AMERICAN BEE JOURNAJL. 



37 



EDITOR. 



VoinVII, Jail,U891. 1,2, 



Editorial Buzzims. 



Golden Rod. 



Graceful tossing plume of glowing gold. 



Waving lonely on the rocky ledge, 

 Leaning seaward, lovely to behold. 



Clinging to the high cliflTs ragged edge. 



— Celia THAXTER. 



Golden Rod last year was credited by 

 many apiarists in different States, with 

 having yielded considerable honey. 



Flowers were blooming out-of-doors 

 on Christmas day in Vashon, King 

 county, Washington. So writes our 

 friend, John Boerstler. The mean 

 temperature for November was 463€°; 

 and December was very much like it. 



The Rev. Emerson T. Abbott has 



gone to Texas, for a change of air, as 

 his health is not very good. He will 

 remain for a few weeks, and then return 

 again to St. Joseph, Mo. He has our 

 best wishes for renewed energies. 



What next, asks the Michigan Farmer, 

 and then adds : 



What won't a beeman patent next ! 

 Merriraan, of Massachusetts, has 

 patented a " bridge " to enable bees to 

 pass through the chaff or packing of a 

 double-storied hive — two strips nailed to 

 cleats allowing space for a bee to pass 

 constitutes this "bridge," which, like 

 many another device, has been used by 

 apiarists, in some form, for years. 



We give it up ! 

 something easier ! 



Next time, ask us 



C Correspondence on bee-matters is 

 solicited. If you have anything worth 

 writing about, send it along. 



To Show Appreciation for the good 

 work we have done in the past, please to 

 call the attention of your friends to our 

 JouBNAL,, and ask them to partake of 

 the feast with you for 1891. 



The greatest glory is not in never 

 falling, but in rising every time we fall. 



Now is the time to join the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union. Send to this office 

 for the necessary Blanks, if your name 

 is not found on page 60 of this Journal. 

 New members for 1891 are not included 

 in thatlist. 



To select well among old things is 

 almost equal to inventing new ones. 



The Doll Show was a great success. 

 There were 3,000 dolls exhibited. It 

 is celebrated by the publication of a 

 " Doll Supplement " this week by Frank 

 Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The 

 treatment of the special patient sent to 

 Berlin, is illustrated, and the condition 

 of the patient described. 



Why Complain because others do not 

 agree with us ? a little reflection would 

 show us that each one's conception and 

 understanding, must be according to 

 their culture and experience. — Exchaiuje. 



