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'rii«' St'liool of Sorro"**". 



BT J. K. LUDLUM. 



The mills of God grind slowly ; 



They iirind exceedingly small, 

 For whoso' the Father loveth 



He chastenetb, one and all. 



Sunlight will ripen harvest, 

 But without clouds and rain 



The seeds in spring-time scattered 

 Could never grow into grain. 



Smiles are soothing and pleasant, 



Happiness good to behold, 

 But without the fire refining 



How could we test the gold ? 



If we should suffer no sorrow, 

 How could we count the cost ? 



Would not our hearts grow careless ? 

 All our sympathies lost ? 



" Sorrow makes all men brothers," 

 Sorrows our hearts refine ; 

 The whirlwind smiting the forest 

 Tests the strength of the pine. 



Aye, bitter tlie school of sorrow, 



Bitter the cross and pain ; 

 But trial worketh patience. 



And loss is followed by gain. 



— Written for the ^tna. 



MR. IVAR S. YOU;%Ci, OUR 



Tisi'r<»R fru:ti rvoien'AY. 



We have received the following letter 

 from Mr. Young, and in order that our 

 readers may get an idea of his personal ap- 

 pearance, we have prepared an engraving 

 from the photograph which he presented to 

 us for our Bee-Keepers' album. Mr. Young's 

 letter reads thus : 



Messrs. Thos. G. Newman & Son:— Will 

 you kindly allow me to express, through 

 the American Bee Journal, my most 

 cordial thanks for all the friendliness and 

 affability which were so profusely shown 

 to me during my memorable visit amongst 

 the bee-friends of the United States and 

 Canada. I will, as long as I live, take de- 

 light in thinking of ray trip, and never ! no 

 never ! forget the World's most able bee- 

 keepers, nor their exceeding hospitality 

 towards me, as a stranger. 



I only regret, that my time was so limited, 

 that I had no opportunity of personally 

 calling on the many more, whose names 

 were so well known and dear to me from 

 the bee-periodicals. 



Respectfully yours, 



IVAR S. YOUNG. 



The apiarists of America will appreciate 

 Mr. Young's expressions of kind feeling 

 and regard, and duly reciprocate them, for 

 he may very properly be called " the father 

 of modern bee-keeping in Norway." 



Mr. Young's visit to America was at the 

 instigation of the Norwegian Government, 

 and at its expense ; and his mission was to 

 gather up all the information possible to be 

 obtained in reference to modern and pro- 

 gressive apiculture in America, together 

 with details of methods and samples of im- 

 plements. Such will be used in the interest 

 of " apiculture as an industry " in Norway. 



The Norwegian Bee-Keepers' Society was 

 organized in 1884, and has about 1,500 mem- 

 bers. It also publishes a monthly bee- 

 paper, entitled TkUkrift for bUkjotsel at 

 Christiania, Norway, of which Mr. Young 

 is the editor, and every member receives a 

 copy free. 



Mr. Young has also published a book on 

 apiculture, entitled " Praktisk lommebog i 

 tidsmaesslg biskjotsel," which is well printed 

 and illustrated. 



Mr. Young has " written up " his trip in 

 America, and it is published in his paper. 

 We cannot read it, but expect to have it 

 translated, and in a future number we shall 

 present the salient points to our readers. 

 When Mr. Young was visiting Mr. Holter- 



MR. IVAR S. YOUNG. 



mann, editor of the Canadian Honey Pro- 

 ducer, he obtained and published the fol- 

 lowing facts concerning 



Bee-Keepliig in Norway. 



We had a very pleasant and instructive 

 conversation with Mr. Young, and, of 

 course, made all possible inquiries about the 

 state of bee-keeping in Norway. 



Bees can be kept very well as far north as 

 Drontheim. In Norway, as here, there is 

 no method by which tlie number of colonies 

 can be ascertained, but the number of colo- 

 nies kept are estimated at about 40,000 ; of 

 these about 3,000 are kept in the movable- 

 frame hive, the balance in straw skeps. 



