THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Almost a Total Loss.— Messrs. Chas. 

 Dadant & Son, IIamilton,*o Ills., on 

 March 28, 18.S5, writes thus : 



Bees are in bad condition, but we 

 are better off than our neiglibors. 

 The loss in this neighborhood is al- 

 most total ; ours is I4— the most that 

 we have ever experienced. 



Report, from Prof. A. J. Cook, Ag- 

 ricultural College,? Mich.: 



Our bees seem to have wintered 

 nicely. Thanks to a good cellar and 

 little or no pollen. The bee-mortality 

 in this State will be very great. 



Convention Notices. 



^" The Central Illinois Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will meet at Jackson- 

 ville, Ills., at 10 a. m. on Saturday, 

 May 2, 1885. Wm. Camji, ISec. 



®" The Spring meeting of the Cort- 

 land Union Bee-Jveepers' Association 

 will be held in Cortland, N. Y., on 

 May 12, 1885. W. H. Beach, Sec. 



i®° On account of the prevalence of 

 small-pox in St. Joseph, Mo., the semi- 

 annual meeting of the Western Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, will be held at 

 the Court House, in Independence, 

 Mo., on April 23 and 24, 1885. 



C. M. Crandall, Sec. 



1^" The Korthwestern Indiana Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, will meet on 

 Wednesday, April 8, 188-5, at 10 a. m., 

 in the Jury Room at the Court House 

 in Laporte, Ind. 



A. Fahnestock, Sec. 



t^ The Union Kentucky Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Society will hold their spring 

 meeting in Grange Hall, at Eminence, 

 Ky., on Thursday, April 23, 1885. All 

 are cordially invited to attend. 



G. W. Demaree, Sec. 



^g" The Progressive Bee-Keepers' 

 Association of Western Illinois will 

 meet in Bushnell, ills., on Thursday, 

 May 7, 1885. Let every bee-keeper 

 who can, be present and enjoy the 

 meeting. J. G. Norton, Sec. 



m" The Willamette Valley Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its 

 second meeting at La Fayette, Ore- 

 gon, on the third Tuesday in June, 

 1885. All who are interested are in- 

 vited to attend. E.J. Hadley, Sec. 



1^ The Wabash County Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold its spring 

 meeting in the Court House at Wa- 

 bash, Ind., on Saturday, April 11, 1885, 

 commencing at 9 a. m. All who are 

 interested in bee-culture are cordially 

 invited to attend. H. Ckipe, Sec. ' 



1^ The bee-keepers of Portage 

 county and vicinity will meet at 

 Ravenna, Ohio, on April 24, 1885, for 

 permanent organization. Let every 

 bee-keeper be present. 



L. G, Reed, Sec. 



i^ The next meeting of the Union 

 Bee- Keepers' Association of Western 

 Iowa, will be held on April 25, 1885, 

 at Earlham, Iowa. M. E. Dakuy, Sec. 



}3^ The: Te.\as State Bee-keepei's' Associa- 

 tion will be held on Thursday and Friday, 

 May 7 and H, 1883, at the apiary of Judg-e W. 

 H. .Andrews, at McKinney, Tex. All inter- 

 ested in the advancement cil' apienilnre. are 

 earnestly requested to 1m- iin'suni and make 

 this aniemorablenieetinj^iir thi' Association. 

 W. K. HowAHD, Sec. 



J^pccial Uoticcs. 



tS~ We beg leave to inform our patrons 

 and the public generally, through the Bee 

 JOUHN.4L, that Mr. L. S. Hildreth has been 

 admitted a partner in our firm, and the tirm's 

 name is now McCaul & Hildreth Bros. Our 

 stock now is light, and i'roni the present out- 

 look, we will be able to close out our present 

 stock of the 1884 crop, before the warm 

 weather sets in. We now feel confident that 

 we can handle considei-ahly more next sea- 

 son, as we intend to make honey a specialty. 

 McCaul & Hildreth Bros. 



