A. I. ROOT & CO., EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS
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Almighty Father! We pray that thy blessing may accompany each separate number of our little Journal on its mission among the bee-keepers of our land. May each and every one of us bear our losses during the present and ensuing months, should such there be, with a proper spirit of resignation to events we cannot control. Give us also that cool, calm, and deliberate frame of mind, that best prepares us to look earnestly about, and see what means thou hast placed within our reach to avert a repetition of our past troubles during the spring months. Give us submission, without a spirit of idleness, and teach us to work while we pray. Enable your servant to deserve the great trust, that he has never until _now_ felt has been accorded him. Give him that humility that will enable him to forget self and labor honestly for the benefit of his brother bee-keepers, and to deserve the confidence they repose in him.
_A. B. J., Magazine_, and _World_, for Feb. were all on hand in fair time, and are all good.
Kruschke Bros. are now supplied with Rapp and Esparcet seeds just imported; see advertisement.
With pleasure we refer our friends wanting Queens or full colonies, to the advertis’t of J. Oatman & Co.
Chinese Mustard seed seems difficult to find, but we shall have some in due time we think, even if it has to be imported.
We shall have to refer all those inquiring for bees to our advertising columns. Everything _we_ have for sale is in our price list.
Summer Rape seed, American grown, by mail in cloth bags, per lb., 25c.; per express 15c. These will be our rates for the season.
Photo’s for the Medley are still coming in, and as we wish to include all that _will_ send them, we shall delay it perhaps a week after this number reaches you. Remember this is the last call, and that we wish to include every bee-keeper whose eye meets these pages.
On page 104 of Vol. 2. Mr. Quinby says the Queen of Mr. Elwood’s colony that produced the great yield, _came from us_; yet in Mr. Elwood’s report page 19, current Vol., it does not so appear. Who is in error? We certainly wish no credit given the dollar Queens which they have not earned.