. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 17 in Philadelphia, it was published in Washington from the time of its re- sumption, in 1865, until the close of 1872. The January, 1873 number ap- peared with Chicago as its place of publication, and \V. F. Clarke as its editor. Typographical errors are the bane of an editor's life. The dropping of a letter "T" in the heading of an account of the meeting of the German Beekeepers' Association, in the Au- gust, 1873, issue, made it read in this astonishing way. "In what manner can he bees be prevented from maki
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 17 in Philadelphia, it was published in Washington from the time of its re- sumption, in 1865, until the close of 1872. The January, 1873 number ap- peared with Chicago as its place of publication, and \V. F. Clarke as its editor. Typographical errors are the bane of an editor's life. The dropping of a letter "T" in the heading of an account of the meeting of the German Beekeepers' Association, in the Au- gust, 1873, issue, made it read in this astonishing way. "In what manner can he bees be prevented from making useless excur- sions in search of honey during the early spring months?" This led to a column editorial of in the following number and some rather pointed comments on the nature of the "He ; 'I'lic .Xngust, 1874 issue conveys the news that the American Bee Journal has acquired the National Bee Journal mailing list, that the former editor of that magazine. Airs. Ellen S. Tupper, will be joint editor with \V. F. Clarke and that Thomas G. Newman will be l)usiness manager. The December is- sue shows Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the place of publication. This was a short- lived arrangement, however, for the July, 1875, issue was again sent out from Chicago. How long Clarke's con- nection with the Journal continued is not clear. The May, 1S75 number is the last bearing his name, or that of Mrs. Tupper, as editor. A biograph- ical notice in the July 13, 1881, issue indicates that he sold the Journal to Newman in the December following its purchase in 1873. It is stated that Clarke never owned more than 24 colonies of bees at one time. At any rate, after several years of silence, Clarke again became a con- tributor to the Journal under the ed- itorship of Thos. G. Newman. In the eighties, W. Z. Hutchinson, later the editor of the Beekeeper's Keview, became a contributor. In 1884 George \V. York began work for New- man as an office assistant. He in turn pur
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