. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 44 AMERICAN BEE CONDUCTED BY Gre^ville, Texas. Good-Bye to 1893—Welcome 1893. The weather in this part of Texas, at this date (Dec. 31), is pretty gloomy. It has been pouring down rain for nearly 21 hours, and everything is in a float. Ah, me ! if it don't rain in Texas some- times. It is not cold, though, but the bees cannot get out without getting their heads wet and their feet muddy. At a late hour, the last night of the year 1892, I sit at my desk punching the type\i(riter, and wondering how many of us are willing to fall upon our knees,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 44 AMERICAN BEE CONDUCTED BY Gre^ville, Texas. Good-Bye to 1893—Welcome 1893. The weather in this part of Texas, at this date (Dec. 31), is pretty gloomy. It has been pouring down rain for nearly 21 hours, and everything is in a float. Ah, me ! if it don't rain in Texas some- times. It is not cold, though, but the bees cannot get out without getting their heads wet and their feet muddy. At a late hour, the last night of the year 1892, I sit at my desk punching the type\i(riter, and wondering how many of us are willing to fall upon our knees, this, the last night of the year, and thank God for all the blessings he has showered upon us the past year. Even the first month is a fine time to turn over a new leaf, if we fail to turn it the first day. Friends, let's all try to be of more help to one another, this .year than we we're last, and see if we won't be any happier when a new year comes again. Friends, I will soon begin giving bee- keeping from the start, in this depart- ment, as we have a new crop of readers this year. I hope the veterans will over- look us in this matter, and consider that we all were beginners once. I hope the bee-keeping friends all over the South will join in and help me to make " In Sunny Southland " what it ought to be— an interesting department for all. I am now through, and must bid you adieu for the year 1892. J: A. P. S.—Dr. Miller and I are too good friends to let little things break our friendship, aren't we, Doctor ? Queens as Premiums—Who Will Win? To the person sending to me the largest number of new subscribers to the American Bee Journal from Jan. 1st to June 30th, 1893, I will give a fine breeding queen of the five-banded variety—such sell for $10 ; for the next largest number, a three-banded breeder from imported mother ; the next largest, a tested queen of either* strain ; the next, a dollar queen. Who will be the lucky parties ? A correct account will be
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