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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor. 



MIIIV. Jan, 4. 1888, No,l. 



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Fast and Present mingle strangely, 

 While the next world borders this ; 



Open doors at hour of midnight 

 Usher in a year of bliss. 



Last year's record, good and evil. 



Close another page of life ; 

 While the angels whisper promptings 



For the New Tear's coming strife. 



Liook Over last year's numbers of the 

 Bee Journal, and if any are missing, 

 send for them at once, as we have but fev? 

 left now, and they are daily becoming less. 



Sir. Joliu M. Key, a bee-keeper of 

 East Saginaw, Mich., has just been elected 

 an officer by the "Knights of Honor" of 

 that city. He will be installed to-morrow. 

 Tliere may he be a " ray of light." 



Mr. Jessie 'Wliite, Perry, Iowa, bad a 

 letter printed on page 700 of last year. By 

 an oversight the name "White" was omit- 

 ted. Of course that was not treating him 

 WHITE, and so we make this correction. 



Only a Few complete volumes of the 

 Bee Journal for 1887 are left, and those 

 of our new subscribers who want to secure 

 them should send for them at once. We 

 supply the numbers for 18S7 and 1888 for 

 Sl.7.5 until all of the former are gone. 



Xhc Apicultiu-i!«t for January came 

 in good time, and is as usual full of good 

 thinES of interest to every apiarist. "Pre- 

 vention of Increase" is the chief topic in 

 > this number, and it contains three good 

 articles on that subject. The Bee Journal 

 and the "Apiculturist" for 1888 can be ob- 

 tained for $1.80. 



X«-l>ay we enter upon another year's 

 work— creating another volume of the 

 American Bee Journal— rearing another 

 monument to progressive apiculture ! 



The present issue is nearly all printed 

 from new type, with a clean and clear face, 

 which can easily be read, and contains sotne 

 two pages more reading of matter than here- 

 tofore. It is printed on thick white paper, 

 and is a grand improvement, as a work of 

 art. We trust all our readers will appre- 

 ciate this, and regard it as an earnest of our 

 determination that the American Bee 

 Journal shall hold its place in the front 

 rank, as the "leader" of all apicultural 

 publications, leaving them to follow in the 

 path we have marked out, prepared and 

 tried in the van-guard. 



It is quite unnecessary to state that we 

 shall in the future, as in the past, endeavor 

 to " keep abreast of the times," and place 

 before our readers all the new things in our 

 ever-advancing pursuit, as soon as they 

 coiue to light. 



With these few words we enter upon the 

 fifteenth year since the Bee Joltrnal came 

 into our hands, with full confidence that our 

 labors are fully appreciated. 



5«0 Querie»> were printed and nearly 

 6,000 replies given to them in the American 

 Bee Journal up to the end of the volume 

 just closed. To-day we give -501 and .503, 

 with more numerous repliesrthan;ever. We 

 have engaged several more persons to an- 

 swer the questions propounded, and their 

 replies will appear in addition to those of 

 former years. 



Our Desk Calendar for 1888 is the 



Columbia Bicycle Calendar and Stand, just 

 issued by thefPope Manufacturing Company 

 of Boston, Mass. The calendar proper is 

 in the form of a pad, containing 366 leaves, 

 one for each day in tlie year, to be torn off 

 daily. A portion of each leaf is left blank 

 for memoranda, so arranged that the memo- 

 randum blank for any coming day can be 

 turned to immediately at any time. 



Bees'wax and its Utilisation, by 



Mr, J. Dennler, has been translated into the 

 French language by Mr. J. B. Leriohe. A 

 copy is on our desk, and as soon as we can 

 give it space, we will publish a translation 

 of it in the American Bee Journal. Mr. 

 Leriche is the editor of "Le Bulletin Agri- 

 cole " at Amiens, France. 



Xlte Apicnltiii-al Department of 



the "Indiana Farmer" has passed into new 

 hands. Our friend. G. K. Hubbard, now 

 becomes the editor of it. The Apiary De- 

 partment of the "Indiana Farmer," under 

 the management of Jlr. Dougherty, has long 

 been a credit to the pursuit, and as Mr. 

 Hubbard is one of the Bee Journal 

 family, we may naturally expect it to be 

 fully as good, if not better than ever before. 

 We wish him much success. 



\Vorl«l Wide— Kindly take another 

 look at the engraving at the head of tliis 

 page. It is a work of art, and tells its own 

 story, for the Amekic.a^n Bee Journal to- 

 day enjoys a reputation and influence sec- 

 ond to none in the world of apiculture ! Its 

 weekly visits to thousands of homes all over 

 the world is greeted with an enthusiastic 

 welcome ! Its apicultural instruction and 

 record of improved methods in our pursuit 

 have been as anxiously looked for as they 

 have been essentially adopted by apiarists 

 not only in every State, Territory and Prov- 

 ince in North America— but also in Aus- 

 tralia, Europe, Asia, and Africa ! 



We have adopted this design because it is 

 so susgestive as well as comprehensive, and 

 surely we may have a pardonable pride in 

 its elegance. Some time since Mr. Bald- 

 ridge, of St. Charles, Ills., sent us the fol- 

 lowing from a metropolitan daily paper : 



It has become the custom of late for a 

 railroad to adopt some distinctive design 

 for posters, letterheads, etc. Thus the 

 Pennsylvania has its key-stone, and the 

 Bee Line its " honey-bee." The Lake Shore 

 passenger department has just adopted a 

 mail pouch as its trade-mark, emblematic 

 of rapid transit. 



This "hint" suggested to us the appro- 

 priateness of adopting the superb emblem 

 at the head of this column. 



Xlie Wov Constitution and By- 

 Laws which we presented at the late con- 

 vention in this city, meets with the general 

 approval of the "Canadian Honey Pro- 

 ducer," but in its last issue it asks us to 

 comment upon and discuss its merits more 

 fully in the American Bee Journal. We 

 gave weeks of valuable time and very care- 

 ful consideration to every point, and when 

 it was presented to the convention we con- 

 sidered it as nearly perfect as we could 

 make it. Now, if any one sees a point in it 

 open for improvement, let it be presented, 

 and we will cheerfully either defend it as it 

 is, or adopt the amendment. We desire to 

 have it fully discussed, and improvements 

 made where possible. 



Itoberfs Knles of Order for de- 

 liberative assemblies, published by S. C. 

 Griggs & Co., Chicago, is "a gem" in ap- 

 pearance, and an invaluable guide for those 

 who are called to preside over conventions 

 of bee-keepers and others. It has a table, 

 covering two pages, which will aid a chair- 

 man to decide 200 questions of importance, 

 without turning a leaf. Price 75 cents. 



Xlie Convention. — The pamphlet 

 containing the report of the proceedings of 

 the Union Convention in CliicRgo, is now 

 published, and can be obtained at this office 

 for 25 cents. Or bound up with the history 

 of the International Society, and a full re- 

 port of the Detroit and Indianapolis conven- 

 tions, for .50 cents, postpaid. 



Cold IVealher is reported everywhere. 



