The Busy Bee not having yet returned from its second round, the editor cannot tell whether the majority of the votes is in favour of the change of name or not, but in any case she considers that the original name had better be retained, having lately become aware of the existence of a very objectionable periodical called the Beehive, and as it is undesirable to have two periodicals of the same name in England it will be wiser to keep to the name of the Busy Bee as this magazine has for five years been called.
Each member is allowed to keep the magazine three days but if he or she has not been able at the end of that time to master the whole of its contents, if he will write his name and address at the end of the list of names in the second round he will receive it again for another three days.
A prize has been offered for the best poem on "the Weather", that being the subject of this number, every member is therefore requested to vote for the poem, or poems that he likes best.
Any person is allowed to write suggestions or criticisms on the sheets for that purpose at the end of the book, and every individual who reads this magazine is entitled to make comments on the contents.
Mr Mockingbird is requested not to make such long remarks as in the last number, as, from his very severe criticisms, one of the Bees has refused to write again.
It is proposed that there should be a punctuality prize given each year to the member who has written most regularly, has sent in her contributions punctually, and has forwarded the magazine on the right days every time, for which, if the suggestion is carried into effect, every reader of the Busy Bee will be expected to contribute the not very ruinous sum of one penny per year.
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Every member is requested to send a post-card to the editor on the day when he forwards the magazine, to say that he is doing so and to whom, that the editor may know who are the offenders in this particular. Any one not sending a post-card will be considered guilty.
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