AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THO S. G.NKWMAN^SON, 



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XHOIUAS G. l^EW]»IAr¥, 



EDITOR. 



VoinVII. Fell. 5, 1891, No. 6. 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



Christmas and New Year's day came 

 on Thursday this year. An old rhyme 

 about Christmas falling on that day, 

 reads thus : 



" If Christmas Day on Thursday be, 

 A windy winter ye shall see; 

 Wintry weather in each week. 

 And hard tempests strong and thick. 

 The summer shall be g-ood and dvy. 

 Corn and beasts shall multiply. 

 The year is good for lands to till. 

 For bees to swarm and hives to fill !" 



Dr. C. C. Miller has been on the 

 " sick list " for a couple of weeks. At 

 last accounts he was better, but his in- 

 tended trip to Chicago to talk over the 

 State Assocjation matter, had to be post- 

 poned. We hope he will soon be "on 

 deck " again. 



E. A. Baldwin, of West Upton, Mass., 

 has sent us his "Automatic Foundation- 

 Holding Frame." The top-bar has a slit 

 in it, and the bottom-bar has a groove. 

 The foundation is intended to be slid 

 down through the top-bar, and rest in 

 the slit of the bottom-bar. 



A Trade-Mark to be adopted by the 

 Union, as suggested by President Hed- 

 don, in our last issue, receives the en- 

 dorsement of Mr. C. A. Hatch, President 

 of the Wisconsin State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. 



Last Season a Colorado bee-keeper is 

 said to have had as a honey crop from 

 alfalfa, a ton of honey per week, for 

 several weeks, from 210 colonies of bees. 



There is a Secret Pleasure in hearing 

 ourselves praised ; but on such occasions 

 a worthy mind will rather resolve to 

 merit the praise, than to be puffed up 

 with it. 



North American Association. — A. N. 

 Draper has been added to the Life Mem- 

 bership list of the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. Who will be the 

 next ? We want 49 more. The Color- 

 ado State Bee-Keepers' Association is 

 the latest affiliation. The Ontario Bee- 

 Keepers' Association has voted to con- 

 tinue in affiliation. We hope to report 

 many more affiliations very soon. 



Mr. Grubb, of Nebraska, has obtained 

 a patent on a comb-frame for bee-hives. 

 It consists of a deep top-bar slit in the 

 center to receive the comb foundation, 

 and then tacking on a small piece of 

 wood on the outer side of the foundation. 

 There was absolutely nothing to patent 

 — the same having been in use for years. 

 The would-be inventor has only his pains 

 for his pay. 



The Programme of the Vermont Con- 

 vention came too late for insertion in 

 last week's Journal. Now it is too late. 



The Pictures in "Frank Leslie's Illus- 

 trated Newspaper" this week comprise 

 scenes from the Indian conflict, scenes 

 on the Brooklyn Bridge on a Winter's 

 day, and a multitude of other contem- 

 poraneous scenes and incidents. 



