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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 21, 



PnBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 

 50 Ftftb Avenue, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



$1.00 a Year — Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 [Entered at the Po8^0fflce at ChicaKO as Second-Class Mail-Matter.] 



EDITOR. 



Assisted by the following Department Editors : 

 Dr. C. C. Miller - - . "Questions and Answers." 

 Mrs. Jennie Atchlet - - - "The Sunnt Southland." 

 "Gleaner" .... "Among the Bee-Papers." 



"Bee-Master" "Canadian Beedom." 



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



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott - - "Notes and Comments." 



Vol. niV. CHICAGO, ILL, FEB. 21, 1895. No. 8. 



Editorial Budgets 



"tilft Up Thy Heart with gladness, 



Forget all minor pain, 

 And life's strong chords shall answer back 



In blissful major strain. 

 Strike thou the note of joyousness 



And it shall come to thee, 

 For life is built from all the things 



Which we expect to be." 



I)r. V. V. :TIiIlef, of Marengo, 111., made me a short but 

 pleasant visit last week, when on his way to Peoria, 111., to assist 

 Rev. E. L. Williams, of the Presbyterian church, in evangelistic 

 services. Dr. Miller conducts the singing, which insures success in 

 that part of the work. 



Xlie Inaisiua State CoiiTenliou, at Indianapolis, 

 Jan. 9, was one of the best ever held by that association. The 

 following were elected as officers for the ensuing year; 



President, Walter S. Ponder; Secretary, Edward S. Pope, 33.5 

 Blackford St., Indianapolis; Treasurer, Mrs. Olive McCurdy; 

 Vice-Presidents, Dr. J. M. Hicks, Richard Kittley and Geo. P. 

 Wilson. 



Secretary Pope has sent the essays to be published in the 

 American Bee Journal, which will be done as soon as possible. 



Mr. A. KaKtnian. an old bee-keeper living in Union, III., 

 called at the Bee Journal office last Thursday. He returned from 

 a trip to the State of Washington the middle of last month, having 

 purchased an SO-acre farm about 10 miles from Spokane. Mr. E. 

 will remove there at once, with his family— he expected to start 

 last Saturday or Monday. His address will be Duncan, Spokane 

 Co., Wash. He will raise fruit and keep bees in his new home, 

 which he is already in love with. After keeping bees there, Mr. 

 Eastman has kindly promised to write about it for the readers of 

 the American Bee Journal. 



Sonietliing- Historical.— lu his " Echo f rom-Canada, " 

 on page 132, Rev. W. F. Clarke gives some interesting historical 

 facts about the American Bee Journal. Read it, even if it should 

 be a familiar story to you. Mr. Clarke sets a good example, in 

 that he is the first to contribute to Bee-Master's department. Now 

 let other Canadian bee-keepers who feel they have something to 



say that will help their bee-keeping friends, just send on their con- 

 tributions for "Canadian Beedom." I am sure Bee-Master wUI 

 appreciate it, and it will tend to make that department of more 

 value to our northern neighbors. Where are those staunch men 

 and vigorous, practical bee-writers, Bros. Pringle, McEvoy, Mc- 

 Knigbt, and others ? This may be the season for hibernation 

 among animals, but that's no reason why bee-keepers should be 

 mum, too. Turn on the electric light of correct apicultural 

 knowledge, and see how quickly ignorance and superstition melts 



before it. 



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Mr. S. I. Freeborn, of Richland Centre, Wis., died Feb. 

 5, 1895, in his 63nd year. For many years he had endured a 

 bronchial affection and stomach trouble, which became more 

 serious last fall, practically confining him to his home until his 

 death. A few weeks ago he contracted, pneumonia which finally 

 resulted fatally. 



Mr. Freeborn's son-in-law, Mr. C. A. Hatch, of Ithaca, Wis., 

 when informing me of the sad news, said; "Mr. Freeborn was 

 one of the pioneer bee-men of Wisconsin, and one of the largest 

 bee-keepers at the present time." 



The American Bee Journal wishes to tender its sincerest sym- 

 pathy to the bereaved family and friends. Next week it will pre- 

 sent a short sketch and portrait of Mr. Freeborn. 



A l\eM- Kind of l>evil. — Yes, they've got him in Califor- 

 nia. Several of him, in fact. For short, they call him a "bee- 

 devil," for he (and his brethren) have so bedeviled a whole apiary 

 that it is beyond the hope of redemption or salvation. One of our 

 exchanges tells about it in the following paragraph ; 



There is a species of beings that are known for short as bee- 

 devils. They are not common in civilized communities, which is a 

 consolation to apiarists. They sometimes don war-paint and 

 whoopup an apiary in idiotic style. Recently they made their 

 appearance in the apiary of Mr. Lang, in the San Fernando Valley. 

 They wished to demonstrate to the world their grade of civiliza- 

 tion, which would disgrace a Hottentot or Rootdigger Indian. 

 They got up steam on sour wine, and then proceeded to biz by 

 turning over 100 colonies of bees, riddling extractor and tank with 

 bullet-holes, and rolling them down the mountain, and then pro- 

 ceeded to wipe out the apiary with less decency than Bruin would 

 have done it. Mr. Lang was away at the time. These bee-devils 

 are known, and will yet feel a pungent sting from the strong hand 

 of the law. Let missionaries be sent to that benighted locality. 



Yes, that's right; send " missionaries" up there to teach the 

 bee-devils, and everybody else, to let "sour wine" severely alone, 

 and all other intoxicants. " Touch not, taste not, handle not " is 

 good advice about such dangerous things. 



IMr. and IVIrs. W. .1. CuIIinan, of Quincy, III., are again 

 bereaved, in the death of their son and only child. A letter dated 

 Feb. S, reads thus: 



Friend York: — Again our hearts are lacerated with deepest 

 grief. For on Feb. 3 our only remaining little son, George William, 

 43o years of age, closed his eyes in death. He had been sick only 

 about IS days with typhoid fever. 'Twas hard to give up this 

 brightest ray of sunshine in our home, just as he was budding into 

 beautiful boyhood. At a point where children become most inter- 

 esting, the silken cord that bound his little life to earth was 

 snapped, and that life took on the garment of Eternity. 



Two sons — and those our only ones — within a year ! This is 

 the cross we are called upon to bear; and still we pray, " Father, 

 Thy will, not ours, be done." 



It will be long before this second wound is healed. Little 

 Georgie was a promising child, and we anticipated a bright and 

 useful future for him ; but God willed it otherwise, and we are sad. 



W. J. Cullinan. 



Having passed through a somewhat similar affliction recently, 

 Bro. Cullinan, I can sincerely sympathize with you. It was our 

 first-born that was taken from us almost before it was given, and 

 we know how sad it is to be thus left alone. I am sure the bee- 

 keeping friends all unite in a feeling of deepest sympathy for you 

 in your darkened home. 



Some have almost chided me for taking so much space in the 

 Bee Journal for such matters as these, but 'tis all right, friends. 

 You won't think these notices area waste of space, after the Death 

 Angel has once visited yoi(r home. No, no; you must all pass 

 through the same dark hours some day, and I'm sure you'll feel 

 that a sympathetic word at such a time is most welcome indeed, 

 though words be then so empty and unsatisfying. 



