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THK beekeepers' DIRECTORY. 



ing its history, Brother Newman was requested to furnish the 

 facts. They are as follows : 



The American Bee Journal was started by the late Samuel 

 Wagner in January, 1861, as a monthly, at Philadelphia, Pa., 

 and that was the first periodical ever issued in America devot- 

 ed to bee culture. It was suspended at the end of that year 

 on account of the civil war, but its publication was resumed 

 in July, 1866, at Washington, D. C, after much unavoidable 

 delay. 



On June 15, 1866, just two weeks before the resumption 

 just mentioned, the Rev. E. Van Slyke began the publication 

 of the American Bee Gazette in New York. At the end of 

 that year, Mr. Samuel Wagner purchased the Gazette, and 

 united the two periodicals, — only some six numbers of the 

 Gazette having been issued. 



Mr. Samuel Wagner died on Feb. 17, 1872, and his son 

 George S. Wagner continued the publication until the end of 

 1872, when he transferred it to the Rev. W. F. Clarke, who 

 moved it to Chicago, where he edited and published it during 

 the year 1873. 



In December of that year, the present editor, Thomas G-. 

 Newman, purchased the interest of Mr. Clarke in its transfer 

 from Mr. Wagner, and also purchased Mr. Wagner's entire 

 interest in it, becoming its sole owner. It was issued monthly 

 until December, 1880, when it was changed to a weekly. For 

 eight years it has been issued weekly, and is now published 

 at $1.00 a year. It is now in its twenty-fifth year of publica- 

 tion, and the sixteenth year since it came into the hands of 

 its present editor and publisher. * 



The National Bee Journal was purchased in 1874 and con- 

 solidated with the American Bee Journal. 



The American Apioultnriat. 



This publication was established in 1883, by Silas M. 

 Locke of Salem, Mass. After it had run some three years, 

 Mr. Locke's health failed, and he was obliged to dispose of 

 the paper. Since that time, the present manager has pub- 

 lished it regularly. The Apicdltdrist is issued monthly at 

 Wenham, Mass. Price 75 cents per annum. 



