Another New Departure. 



Twenty years ago the Bee Journal 

 was bom, making its first appearance on 

 January 1st, 1861. Its visits have been 

 made to its patrons monthly so far, but 

 on its twentieth birth- day it is to assume 

 a more important position,and will from 

 that day forward visit its patrons 

 Weekly. This will be hailed with joy 

 by many of its friends, who have long 

 desired its more frequent visits. 



We have concluded to publish the 

 Bee Journal weekly during 1881, in 

 order to promptly accommodate our rap- 

 idly increasing correspondence, the vol- 

 ume of which is already too large for 

 immediate publication, without neglect- 

 ing other important departments. It 

 will consist of 8 quarto pages of 4 col- 

 umns each — 32 columns in all. This 

 will contain about double the amount of 

 matter given during 1880. It will be 

 issued each Wednesday, at $2.00 a year. 



It will also be published on the elastic 

 plan. Each number, complete in itself, 

 will be fully indexed. Therefore, those 

 who desire only to take a monthly, will 

 be furnished the number published on 

 the first Wednesday of each month, for 

 50 cents a year. 



Those wishing it semi-monthly, can 

 have the numbers published on the first 

 and third Wednesdays of each month, 

 for $1.00 a year. 



By this elasticplan, all may be accom- 

 modated who desire to invest 50 cents or 

 more in a bee paper. 



Any one who will get up a club of six 

 will be entitled to an extra copy free, like 

 the club sent. 



Now that the Journal is to be pub- 

 lished weekly, we hope all its friends 

 will exert themselves to make it a suc- 

 cess. We have no doubt of the active 

 co-operation of all our patrons. 



"We shall be exceedingly busy in De- 

 cember making the necessary arrange- 

 ments for publishing the Weekly, and 

 we shall esteem it a favor, if all who 

 can will renew their subscriptions for 

 next year at once, and thus save us much 

 extra labor in taking out the names from 



the mail list, having to reset them, etc. 

 Promptness in this will save us much 

 trouble and time, when the latter will 

 be very valuable to us. 



igT On page 520 a digest of Mr. Jones' 

 speech on Cyprian Bees is given. Since 

 that was printed we have received it in 

 full, and will give it in our next issue. 



We also have the essay of Rev. O. 

 Clute, which was not received in time 

 to read at the Convention ; that will 

 also appear in the December number. 



i^On page 474 of last month's Bee 

 Journal, Mr. J. C. Peters described a 

 weed and asked its name. Prof. W. J. 

 Beal informs us that it is Ambrosia 

 trifida. 



tHrThe Bee- Keepers' Guide, edited by 

 Mr. A. G. Hill, gives a brief report of 

 the National Convention, but the Guide 

 is in error as to the location of the next 

 Convention. It says that it should have 

 gone to the East. New York did not 

 want it till 1882, at the time of the 

 World's Fair in that city. Augusta, 

 Ga., was proposed, but it was stated that 

 it could not give the Society as good a 

 turn-out as was desirable. Mr. Johnson, 

 of Kentucky, said that a large majority 

 of the bee-keepers were in the North, 

 and hence, in order to disseminate 

 knowledge among the Southern breth- 

 ren, it was proper to have the next Con- 

 vention in the South. All nominations 

 were withdrawn in favor of Kentucky, 

 and Lexington was selected as the next 

 meeting-place of the Convention. 



Those who subscribe now for 1881 will 

 be furnished the remaining numbers of 

 1880 free. The sooner they subscribe, 

 therefore, the more they will obtain for 

 their money. 



ig^ We will hold a District Bee-Keep- 

 ers 1 Convention at Anderson, Ind., on 

 the 5th and 6th of November, 1880. and 

 we extend a cordial invitation to all bee- 

 keepers to attend. G.J.Brown, 

 James Mohan, 

 A. J. Davis. 

 Anderson, Ind.. Sept. 26, 1880. 



