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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mar. 10, 1904. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Michigan.— The Northern Michigan bee-keep- 

 ers will hold their annual convention March 

 30 and 31, 1904, in the Montague Hall, 127 Front 

 St., Traverse City, Mich. 



Geo. H. Kirkpatrick, Pres. 



Rapid City, Mith. 



Kansas —There will be a meeting of the Ar- 

 kan-as Valley Bee-Keepers' Association, at 

 Hutchinson, Kans., Mar. 5. at 10 a.m. All bee- 

 keepers and others interested are respectfully 

 invited to be present. b red Wilbek, Sec. 



Utah.— The spring convention of the Utah 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will ue held April 5, 

 at 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Among other important 

 qnestions to be considered will be the World's 

 Fair, our State Fair, and the Portland Fair of 

 1905. We also desire to formulate some plan, if 

 possible, to further increase the fraternal in- 

 terest for the mutual benefit of our bee-keepers. 

 We cordially invite all beekeepers to be pres- 

 ent. We also invite them without delay to send 

 in their views on these and other topics. The 

 convention will be held in the City and County 

 building, in Salt Lake City. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. E. S. Lovesy, Pres. 



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duced ItaJian queens in his apiaries, there 

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I have 13 coIoDies of bees which I think 

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I want to tell how much my eyes hare im- 

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Cumberland Co., N. J., Feb. 15. 



