47th Year 



June 27, 1907 



Number 26 



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An Important Announcement 



To the subscribers oj the American Bee Journal: — 



Believing that the old American Bee Journal should occupy a wider field, 

 and thus be a help to a larger number of readers, we have decided to issue it 

 monthly, beginning with July (next month), instead of weekly, and at 25 cents a 

 year. This very low price will permit every bee-keeper everywhere to subscribe 

 for it, even if he or she has only one colony of bees. Yes, and any one who is 

 at all interested in bees as a Nature study will, no doubt, be glad to read it 

 regularly. 



For 26'2 years the American Bee Journal has been issued every week, but 

 it has been found that there are only about so many bee-keepers who are suffi- 

 ciently interested in bees to think that they need a iveekly bee-paper. What we 

 want is a larger constituency, hence we believe that by publishing the American 

 Bee Journal once a month, and making the subscription price 25 cents a year, 

 we will be able to reach the goal of our ambition sooner, and at the same time 

 do a better service to all. (The yearly price to Canada will be 35 cents ; to Eng- 

 land and other foreign countries in the Postal Union, 50 cents a year.) 



We believe that after a few months at least 99 percent of our present list 

 of readers will see that we have done wisely in making the change mentioned. 



We are not quite ready to announce more of our plans just now, but will 

 do so in the July number and in those immediately following it. We trust we 

 may have the continued co-operation of all our old friends, and, of course, we ex- 

 pect very soon to enlist that of many thousands of new ones all over the world. 



We may say that the monthly American Bee Journal will contain at least 

 32 pages each issue. The weekly number was supposed to contain 16 pages, so 

 that under the new plan there will be half the quantity of reading matter at only 

 one-fourth the former cost. 



The July number will be issued about the 15th of the month ; then there- 

 after we expect to mail it on the 10th of each month. The advertising forms 

 will close on the 5th. 



Of course, all who have paid their subscriptions in advance at the regular 

 SI. 00 rate (or the extra foreign rate) will be credited just four times as far ahead 

 as their present addres.n-label indicates. Those who are in arrears will pay at 

 the rate of SI. 00 a year up to the end of this month. 



In the next issue we will be able to make further announcement. In the 

 meantime let us all hope that bee-keepers may harvest a good crop of honey, and 

 that although the prospects may have been discouraging, the silver lining of the 

 clouds may be revealed and all be prosperous and happy. 



GEORGE W, YORK £ CO, 

 Chicago, III., ii8 W. Jackson Blvd. 





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