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Local Convention Directory. 



1885. Tim« and place of Meeting. 



Apr. *j;j, 24.— Western, at Independence, Mo. 



C M. Crandall. Sec, Independence, Mo. 



April 24.— Portage County, at Ravenna, O. 



L. O. Reed, Sec, Kent, O. 



Apr. 2.'">.— Union, at Kariiiam, Iowa. 



M. K. Darby, Sec, Dexter, Iowa. 



Apr. 28.— DesMoines County, at BurlinRton, Iowa. 

 Jno. Nau, Sec, Middleton, Iowa. 



May 1.— Central lown.at Winterset, Iowa, 



A. .1. Aditinaon, Sec, Winterset, Iowa. 



May 2.— Central Illinois, at Jaclisonville, Hi. 



Wm. Canim, Sec, Murrayville, III. 



May 4.— Linwood. Wia., at Kocit Eim Centre, Wis. 

 B. Thomson, Sec "SVaverly, Wia. 



May 5.— Western Michigan, at Fremont. Mich. 



F. S. Covey, Sec, Coopersvilie, Mich. 



May 5. - W. New Vork and N. Pa., at Cuba, N. Y. 

 W. A. Shewman. Sec, Handolpb, N. V. 



May 7.— Progressive, at Bushnell, Ills. 



J. G. Norton, Sec, Macomb, Ills. 



May, 7, 8.— Te.xas State, at McKinney, Tex. 



W. K. Howard, Sec, Kingston, Tex. 



May 12.— Cortland Union, at Cortland, N. Y. 



W. H. Beach Sec, Cortland, N, Y. 



May 19.— N. W. Ills., and S. TV. Wis., at Davis, Ills, 

 Jonathan Stewart, Sec, Rock City, III. 



May 28.— Mahoning Valley, at Newton Falls, O. 

 E. W. Turner, Sec, Newton Falls, O. 



May 28.— N. Mich. Picnic, near McBride, Mich. 



F, A. Palmer, Sec, McBride, Mich. 



May 29.— Ilaldimand, Ont., at Nelles' Corners, Ont. 

 E. C. Campbell, Sec. 



June 19.— Willamette Valiev, at La Fayette, Oreg. 

 E. J, Hadley, Sec. 



Dec. 8— 10.— Michigan State, at Detroit, Mich. 



U. I). Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



^T* In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



Convention Notices. 



iW The Bee-Keepers of Western Michi- 

 gan will liold tlieir spring meeting- on May .5, 

 188o, at Fremont, Mich. All are invited to 

 attend. F. S. Covey, Sec. 



i^~ The second annual meeting: of the Des 

 Moines County (Iowa) Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, will be held at the Court House in 

 Burlington, Iowa, on April 28, 188.5, at 10 

 a. m. All interested are cordially invited to 

 attend and make the meeting as profitable as 

 possible. All implements of the apiary sent 

 to the Secretary will be exhibited at the 

 meeting, and will be disposed of or returned, 

 as the owner directs. John Nau, Sec, 



t^~ The Willamette Valley Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its second meeting at 

 la Fayette, Oregon, on the third Tuesday in 

 June, 188.i. All who are interested are in- 

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



tS~ The Central Illinois Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at Jacksonville, 111., at 10 

 % m., on Saturday, May 2, 188.5. 



Wm. Camm, Sec. 



IW The spring meeting of the Cortland 

 Union Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 in Qortland, N. Y., on May 12, 1885. 



W. H. Be.ich, Sec. 



8^" The Mahoning Valley Bee -Keepers' 

 Association, will hold its next meeting at 

 Newton Falls, Ohio, on Thursday, May 28 

 188o. E. W. Turner, Sec. 



{^" The next meeting of the Union Bee- 

 Keepers' Association of Western Iowa will 

 be held on April '25, 1883, at Earlham, Iowa, 

 M. E. Darby, Sec. 



tS~ The bee-keepers of Portage County 

 and vicinity will meet at Havenna, Ohio on 

 April 24, 1885, for permanent orginization. 

 Let every bee-keeper be present. 



