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This Number Ends the Volume. 



This issue of The American Bee 

 Journal closes the volume for 1880, 

 and calls for a few remarks. So far it 

 has existed only as a monthly Journal, 

 and as such has gained an enviable rep- 

 utation and influence. Its visits to 

 thousands of homes all over the world 

 has been greeted with an enthusiastic 

 welcome, and its teachings on the all- 

 absorbing subjects of "bees and honey," 

 have been as anxiously looked for as 

 they have been essentially adopted by 

 apiarists not only in every State, Terri- 

 tory and Province in North America, 

 but also in Europe, Asia, Africa, and 

 Australia. 



Neither war, pestilence, financial de- 

 pression, partial failures of crops of 

 honey, nor the foolish jealousies and 

 merciless abuse of evil disposed persons, 

 has been able to materially hinder its 

 steady onward course. From year to 

 year it has increased the number of its 

 pages to give its thousands of readers 

 and correspondents an opportunity to 

 participate in an interchange of thought 

 and fully discuss the various topics of 

 interest that are ever and anon present- 

 ing themselves to the apicultural world 

 for investigation and decision. 



Still its capacity is too limited to ac- 

 commodate all its correspondents, and 

 its monthly issues are too infrequent to 

 satisfy the longing for intercourse found 

 in its many patrons, and to solve vital 

 scientific questions frequently arising 

 in the management of an apiary which 

 require a more speedy solution. We 

 have therefore determined to celebrate 

 the twentieth year since its birth, by 

 further enlarging its capacity and issu- 

 ing it weekly. The bare announcement 

 of this fact, in our last issue, has called 

 forth a perfect storm of applause from 

 its friends in the East, West, North and 

 South ; and multitudes of letters come 

 by every mail, not only approving the 

 plan of issuing the Bee Journal 

 weekly, but assuring us of hearty and 

 continued support. 



Each weekly issue will contain more 



than one-half the amount of reading 

 matter heretofore given in the monthly 

 — thereby more than doubling its present 

 capacity I 



In order to publish the Journal at a 

 price so low as to be within the reach of 

 all, it becomes necessary to assume the 

 popular form of weeklies, enlarging the 

 size of its pages, so that each one will 

 contain more than three times the amount 

 of reading matter on those of this size. 

 Eight of such pages will contain as 

 much as 26 pages of like this one, equal 

 to 1,352 of these pages in a year, instead 

 of 592, the number contained in the Bee 

 Journal for 1880. 



It will hardly be necessary to state 

 that we shall devote all our energy and 

 determination to make the Journal 

 even more interesting and instructive 

 than it has heretofore been, if that is 

 within the range of possibilities. Its 

 record, character, power and usefulness, 

 in the past, will be its guarantee for the 

 future. When others have fainted and 

 fallen by the way, it has made more de- 

 termined efforts, by enlarging and im- 

 proving—ever keeping in view the one 

 grand object of its existence, that of 

 furthering the interests of honey pro- 

 ducers, by losing no opportunity to 

 create a demand for this God-given pro- 

 duct, opening up oiew avenues for its 

 use. creating new demands and eager 

 purchasers, both at home and abroad — 

 thus benefiting every honey-producer. 



With this issue several thousand sub- 

 scriptions expire, and as we do not wish 

 to lose any of them, we earnestly invite 

 all to promptly renew, and thus save 

 us the unnecessary trouble of taking the 

 names from our mail list, and having 

 to replace them again in a few days. 

 Promptness in this will save us much 

 valuable time and perplexity. 



The WEEKLY will be published ev- 

 ery Wednesday, and mailed on that day 

 to every subscriber, for $2.00 a year, 

 postage included ; six months forSl.OO ; 

 three months for 50 cents ; making it 

 within the reach of every bee-keeper. 

 When bank bills are not available, post- 

 age stamps may be sent. 



