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.