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CHICAGO, ILLS., DECEMBER 28, 1889. No. 52. 



VOL. XXV. 



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Topics Presented in TMsNnmlier. 



Alimentary Apparatus of Bees 831 



Bottles for Honey 831 



Candy for Winter Stores 827 



Color of Honey 827 



Combined Super and Shipping-Crate. . 831 

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Bee-Keeping 829 



Decoy for Securing Swarms 829 



International Convention atBrantford, 



Ont 829 



Language of Flowers 828 



Mailing Bees— Historical Facts 828 



Peace and Good- Will to Men 833 



Queen-Bees in Foreign Mails 827 



Riding Hobby-Horses — Bee-Keeping as 



a Recreation and Antidote 830 



Secretary Holtermann's Report 833 



Sun Wax-Extractor 829 



Swarming without Drones 831 



Visit to a Connecticut Apiary 829 



Conrention Notices. 



ly The next annual meeting of the Ontario Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will be held in Belleville, Unt., 

 in the City Hall, on Jan. 8 and 9. 1H90. 



W. CocSE, Sec. 



ZW^ The Indiana State Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 will hold its tenth annual meeting at Indianapolis, 

 Ind., on Wednesday, Jan. l.>. 189*J, at 1 p.m. All bee- 

 keepers are cordially invited. 



Gbo. C. THowi'SON, Sec, Southport, Ind. 



jt^" The annual meeting of the Colorado State 

 Bee-Keepers* Association, will be held in the Cham- 

 ber ol Commerce building, in Denver, Colo., on the 

 third Monday in Januaiy. iH90, for the election of 

 officers and other business. Everybody is invited to 

 attend. K. MiLLESON. Prea. 



J:F" The 24th annual meeting of the Michigan 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, will be held at Lan- 

 sing, Mich., in the Capitol Building, on Dec. 26 and 

 27, 1889. At that time nearly all railroads sell half 

 fare tickets; a few railroads charge one-and-one- 

 third fare for the round trip. Reduced hotel rates 

 wilf be given at the Hudson House. All are cordially 

 invited. H. D. CrxTiNO, Sec. 



Jj?" The 2lst annual meeting of the New York 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in the 

 C'>urt House at Rochester. N. Y., on Feb. .'i, 6, and-?, 

 lH9n, Reduced rates will be given at hotels and on 

 all principal railroads. The programme and full 

 particulars will appear in due time. Each county 

 assiiclalion is requested to send two or more dele- 

 gates. G. U. Knickerbocker, Sec. 



fyThe annual meeting of the Vermont State 

 Bee-Keepers' ABSOciatton. will beheld at Burling- 

 ton. Vt,on Jan. 21 and 22, im90. Kxcellent hall ac- 

 commodations have been secureil at the VunNess 

 himse. The Central Vermont Railroad has granted 

 round-trip tickets from the following places: Rut- 

 land, White Iliver .lunction, Cambridge Jnnctitm. 

 Richford via St. Albans, Ticonderoga, and all inter- 

 mediate points, to Burlington and return for fare 

 oneway. A good meeting is expected, and all are 

 invited. For further information and programmes, 

 apply to the Secretary, 



J. U. L.ARRABEE, Larrabce's Point. Vt. 



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