Wintering is done very successfully in 

 some of the old straw-skep hives. Many 

 think the bees in the movable-frame hive do 

 not winter as well, but such is not the case ; 

 on the contrary, the honey taken by means 

 of the movable-frame hive is mostly ex- 

 tracted. On account of so few frame hives, 

 and but little comb foundation being used, 

 the average yield per colony for the country 

 is not great, but he thinks if properly con- 

 ducted it would be 70 pounds to 100 pounds 

 per colony. 



The chief sources of honey are clover, 

 basswood, and heather. The clover is 

 mostly Alsike ; there is but little white. 



Iloaltli and Home Ultrary. — The 



first number of this periodical is on our 

 desk. It contains 100 pages of the most 

 interesting articles concerning health and 

 home life. It should be read by every par- 

 ent, and especially mothers. It is to be 

 published quarterly at $1 a year, at Chicago, 

 Ills. 



dean as a l\e-»»' IMn.— Mr. Geo. E. 

 Hilton, Fremont, Mich., expresses himself 

 thus : 



The first number of the American Bee 

 JouKNAL for the new year is at hand, 

 bright, spicy and clean as a new pin, in its 

 new attire. I want to congratulate you on 

 the cut you have made of my apiari'. It 

 has been published several times in differ- 

 ent forms, but I have not seen a picture 

 that pleased me as well as the one you 

 produced. 



flow Can it be Uone ?— Mr. J. M. 



Hicks, Battle Ground, Ind., on Jan. 12, 1888, 

 wrote us as follows : 



This morning finds me at home, but not 

 very well. I am suffering from a severe 

 cold ; I hope to be out in a few days again. 

 I see you are out on time with the good old 

 reliable American Bee Journal. The 

 great wonder to me is, how on earth you 

 can afford so good a journal, 53 times a year, 

 for so little pay as $1 ? Yet I trust it pays 

 you to do so. 



I^ever tMst a Copy.— Mr. A. B. Bray, 

 Bois D'Arc, ilo., on Jan. 9, 1888, writes 

 thus : 



When I opened the Bee Journal for 

 Jan. 4, 1888, 1 scarcely knew what it was ; a 

 change had been made in appearance from 

 beginning to end. I do not see how you 

 could have made such improvements every 

 year since 1874 as you have. I have been 

 taking the Bee Journal for years, and I 

 have yet my first paper to lose. I have re- 

 ceived three times the value of the Jour- 

 nal in information every year. It will 

 richly repay any bee-keeper's faithful 

 perusal. 



nueh Pleased. — Mr. Charles Solve- 

 son, of Nashotah, Wis., on Jan. 5, 1888, 

 wrote thus of his surprise and pleasure 

 upon receiving the first number of our 

 paper for this year : 



I have just received No. 1 of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal for 1888, and to say that 

 1 am pleased with its new appearance, is 

 but stating it mildly ; it appeared so clean 

 and white that I involuntarily got up and 

 washed my hands (they were not dirty) ere 

 I allowed myself to feast on its many good 

 things. May you long live to lead the fra- 

 ternity in its progressive march '. 



;Xo« SliioU lip !— Dr. A. B. Mason, of 

 Aubunidale, O., upon receiving the first 

 number of the Bee Journal for this year, 

 wrote us as follows : 



Friend Newman:— What have you 

 " been up to ?" "What for have you gone 

 and spoiled the old reliable American Bee 

 Journal for ?" I missed its old familiar 

 face this week, but in its place came a 

 "spic, span" new and fresh one, but 

 "awfully stuck up." As it don't "slop 

 over " as " stuck up " arrangements usually 

 do, I guess 1 can get used to it. It looks 

 nice with its new heading. You know it is 

 "ray first love" in the line of bee-periodi- 

 cals. 1 began taking it when the lamented 

 Samuel Wagner was its editor. 1 like the 

 other bee-papers, but none of them can take 

 its place. It-i iiialie-up and iiuittcr are very 



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