. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. V -A±ii^^. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' Strangeways' Printing Office, Tower Street, St. Martin's Lane, ' [No. 175. Vol. XIII.] AUGUST 1, 1885. [Published Fortnightly.] editorial, ifatkts, $u THE EDITORSHIP OF THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Our readers will, we are assured, be pleased to receive the information that T. W. Cowan, Esq., of Horsham, having been requested to undertake the responsible duties of Editor of this Journal, has kindly acceded thereto. Bee-keepers will accept this announcement with satisfaction, feeling
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. V -A±ii^^. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' Strangeways' Printing Office, Tower Street, St. Martin's Lane, ' [No. 175. Vol. XIII.] AUGUST 1, 1885. [Published Fortnightly.] editorial, ifatkts, $u THE EDITORSHIP OF THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Our readers will, we are assured, be pleased to receive the information that T. W. Cowan, Esq., of Horsham, having been requested to undertake the responsible duties of Editor of this Journal, has kindly acceded thereto. Bee-keepers will accept this announcement with satisfaction, feeling that in Mr. Cowan's hands their interests will be well secured, and that the Journal and the objects which it has been established to support will, under his direction, receive a fresh impulse from his extensive and practical knowledge. Many converging circumstances in the past career of Mr. Cowan have indicated his suitability for the post of Editor. He has for many years occupied a prominent,—if not the most prominent, place among bee-keepers. As far back as the Crystal Palace Show, Mr. Cowan's exhibition of 700 lbs. of super honey from twelve hives drew the attention of the public, in a marked degree, to the productiveness of the honey bee; and in the following year he was able to show 120 lbs. in two supers from one hive—this result having been accomplished, as demonstrated by him in a letter to this Journal, by his plan of getting his stocks strong in the spring, selecting young queens, and judiciously spreading the brood. Mr. Cowan has given much attention to the con- struction of the hive ; and his modification of the Woodbury and Stewarton hives has, in his hands, resulted in the 'Cowan' hive, a description of which will be found in his Guide Book. Bee-keepers are indebted to Mr. Cowan for the numerous forms he has introduced of the extractor; the most popular and best known of which are the Amateur, the Rapid, and the Automatic. Mr. Cowan is the author of Winterin
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