fate of those tliat have 

 preceded them as organs of discon- 

 tent. Bee-keepers generally have no 

 relish for such elements of discord, 

 and will surely stamp their disappro- 

 bation by withdrawing their support 

 from papers that encourage discord 

 and malevolence. 



It will be far better not only for 

 their personal comfort, but also for 

 the public good— if these men will 

 cease their efforts to set the bee- 

 keepers of the East and West at 

 variance, and unite heartily in every 

 good work to extend the usefulness 

 of the bee periodicals now existing. 



As the season for Fairs has arrived, 

 and wishing to be able to reach several 

 thousands of the old-fashioned bee- 

 men, and by the aid of the Bee 

 Journal to lift them up to higher 

 ground, adopting newer methods and 

 progressive ideas, we make the follow- 

 ing very liberal offer : We will send 

 the Weekly Bee Journal three months 

 on trial, for 25 cents. In order to pay 

 for getting up Clubs, we will give a 

 copy of Fisher's Grain Tables, or 

 Scribner's Lumber and Log Book, to 

 any one who will send us five trial 

 subscriptions (with SI. 25) ; for a club 

 of ten we will give a cloth copy of Bees 

 and Honey ; for a club of 15, a cloth 

 copy of the 7th edition of Cook's Man- 

 ual of the Apiary ; for a club of 25, we 

 will present both the Manual and Bees 

 and Honey. If any one wants these 

 Books for nothing, here is on excel- 

 lent opportunity to get them for a 

 little exertion. 



Bee'Convetion at Toledo, 0. 



The next annual meeting of the 

 Tri-State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held en the 12, 13 and U of 

 next Sept., during the week of the 

 Tri-State Fair at Toledo, Ohio. It is 

 customary to say that Messrs. So and 

 So, " and other prominent bee men 

 will be i*-esent," etc., etc. Well, we 

 have quite a number of " prominent , 

 bee men " (prominent at home) in this 

 region, and they know how to raise 

 the bees, get the honey, cure foul 

 brood, and winter the bees too ; but if 

 Mr. Heddon is well enough to be at 

 the meeting and the fair, we will 

 pump him on wintering, and Mr. 

 Math on foul brood, and Novice, if 

 here, on general principles, and the 

 the editor of the Bee Journal to 

 fill in where the rest lack. We do 

 not expect to have any long essays or 

 speeches. It being the week of the 

 fair, we expect the great attraction 

 for bee-keepers will be the Bee and 

 Honey Show, and such bee-keepers 

 and their friends as desire to stay 

 several davs can bring their " eat- 

 ables" and blankets with them, and 

 camp on the fair grounds. One or 

 more tents will be provided for such 

 as make application to me a few days 

 before the fair, at a cost that will pay 

 for the use. of the tents, but we hope 

 to be able to borrow tents and so save 

 expense. 



A premium is offered for the foun- 

 dation machine making the best foun- 

 dation for the brood-chamber on the 

 grounds, and two mills have already 

 arrived for that purpose, and the 

 makers of three other machines have 

 promised to be here if possible. 



A premium list with entry blank 

 rules and regulations, railroad fares, 

 and freight rates, etc., will be sent 

 free to all applicants. 



Dr. a. B. Mason. 

 Wagon Works, Ohio. 



1^ The Mendota Union Fair will 

 be held at Mendota, 111., Sept. 3, 4, 5, 

 6, 7 and Sth, 1883. In the department 

 for the apiary we notice the following 

 premiums, Mr. H. W. Wixom being 

 Superintendent : 



Best and ereatest display of honey. ...... .15 $3 



BestBamiileof honey, not leaa than 5 lbs. 3 2 



Best awariD of bees ■ -• 3 - 



Best bee hive for all purposes, combined.^ l 



Best display of bees.hives and surp. honey. Diploma 



Committee— M. S. Tinker, Mendo- 

 ta ; Andrew Winters, Mendota ; Jos. 

 Lewis, Arlington. 



^- Articles for publication must be 

 written on a separate piece of paper 

 from items of business. 



1^ The new two-cent postage 

 stamp is to be of a metallic red color, 

 with a vignette of Washington. It 

 will supersede the present three-cent 

 stamp on the 1st of October. 



Fall Catalogues.— We have received 

 Catalogues of Strawberry Plants, etc., 

 for the autumn of 1883, from B. H. 

 Haines, Moorestown, N. J., and Ell- 

 wanger & Barry, liochester, N. Y. 



Fairs.— To any one exhibiting at 

 Fairs, we will send samples of the 

 Bee Journal and a colored Poster, 

 to aid in getting up a club. The 

 Premiums we offer will pay them for 

 so doing. For a club of 8 subscribers 

 to the Jlonthly Bee Journal, or 4 

 Weekly, we will present Dzierzon's 

 Rational Bee-Keeping, price $2.00. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for 10 cts. each, or $8 per 100. 



