The next addition to The Hive and the Honeybee electronic library will  
be the first 20 volumes of the American Bee Journal, covering the  
years 1861-1884. The ABJ was the first bee magazine ever published in  
the English language. It began as a monthly magazine, presenting  
theoretical and practical articles, engravings and sketches, as well  
as lively comments from readers, who contributed both their questions  
and their expertise. Its pages reported on new inventions of the day,  
such as the extractor, the smoker, and comb foundation. Featured  
contributors included L.L. Langstroth, Henry Alley, Moses Quinby, A.I.  
Root, Charles Dadant, C.C. Miller and other beekeeping leaders of the  
19th century. Still being published today, the ABJ exists as a  
monument to the long history of beekeeping and the ingenuity of its  
practitioners.

The cost of digitizing the first 20 volumes of the American Bee  
Journal is estimated to be about $3000. Mann Library welcomes the  
participation of beekeeping professionals and enthusiasts in making  
this important addition to the Hive and Honeybee collection possible.  
At present, a total of $2,150 has already been raised towards this  
goal. Contributing friends include: Dr. Dewey Caron (Newark,  
Delaware), Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (New  
York), The Finger Lakes Beekeepers Club (New York), Mike Griggs  
(Ithaca, New York.), the Maine State Beekeepers Association (Maine),  
the Merrimack Valley Beekeepers Association (New Hampshire), the Mid- 
York Beekeepers Association (New York), the Montgomery County  
Beekeepers Association (Maryland), the Nevada County Beekeeper's  
Association (California), the Pawtuckaway Beekeepers' Association (New  
Hampshire), the Seacoast Beekeepers of New Hampshire (New Hampshire),  
the Sonoma County Beekeepers' Association (California), and the  
Southern Adirondack Beekeepers Association (New York.), as well as  
Dadant & Sons, Inc. of Hamilton, Illinois--who continue to publish the  
American Bee Journal.

The Hive & the Honey Bee

http://bees.library.cornell.edu/b/bees/index.html

Mike Griggs

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