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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 3, 



I'CULISHED WEEKLY BV 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 

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EDITOR. 



Assisted by the following Department Editors : 

 Dr. C. C. Milleu - - - "Qlestioss and Answers.' 

 Mrs. Jexn-ie Atchlet - - - "The Slnnt Socthland.' 

 '■Gleaner" .... "Amono the Bee-Papers.' 



"Bee-Master" "Canadian Beedom.' 



Dh. p. L. Peiko " Doctor's Hints.' 



Vol. Iin. CHICAGO, ILL, JAN. 3, 1895. No, 1. 



Editorial (!>orr)n)cr)i^^ 



^'©w *br ISW.I.— The brand new year is begun. The old 

 American Bee Journal has donned its new-style suit of clothes, 

 and again wishes you " A Happy New Year!" It comes to you as 

 a silent friend, yet would speak to you in words that help, cheer 

 and encourage. It desires to express the hope that the New Year 

 may bring to all its readers sweet peace and honied plenty. That 

 though storms may assail, and drouths destroy, yet there's nothing 

 to be gained in gloomy forebodings and depressed imaginings. 

 Cheer up, then : Let all be determined to make 18a.") the best year 

 of their lives. Let it be understood that, come what will, bee- 

 keepers will bravely press onward, and deserve success, whether it 

 he theirs or not. 



Anions' *••«' l»e«'.I»ai»«'rs, on the opposite page, is a new 

 department, in charge of one who is styled " Gleaner." It will be 

 " Gleaner's" aim to ■■ boil down " the other bee-papers, and crowd 

 into that department all their newest and most valuable ideas. In 

 fact, " Among the Bee-Papers ' will save you a heap of time, as 

 " Gleaner " will read nU the other papers, and present to you, week 

 by week, the rich, thick "cream" which results from careful 

 '• skimming." Keep your eye on " Gleaner," and see what a good 

 "skimmer" can do. 



Xli«' 351 li V«ar of the American Bee Journal begins with 

 this number. It is just a trifle older than its editor. Few periodi- 

 cals can say that. But while age does not always carry with it 

 strength, nor youth at all times indicate vigor, still I trust that 

 the American Bee Journal may from year to year become stronger 

 and more vigorous in its ability to furnish unexcelled weekly api- 

 cultural information to its readers, both near and " in earth's re- 

 motest bounds." 



I desire to sincerely thank all who have so kindly aided me by 

 their apiarian contributions, and by kind and encouraging words 

 and help, since I have endeavored to guide the "Old Reliable" 

 ship— now a little over two and a half years. I trust that my past 

 mistakes may be overlooked, and that in the future I may be en- 

 abled to avoid the rocks that at times I have struck upon while 

 trying to navigate beedom's channel of progress. 



With new sails unfurled to the clear breezes of 189.5; with 

 stronger editorial hands upon the helm ; and with a firmer deter- 

 mination than ever to " go forward,'" the old American Bee Jour- 

 nal ship invites everybody to -get aboard" for another twelve- 

 month voyage. 



I^'ot a. Kit lM!«-o«irag-«'di.— In a letter received from Mr. 

 B. Taylor, of Forestville. Minn., dated Dec. 17. I read these words: 



Bee-keeping was never in such a low condition here as now. 

 but it will boom again in time, I shall stick to the bees with 

 greater zeal than ever. I am having the happiest experience of 

 my life now in my 00th year. Your friend, 



B. Taylor. 



There is something very refreshing in the above. The right 

 kind of stick-to-ativeness is exhibited. The people who are jump- 

 ing from one thing to another are the ones that never succeed. I 

 am glad Mr. Taylor is leading off in the right way. Though in his 

 00th year, he's more determined than ever to make a success of 

 bee-keeping. He's happy about it, too. And he will win! His 

 name is B(ee) Taylor. 



Mr. T. promises to send in his report soon for the past year. 



Canatlian U€-f«1oiii, which is begun in this issue of the 

 American Bee Journal, is mainly intended, as its name indicates, 

 for readers living in Canada. But if any other folks fail to read 

 "Bee-Master's " department, it will not be his fault that they miss 

 something helpful and instructive. Canadian readers are invited 

 to contribute their apiarian " mites'' or "kinks "to the new de- 

 partment, and to help make it superior in quality to their wonder- 

 ful basswood (no — linilen) honey — if such a thing be possible. 



Why not have a little innocent rivalry between the depart- 

 ments conducted by Mrs. Atchley and " Bee-Master ?" They are 

 far enough apart to be equally fair, and so that no destructive col- 

 lision could well occur. Besides, I'll see that no harm results. 

 Now for the rivalry of apicultural intelligence ! 



Xlie Production of Extracted Honey will be ex- 

 plained in detail by Mr. Chas. Dadant, in a series of articles, the 

 first of which is published in this week's Bee Journal. Mr. Dadant 

 has no superior as a producer of extracted honey, he and his son'(C. 

 P.) having harvested over 40,000 pounds in a single season. I want 

 to invite a careful reading of Mr. D.'s extracted honey articles, 

 particularly by new subscribers, as no mistakes will be made if 

 they follow implicitly Mr. DaJant's directions, which are the re- 

 sult of several decades of practical experience with bees. 



Other articles of the series will follow at intervals of at least 

 each alternate week, until completed. 



Paste for Sticking Isabels on Xin. — In the January 

 number of Demorest's Family Magazine are given a number of 

 recipes for making various kinds of cements or pastes. Among 

 them I find the following, which are recommended for fastening 

 labels on tin — something that bee-keepers need when they come to 

 labeling their tin receptacles for honey : 



No. 1. — Soften glue in water, then boil it with strong vinegar, 

 and add sufficient flour to make a paste. ' 



No. 3.— Four ounces of rye flour. '.,' ounce of alum, and 8 ounces 

 of water. Mix into a smooth paste, and add a pint of boiling 

 water. Cook until thick, then add one ounce of glycerine and 30 

 drops of oil of cloves. 



Conilt Honey Production will be treated of in a series 

 of articles beginning with next week's Bee Journal, by Rev. B. T. 

 Abbott, of St. Joseph. Mo., ex-President of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. It is intended to alternate these articles 

 with those on extracted honey production by Mr. Chas. Dadant, 

 referred to in another paragraph. It will well repay every reader 

 of the American Bee Journal to preserve all the articles by Messrs. 

 Dadant and Abbott, for future reference. These two series of 

 articles alone will be worth many times the price of a year's sub- 

 scription to the Bee Journal. 



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.^Ir. <". P. I>adant — whose picture, in connection with his 

 father's, is found on the first page of this number of the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal — is a man well known to the bee-fraternity, yet 

 a few facts concerning his life I am pleased to give here, as I know 

 they will be read with much interest by all: 



Camille P. Dadant was born April 4, 1851, at Langres, France. 

 He is therefore about 44 years of age. At the age of 12 he emi- 

 grated to this country with his parents, and has ever since lived on 

 the homestead in Hamilton, 111., which they occupy at present. 



In 1ST4 his father took C. P. into partnership with him, and he 



