Ever read the American Bee Journal?  "The oldest English language  
beekeeping publication in the world established in 1861 by Samuel  
Wagner which has been published continuously since that time except  
for a brief period during the Civil War"   http://www.dadant.com/ 
journal/history.html

  Now the first 20 Volumes 1861-1880 of ABJ has the distinction of  
becoming the next target for digitization at the  EF Phillips  
Beekeeping on-line collection "The Hive & The Honeybee" maintained by  
Cornell University.   http://bees.library.cornell.edu/


  Two recent gifts, one from the Southern Adirondack Beekeepers  
Association (SABA) and another from the Finger Lakes Beekeepers Club  
(FLBC) amounting  to a total of $400 along with a matching  
contribution of $50  by Mann library  will cover digitization costs  
for the first three volumes.  We only need additional contributions  
of $2,550 more to get all 20 volumes (1861 through 1880) of original  
American Bee Journal digitized.  This digitized beekeeping library is  
now the largest digital on-line collection thanks to the foresight of  
EF Phillips and the generous contributions by beekeepers!

Can you imagine having access to 30 early America beekeeping volumes  
from your home computer?  And if successful you will soon be able to  
read the first 20 volumes of American Bee Culture.

Perhaps you,  your Association or Sate beekeeping organization would  
like to help by contributing to have a volume placed up on the WWW.   
By doing the entire 20 volumes at once the estimated cost for  
digitizing all 20 would be $150/volume.  The cost goes up if we  
choose to do it in smaller, multiple groupings.

So,  If this sound interesting & you would like to help with this or  
need more information to take to other beekeepers, either contact me  
or look at  The Hive & The Honeybee site at,

http://bees.library.cornell.edu/

Mike Griggs
President Finger Lakes Beekeepers
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