THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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pounds. That for 1850, "wax and 

 honey," nearly 15,000,000 pounds, 

 worth nearly ^3,000,000. That for 

 i860, for wax alone at 1,357,000 

 pounds. The exports in 1859 and 

 '60 were 362,000 pounds, worth 

 $135,000. In 1S61, 238,300 pounds 

 were exported from New York alone. 

 In i860 nearly five-sixths of the ex- 

 ports were to Brazil, England and 

 France. Foreign countries also send 

 large quantities upon the market, 

 the Portuguese province probably 

 taking the lead, by annually sending 

 to Europe nearly 50,000,000 

 pounds. Beeswax is produced in 

 every country in the temperate and 

 torrid zones. — The Baltimore List. 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT. 



R. H. HoLTERMAN, Editor. 



Canadian beekeepers are organiz- 

 ing for the purpose of having a mon- 

 ster display of honey at the Colonial 

 and Indian Exhibition to be held in 

 London next season. A display is 

 desired of such magnitude and so 

 rich in quality that it will attract uni- 

 versal attention and not without an 

 object. 



For some time we have felt the 

 want of a larger market and we have 

 acted the part of paralytics ; we felt 

 the want, knew that our remedy has 

 lain in Europe but, as individuals, we 

 have felt powerless to put forth any 

 effectual efforts to open it. Now we 

 have before us the opportunity of 

 sending our honey, free of charge, 

 and probably some one to take care 

 of it, and it is to be hoped no one 

 will lose the opportunity of doing all 

 in their power to make the enterprise 

 a success. 



Once let us secure a foothold in 

 England and Germany with our honey 

 and we can defy these small, ignorant 

 honey-raisers who have done so much 

 in the past to injure our market. If 

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we cannot secure a fair remuneration 

 here, we ship, and the result will be 

 an important one. A more fixed 

 market price, therefore, less danger 

 in handling. Employment for an 

 unlimited number of colonies thereby 

 increasing the wealth of Canada : di- 

 rectly, by the production of honey 

 and bees, indirectly, by an increased 

 yield of clover seed, fruits of all kinds, 

 etc., wherever additional bees are 

 kept. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 2g, 1883. 

 In answer to a call of a committee 

 the beekeepers of this section came 

 together on the 24th inst. at 2 p. m., 

 and elected a temporary chairman 

 and secretary, and then adjourned 

 until next day at 2 p. m. The en- 

 closed clipping from the St. Joseph 

 Gazette will explain the result of that 

 meeting. 



The adjourned meeting of the Bee 

 Keepers was called to order at the 

 county court room at 2,30 p. m. A 

 Constitution was adopted and the as- 

 sociation named " The St. Joseph 

 Inter.State Beekeepers' Association." 

 The election of officers for the perma- 

 nent organization resulted as follows : 

 President, Ernst Schuman, Brecken- 

 ridge, Mo. ; vice-presidents, D. G. 

 Parker and Robert Corbet; secretary, 

 E. T. Abbott, superintendent of St. 

 Joseph apiary; treasurer, Dr. G. D. 

 EUingvvood, St. Joseph. The following 

 persons paid the annual fee of i^l.OO 

 and became members of the associa- 

 tion : 



E. J. Abbott, L. G. Buvis, 

 T. B. Nichol, John Stewart, 



G. B. McArthur, Rev. A. E. Abbott, 



F. G. Hopkins, James A. Matney, 

 D. G. Parker, E. Eastman, 



J. D. Ellingwood, Ernst Schuman. 



After the election of officers there 

 was some interesting discussion of 

 various questions relating to bee cul- 

 ture, and the meeting adjourned to meet 

 on the second Tuesday in April, 1886. 

 All persons interested in bees are in- 

 vited to see the secretary and become 

 members of the association and re- 

 ceive a copy of the constitution. 



