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TEOUAS a. ITEWUAIT, Editor. 



Yoinill. Dec, 28,1887. No. 52. 



We Wish all of our readers, both 

 young and old, a prosperous and 

 " HAPPY NEW TEAR." 



Cilfltpn to tbose solemn murmurs. 

 Weirdly sounding everywhere ; 



'TiB the passlni; moments moanlnK 

 For the Old and Dying Year. 



One Dollar invested for the weekly 

 visits of tlie Amekican Bee Journal for 

 1888, will richly repay every apiarist in 

 America. 



ijaerles.— We close this volume with 

 Query No, 500, and will commence next 

 year with No. 501. On that account there 

 are none tliis week. This department is 

 very interesting and instructive to all. 

 The number of replies will be greatly in- 

 creased for next year. 



Our Xlianks are hereby tendered to 

 all of the Bee Journal family for their 

 patronage of the past, and all are invited 

 to remain with us for another year. 



IrV^tnd-Breaks around the apiary 

 are very desirable in winter, or at least on 

 the exposed sides. A high board fence, 

 or even a row of evergreens, will be an 

 advantage. 



By Induciug your bee-keepinR 

 neighbor to take the Bee Journal for 

 1888, you will be doing yourself a duty, 

 because he may thus be educated so as not 

 to ruin your marlcet for honey by selling 

 his at a ruinous price, for lack of kuowiug 

 Its real worth. 



A Complete Index is presented this 

 week, not only to the subjects presented 

 during the year, but also to the names of 

 correspondents. The latter one comprises 

 nearly all of the best and most thoroughly 

 successful apiarists of the present age. 



Wever Di.sturb the bees during cold 

 weather. If anything is necessary to be 

 done, wait for a warm day and then do It 

 about noon. 



SM-ect CSoiacnroa is the title of 

 this ambrosial feast of delicate sentiment : 



OEoldenrort! sweet eoldenrod I 



Brli'onf the Huuiiiiii sun ; 

 Has he kissed thy i>ln8?«oin8 this mellow morn, 



And tinged them one by une? 



Did the crickets sing at thy ohrlstenlng, 



When, in his wurni embrace, 

 lie gave the love from ills brimming cup. 



And beauty, ciieer, and grace '/ 



lie brightens the asters, but Boon they fade, 



lie relilens tiie Buniac tree ; 

 The clematis Inses its snowy bloom, 



But he's true as truth to thee. 



Scattered on mountain top or plain, 



Unveen by human eye. 

 Be turns the fringes to burniBbed gold 



By love's sweet alchemy. 



And when the chill November comes. 

 And the flowers their work have done. 



Thou art still unchanged, dear guldeurod. 

 Bride of the autumn sun I 



Volume XXIII is closed with this 

 number. Another valuable " bonk of 

 reference " is created for the pursuit of 

 apiculture. 



For 14 years the present Editor has had 

 the support and confidence of the readers 

 of the American Bee Journal, and 

 hopes to retain and merit its longer con- 

 tinuance. 



In order to be of the greatest advantage 

 to our pursuit, we must have the largest 

 constituency of wide-awake, progressive 

 apiarists, and we request that if our 

 patrons think we have labored for tlieir 

 interest in the past, that they will give us 

 " the vote of confidence" in the shape of 

 continued exertions for the prosperity of 

 the American Bee Journal. 



Its record, character and usefulness in 

 the past is its guarantee for. the future. 

 It will lose no opportunity to further the 

 Interests of honey-prod ueers by booming 

 the product and defending the pursuit of 

 apiculture. 



One Day l.ate.— On account of our 

 day of printing (Monday) being the leaal 

 holiday for Christmas and New Year, the 

 Bee Journal will be one day late for 

 this and next week. 



Xo Detect Glucose in Sug'ar.— 



An exchange gives the following recipe : 



It is said that the presence of glucose 

 In sugar can be detfcted In this way: 

 Take a handful of tiie mixture and diop 

 it into a glass of cold water. Stir it a few 

 minutes and you will note that the .sugar- 

 cane is entirely dissolved, leaving the 

 grape-sugar undissolved at the Ijottimi of 

 the glass, in the form of a white, sticky 

 substance, nut at all unlike starch in 

 looks, ami quite bitter to the taste. It 

 will not do to use hot water in your test, 

 however, for 11 you do the whole thing 

 will dissolve. 



A Fa-vorable Word from any of 

 our readers, who speak from experience, 

 has more wei.;ht with their friends than 

 anything we might say. Every one of our 

 readers can lend us a helping hand, in 

 this way, without much trouble, and at 

 the same time help to scatter apicultural 

 knowledge and promote the welfare of our 

 pursuit. 



SwiMN Honey.— A correspondent re- 

 fers to an article which lately appeared in 

 a Buston paper, stating that "what was 

 advertised and sold as Swiss honey, and 

 fnrnished on the tables of Ilotels In the 

 ditterent parts of Europe, and even in 

 Egypt, was not honey atall; thatin Switz- 

 erland pears were ground in a cider-raill 

 and the juice of the pears was boiled 

 down and constitutes the Swiss honey; 

 that the article is of a clear, light-amber 

 color, and about the consistency of thick 

 molasses, the flavor being very agreeable." 



Our correspondent, upon his attention 

 being called to the Bos'on article by a 

 friend, expressed a doubt concerning it, 

 and both agreed to write to the Editor of 

 tlie American Bee Journal for any 

 facts he may have concerning it, and 

 when sending it, remarked thus : 



As you have traveled in Switzerland 

 and the neighboring countries, I suppose 

 you are able to enlighten us ou this 

 question. 



The aiticle in the Boston paper Is of llie 

 same character as the Wiley lie about the 

 manufacture of comb honey published 

 some years ago in the " Popular Science 

 Monthly." 



We are personally acquainted with 

 many apiarists in Switzerland and other 

 European countries, and know that their 

 honey is just as pure and genuine as ours. 

 We have eaten of the honey at the hotel 

 tabels, and do not fear to say that it is 

 genuine honey. 



The wliolesale lying indulged in by 

 scribblers for the press concerning honey, 

 is only an evidence that they know noth- 

 ing of the matters upon which they write. 



In the American Bee Journal for 

 1879, on page 483, is an editorial article 

 which we wrote at a hotel in Switzerland, 

 concerning tlie popular honey cakes found 

 on the hotel tables of that country. It is 

 called the " Leckerii " of Basle, 



Honey as Food.— The "Michigan 

 Farmer" advises the daily use of honey, 

 on account of its beneticlal effect on 

 health. It says : 



We desire to commend its daily use to 

 every fatiiily in the land. We iVelieveit 

 to be one of the most healthful sweets 

 that can be founil, and well adapted to 

 common use. It seems to us very d.'Sir- 

 able that Michigan should produce a large 

 share of her own thble sweets. Cimld 

 honey be brnuglitintoaeneral use, theret>y 

 creating an extensive home market for it, 

 we l)elieve it would tend to encourage the 

 culture and production of honey. 



It is a healthy sweet for children, and 

 cliillien must have sweets just as the 

 Irishman must have potitoes The honey- 

 bee feeds upon the healthy juices of 

 healthy plants, and honey partakes of the 

 quality (if the l)lo3soins fit the plants and 

 trees from which it is gathered. The use 

 of this article should become so common 

 and L'eneral that a honey store or depot 

 would be found profitable in ev^ry large 

 town. We believe in encour^igiiig the bee- 

 men and women, and if every family in 

 thi" land would make honey an article of 

 daily use, in place of the unhetlthy 

 syrups, then all concerned would be 

 benefited. 