New York, March 31, 1885. 



1^" Our rates for two or more copies of 

 the book, " Bees and Honey," may be found 

 on the Book List on the second page of this 

 paper. Also wholesale rates on all books 

 where they are purchased " to sell again." 



t^~ We want one number each of the Bee 

 Journal of August, ISGB— February, 18G7. 

 Any one having them to spare will please 

 send a Postal Card. We will pay .JO cents for 

 one copy of each of the two numbers. 



1^" To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only .50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices : 



Single copy, 5 cts. ; per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $2.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 



On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the co\"er-page, "Presented by," 

 etc., (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper who scatters them). 



To give away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine" to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



f^W All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiarj' Register and commence to use it. 

 The prices are as follows : 



For .50 colonies (I'JO pages) $100 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 12.5 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers, 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 booH. and are therefore the most desirable. 



i^~ For two subscribers for the Weekly 

 Bee Journal (or 8 for the Monthly) for one 

 year, we will present a Pocket Dictionary, 

 and send it by mail, postpaid. 



^duertisemcuts. 



ONE-PIECED BOXES! 



414x414, per 1,000 $4 25 



I's inch wide, per 1,000 .■3 30 



t)Hx5>i, per 1,000 00 



HIVES CHEAP. Circular free. Sam- 

 ples 2 cents. Address, 



J. F. McGBEGOK, Freeland, Bag. Co. Mich. 



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aC) Colonies of BEES 



IFOR SJ^HTEZ. 



For particulars, call upon, or address, 



A. li. KDtVAKDS, SKANEATELES, N. Y. 

 14ANt .)Blt 



I lire lllGnOl ! Phenol for t°he cure of 

 FOliLi BROOD, as 



described by Mr. Frank Cheshire, of London, 

 England. As it is a liquid, it can be sent 

 only by express. Price, 25 cents per ounce, 

 delivered at the express office in Chicago. 



AI/FRED H. NEWMAN, 

 923 West Madison Street, CHICAG O, ILL. 



Sliced Sections! 



ONE-PIECE, V- GROOVED. 



THKY arepfr.ffcf in every respect Touktheflrst 

 premium at tbe Michigan Stule Fair lust Sept. 

 Every apiarist who uses them once, wants no 

 others. Will send tw*.. samples by mail I<jr4 cts. 

 postage, or a sample thousand, 4^4x4^4 for !i;4.00. 

 The list price is f4.5u per i.ixhi— t-ji.nu per 5,i»fMj — 

 $40.00 per lO.OOd. Send for Circular, etc. Supply 

 dealers will do well to correspond with us. 



Address. BERLIN FRUIT BOX CO., 

 14A3t Berlin Heights, Ohio. 



Colonies of ^alians 

 *H' per colony, and 10 

 lonies nf Hybrids at 

 $y per colony. From 

 to 10 frames. All in stood condition. (box ry2). 

 14 A6t DR. JOHN S. GATES. Wilkinsonville. Mass. 



Bees for Sale i 



I. X. L. EXTRACTORS! 



For L. frame, S7 ; for larg-er frames, S8. 

 Excelsior Cold Blast Smokers, post-paid, $1. 

 Circulars free. Address all orders to 

 14D5t \r. C. K. KElnP, ORLEANS. IND. 



B£SS FOR SiiZiS ! 



1 r\r\ COI-ONIES OF ITALIAN BEES 



l.\J\J that have been bi-ed for working 

 qualities ; many of them STRONG, having 

 gathered 125 lbs. of No. 1 honey the past poor 

 season, and most of it from a distance of 

 from 2 to 4 miles. They are in our ,S-frame 

 Langstroth Hives, and will be sold in the 

 hives complete, if desired. Also 

 150 COIiONIES ol'BROTt'N GERIHAN 

 BEES, 



in9-frame Hives ; frames, 10x13 inches. All 

 strong colonies. Address, 



A. J. &. E. HATFIELD, SOUTH BEND, IND. 



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