L. G. Reed, Sec. 



i^~ The second annual meeting of the 

 Western N. Y. and Northern Pa. Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will be held at Cuba N Y 

 on Tuesday, May .5, 1885. 



W. A. Shewman, Sec, 



^puial polices. 



tW We want one number each of the Bee 

 JoritNAL of August, 1860— February, 1807, 

 Any one having them to spare will please 

 send a Postal Card. We will pay 50 cents for 

 one copy of each of the two numbers. 



IW The Farmer's Account Book contains 

 1 00 pages, i>rinted on writing paper, ruled and 

 bound, and the price is $:!.00. We will club 

 it and the Weekly Bee Journal for a year 

 for .$4.00. If you have already sent us ?2.00 

 for the Weekly Bee Jouiin.\l for a year, we 

 will send the Book for another $2,00, making 

 $4,00 in all. If you want it sent by mail, add 

 20 cents for postage. 



t^~ We want one number of the Weekly 

 for 1884— May 28. Will any one who does 

 not bind them, write a Postal Card sa.ving 

 what they will take for it? Do not send it 

 until ,vou hear from us, that we are not al- 

 ready supplied. 



|^"Pre8erve your papers for reference 

 If you have not got a Binder we will mail you 

 one for 75 cents, or you can have one free 

 if you will send us li new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Journal. 



(S^ 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, :^'i. 50. Five hundred will be sent 

 Iiost|.aid lor $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 

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

 desired, on the cover-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 bus's a 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tif of it. 



Sirtucrtiscmcuts. 



Garwood's Reversible Frame Device 



WILL. FIT any Frame; ia sioiple and cheap; 

 any one can make it; no nails or screws re- 

 quired to fasten it to the Frame. Send lO cts. for 

 a Photograph with instructions, or 35 cts. for a 

 model. l<riend Koot turned this down as " too 

 much miichinery, but quite ingenious." You will 

 smile. 



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Simplicity and Jjangstroth a specialty. Also Sec- 

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J- * takes the cake;' the fastening is a complete 

 job. as I never saw itbefore."— <'. F. Mctth, Cincin- 

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 solicited. Circulars free. 

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HAND- BOOR ""oF HEALTH, 



Hints and Ready Recipes, 



is the title of a very valuable book that gives a 

 great amount of information, of the Utmost Im- 



Eoitance to Kverybody, concerning their dally 

 ablts of Eating. Drinking, Dressing, Sleeping. 

 Bathing. Working, etc. 



It Cosls only TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, 

 and contains 28 pages, and Is sent by mall, 

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 What to Eat. 



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 Things to Do, 

 Things to Avoid. 

 Perils of Summer, 

 How to Breathe. 

 Overheating Houses, 

 Ventilation. 

 Influence of Plants, 

 Occupation for Invalids, 

 Superfluous Hair. 

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 Preventing Neiir-Sight- 

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Parasites of the Skin, 

 Bathing— Best way. 

 Lungs &Luni; Diseases, 

 How to Avoid them. 

 Clothing— what to Wear 

 How much to Wear, 

 Contagious Diseases, 

 How to Avoid them. 

 Exercise, 

 Care of Teeth, 

 After-Dinner Naps, 

 Headache, causeii 

 Malarial Aff'ections. 

 Croup— to Prevent. 

 IT TELLS HOW TO CURE 

 Black Eyes, Boils, Burns, Chilblains, Cold Feet, 

 Corn8,Coughs,Cholera,Diarrhoei. Diphtheria. Dys- 

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 Fetid Feet, Freckles, Headache, Hiccough, Hives 

 Hoarseness, Itching, Inflamed Breasts, Ivy Poison- 

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 Snoring, Stammering, Sore Eyes, Sore Mouth, Sore 

 Nipples. Sore Throat, Sun-stroke, Stings and Insect 

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W. Z. HUTCHINSON, 



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can furnish just as neat, white, smooth and 

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 A few lull colonies of choice Italians in Hed- 

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 tested Italian Queens (from the South) $1.50 

 each. Tested Queens reared last year in the 

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