BEE-KEEPING : THE OLD AND THE NEW. a1 
and the progressive minds of ourown. Mr. Quinby much 
admired Mr, Wagner, and was wont to speak of his ser- 
vices in this direction with marked appreciation. This 
“‘ American Bee Journal” is now ably edited by Thos. 
G. Newman & Son, of Chicago, Ils., and is probably the 
best exponent of bee-culture in this country, if not in the 
world, as the views of the most able apiarians may be 
found in its columns. 
“Gleanings in Bee-Culture,” published by A. I. Root, 
Medina, Ohio, is a less pretentious monthly periodical, 
well worthy of the patronage of every enterprising bee- 
keeper. It began six years ago, as a modest sheet of 
eight pages, but the perseverance and active ambition of 
its editor has greatly enlarged and improved it, and it 
now occupies a deservedly honorable position. 
“‘ The Bee-keeper’s Magazine” is an outcome of ‘‘ The 
Bee-keeper’s Journal and National Agriculturist,” for- 
merly published by H. A. King & Co., and sustains its 
position creditably among the bee-keepers of the country. 
It is published by A. J. King & Co., New York City. 
‘¢ The Bee-keeper’s Exchange.” This is a new period- 
ical, designed to begin with 1879, but the initial number 
has not yet come to hand. It is to be conducted by J. 
H. Nellis, Canajoharie, N. Y., an enterprising young 
man of considerable experience, who promises that it 
shall be equal to the best. 
“The Bee-keeper’s Guide” is published monthly at 
Kendallville, Ind. Never having seen it, I cannot speak 
of its merits. 
Notwithstanding the acknowledged merits of our bee- 
papers, there is ground still unoccupied, and I hope soon 
to see a periodical that shall be above personal bias, and 
most fully represent the broadest principles of scientific 
apiculture. 
Of modern books we have yet ‘‘Langstroth on the 
Honey Bee,” a work which will never be out of date to 
