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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 10, 



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Assisted by the following Department Editors : 

 Du. C. C. MiLLEii - - - "Questions and Answers.' 

 Mrs. Jennie Atciiley - - - "The Sunny Southland.' 

 "Gleanek" . - - . "Among the Bee-Pai'ers.' 



"Bee-Master" " Canadian Beedo.m.' 



Dr. F. L. Peiko " Doctor's Hints.' 



Vol. niV. CHICA&O, ILL, JAN, 10, 1895. 1, 2, 



Editorial ^orr)n)€r)\<y^ 



Xlie IV>«-t-I.niiresite of Itoe-ICeeping' is a title that 

 in years agone was quite appropriately applied to Hon. Eugene 

 Secor, of Forest City, Iowa. On Jan. 1, I received a dainty poem 

 from him, which though not exactly relating to bees, yet may 

 prove to be a be(e)atitude to all who read it. Here it is: 



another MILE-rOST REACHED. 



One by one the years go by — 



Let them go — 

 What care we ? My love and I 



To and fro 

 Have walked so far together. 

 We fear not change of weather. 



Let the whit'ning frosts of Time 



Turn our hair; 

 Age with gladness is not crime — 



We don't care; 

 My love and I still linger. 

 And laugh at Time's grim finger. 



Ring in the year of Ninety-Five — 



Ring it in ! 

 Love and hope are still alive — 



They will win. 

 We give the new year greeting. 

 And bless the one that's fleeting. 



Forest City, Iowa, Dec. 31. 



Eugene Secor. 



luMlitiile n'oi-k siiid Itees.— Prof. Cook, writing from 



Claremont, Calif., Dec. 2!), 1S!W, says: 



I am now in full charge of Institutes in Southern California, 

 and talk bees at every iiiepting. People listen and believe. I am 

 sure it will do much good, for my talks on bees are received with 

 evident respect. A. J. Cook. 



Beekeepers will be pleased to learn the above, for it is bound 

 to result in great good to the industry. Other States should " fol- 

 low suit." 



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'rii€; <'nnsi<lisiii K«'e .lom-nal was the first of the bee- 

 papers to reach this oflice in 1S1)5— it came Jan. '2. Editor Holter- 

 mann is improving his jiaper from number to number. Bee-keep- 

 ers everywhere could, and should, read it with much profit. Almost 

 without exception, the liee-papers are worth many times the price 

 asked for them, I doubt whether any other industry, of similar 

 extent, can show as clean and helpful literature. And yet the 

 limit of improvement is not yet attained— probably never will be. 



But I think I know about six bee-editors that will keep on tryinrj to 

 make their publications what they should be. I might say that 

 one of the six pushes this pencil. 



TIk^ ^'oi-IIi .Viiii-riran a»«l ISt-e-Masiler. — Referring 

 to an utterance on page 10, 1 have received the following, which is 

 self-explanatory : 



Mr. Editor: — Please say to the man with the facile pen, that 

 looks after matters in "Canadian Beedom." that some one has 

 been misinforming him. There never was any "practical exclu- 

 sion from all membership" of Canadians in the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. There never was any attempt at it. 

 There never was any desire for it. It is not true that " the legal 

 change in the constitution was the work of a very few individuals,'' 

 any more than it is true that any act done upon vote of the Asso- 

 ciation at any regular meeting is the work of a few individuals. 

 That " centralization scheme " never had any existence except in 

 a diseased imagination. Some one has been "stuffing" Bee-Mas- 

 ter. Tell him that he's away off in that matter, and that those 

 who were specially active at Keokuk in securing the constituticnal 

 change were the very ones who were most active at St. Joseph in 

 trying to have the convention at Toronto this year. There are 

 splendid men in the ranks of our northern friends, and we think a 

 lot of them. One Who Was There. 



I am very glad to give the above correction a place here, and 

 I want to thank " One Who Was There " for the kindness shown. 



Besides apologizing for publishing the two sentences referred 

 to, on page 10, I want to say that I think it was a most absurd 

 thing for any one to imarjiiip that Canadian Bee-keepers were ei- 

 cluded from membership in the North American when the Associa- 

 tion voted to have itself incorporated. Only a chronic faultfinder 

 would ever thitik of such a thing, much less believe it. 



Agreeing exactly with "One Who Was There," and knowing 

 the clear truth of the statements made in what that writer says 

 above, I want to say that this matter will end right here, so far as 

 the American Bee Journal is concerned. It is too ridiculously in- 

 sifinificant a matter about which to waste more breath or space. If 

 there is any "feeling" at all on the subject, it is entirely on the 

 Canadian side— quite likely on the part of only a very few— and 

 I feel sure that after those " few " enjoy the Toronto meeting this 

 year, they, too, will be ready to unite heartily in " Blest be the Tie 

 toat Binds." 



Later. — A letter received from Bee-Master, says that in his 

 article on page 10, where it reads "practical exclusion from aU 

 membership," it should be " from /«7/ membership." And I find 

 upon referring to the original copy, he is correct — it is plainly 

 written " full." But. nevertheless, it was a?? a mistake to refer to 

 the matter in any way in the first place. But the thing won't be 

 raked up again very soon, in these columns — not if this chap keeps 

 his right mind. 



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Xlte I^ang'strolli Fiiiitl has not received much attention, 



or money, lately. But here is something that is very refreshing, 



and which I commend to all who wish to help Father Langstroth 



in his declining years: 



DUNLAP, Iowa. Dec. 19, 1894, 



Mr. George W. York. — Dmr Sir: Enclosed you will fiudS5.30 

 to the Langstroth fund. You may remember that I promised last 

 spring the proceeds of one colony of bees to that fund. I set aside 

 what I thought to all appearances was the best colony of the 50 

 colonies I had, but though it did not prove to be the best, it 

 counted in some, as it produced 30 sections of comb honey, which 

 I have sold at 13 cents each, and 10 pounds of extracted, at 8 cents, 

 making in all S^o 30. 



Now, I verily believe, if I had not given that donation to 

 Father Langstroth I might not have had a pound of honey this 

 year: but. as it is. I have l.-iOO pounds of nice honey. If God did 

 not bless me, then the credit is all due to Father Langstroth. 



The honey was produced in one of his old pattern 10-frame 

 hives, with his frames, and by his bees — that I loaned to him last 

 spring. I wish it was 100 pounds. Respectfully yours, 



E. J. Ckonkleton. 



Now, why cannot others " go and do likewise I" Where can 

 be found a better way to help on the fund for Father Langstroth — 

 the " grand old man'' of American apiculture! How his heart 

 must be gladdened wheu receiving the ^'n. 30 so kindly donated by 

 Mr. Cronkletou! We hope that another year many may follow 

 Mr. C.'s example, so that by another winter the Langstroth Fund 

 will be ample to care nicely for Father L. during the succeeding 

 year. i 

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Any J»orsoii who is cautious, observiug and prompt, will i 

 succeed in bee-keeping. — Prof. Cook. i. 



