I have told you of the value to be derived from the early works of some of the writers on this subject, and with due respect for the great service these past and present books of reference have rendered, it is impossible to keep abreast with current developments of the bee industry and confine yourself to text-books alone. However excellent and authentic these works may be at the time they are written, they cannot keep pace with the continual changes almost daily occurring. Improvements in one direction and another are being constantly made, and the successful bee keeper realizes the value of being in touch with the advanced ideas and suggestions as fast as they occur. 

To supply this deficiency the need for a bee journal was felt; and in January, 1861, Samuel Wagner started the publication of the American Bee Journal at Philadelphia, Pa. It was published at that time monthly, its columns being filled largely from reprint matter copied from foreign papers. Its field then was small; its readers few, but it formed the foundation of what is now considered the most vigorous, interesting, instructive bee-journal published.

York, George W. 1903. The story of the American bee journal. 
catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009174102

comment: The ABJ came out weekly, "back in the day."

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