. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 21, 1915.] THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. 383. SIZE OF THE JOUKNAL. As we briefly announced last week, the Journal will be abridged every otheir week, commencing with this issue, until further notice. We are reluctant to take this step, but owing to the continuance of the war it is almost daily becoming more diffi- cult to obtain paper. It is not a question of cost—although the extra cost of paper and increased expenditui'e in other direc- tions are no small matter—but of being able to obtain paper at all. Neither is it a case of " pan
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 21, 1915.] THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. 383. SIZE OF THE JOUKNAL. As we briefly announced last week, the Journal will be abridged every otheir week, commencing with this issue, until further notice. We are reluctant to take this step, but owing to the continuance of the war it is almost daily becoming more diffi- cult to obtain paper. It is not a question of cost—although the extra cost of paper and increased expenditui'e in other direc- tions are no small matter—but of being able to obtain paper at all. Neither is it a case of " panic," but a situation that has been gradually developing since the commencement of the war. We shall again revert to the full size every week directly we can be certain that the supply of suitable paper will not fail. In the meantime we feel sure our readers will continue to extend to us the imfailing help and consideration accorded jis in the past, and which is greatly appreciated. A ROLL OF HONOUR. Although bee-keeping is considered a minor pursuit, we venture to say that it has provided more fighting men than the usual average of any industry. To place on record the part the members of our craft have played in the present war we propose to make a "Roll of Honour," and shall be pleased if our rea^Iers will foi'- ward us the names and addresses, together with the regiment and rank, of any bee-keeper serving his King and Country; also if killed or wounded. We print below a further list of names to those sent in. We shall be pleased to have other names as soon as possible. Gen. Sir Stanley Edwardes, , who has for many years been a member of the Council of the , and is a most careful and painstaking bee-keeper, has three sons and two grandsons serving in the Army as follows: Cx)l. Malcolm Edwardes, , "Governor and Commanding the forces at Bushire, in the Persian Gulf. Major J. Graham Edwardes, l/3rd -Goorkhas, home from the trenches woun
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