. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAJL. 37. EDITOR. VoinVII, Jail,U891. 1,2, Editorial Buzzims. Golden Rod. Graceful tossing plume of glowing gold. Waving lonely on the rocky ledge, Leaning seaward, lovely to behold. Clinging to the high cliflTs ragged edge. —Celia THAXTER. Golden Rod last year was credited by many apiarists in different States, with having yielded considerable honey. Flowers were blooming out-of-doors on Christmas day in Vashon, King county, Washington. So writes our friend, John Boerstler. The mean temperature for November was 463€°; and December wa


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAJL. 37. EDITOR. VoinVII, Jail,U891. 1,2, Editorial Buzzims. Golden Rod. Graceful tossing plume of glowing gold. Waving lonely on the rocky ledge, Leaning seaward, lovely to behold. Clinging to the high cliflTs ragged edge. —Celia THAXTER. Golden Rod last year was credited by many apiarists in different States, with having yielded considerable honey. Flowers were blooming out-of-doors on Christmas day in Vashon, King county, Washington. So writes our friend, John Boerstler. The mean temperature for November was 463€°; and December was very much like it. The Rev. Emerson T. Abbott has gone to Texas, for a change of air, as his health is not very good. He will remain for a few weeks, and then return again to St. Joseph, Mo. He has our best wishes for renewed energies. What next, asks the Michigan Farmer, and then adds: What won't a beeman patent next! Merriraan, of Massachusetts, has patented a " bridge" to enable bees to pass through the chaff or packing of a double-storied hive—two strips nailed to cleats allowing space for a bee to pass constitutes this "bridge," which, like many another device, has been used by apiarists, in some form, for years. We give it up ! something easier ! Next time, ask us C Correspondence on bee-matters is solicited. If you have anything worth writing about, send it along. To Show Appreciation for the good work we have done in the past, please to call the attention of your friends to our JouBNAL,, and ask them to partake of the feast with you for 1891. The greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Now is the time to join the National Bee-Keepers' Union. Send to this office for the necessary Blanks, if your name is not found on page 60 of this Journal. New members for 1891 are not included in thatlist. To select well among old things is almost equal to inventing new ones. The Doll Show was a great success. There were 3,0


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