Local Convention Directory. 



1879. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Oct. 7.— Central Kentucky, at Lexington, Ky. 



14.— Albany County, N. Y., at Albany. N. Y. 



15— Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 



21.— National Convention, at Chicago, 111. 



23, 24.— Southern Kentucky, at Edmunton, Ky. 



1880. 



Feb. 11— Northeastern, at Utica, N. Y. 



t3f~ In order to have this Table complete. Secreta- 

 ries are requested to forward full particulars of time 

 and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



HEP" J. W. Newlove's price list of apiarian 

 supplies. He is located at Columbus, O. 



Bingham Smoker Corner. 



Otsego, Mich., May 10, 1879. 

 A. I. Root, Medina, O.- Dear Sir: Seeing that in 

 last Gleanings it is stated that the " Scovell smoker is 

 no infringement," I wish to say that there must be a 

 great mistake somewhere. The American Bee 

 Journal pronounced it " an infringement," and I 

 sent for a smoker. I think it is not only an infringe- 

 ment, but a substantial copy of my smoker. I trust 

 you will do your readers the favor and kindness of 

 publishing my fourth claim (you have it I believe) or 

 this letter, and greatly oblige me. 



Very truly, T. F. Bingham. 



Los Gatos, Cal., April 25, 1879. 

 Enclosed find order for honey knife with cap- 

 catcher. I received of you two years ago one of 

 your standard smokers, which has had constant hard 

 usage, and is still good for many years. I could not 

 keep bees without it. I would not take twenty dollars 

 for mine if I could not get another. 1 have tried oth- 

 ers, but none compare with yours. 



S. S. Butler, M. D. 



Edgefield Junction, Tenn., May 1, 1879. 

 1 have used and sold the Bingham bee smoker for 

 the past three years, in middle Tennessee, and find 

 they have no equal. His honey knife is also the best 

 I have ever used. Out of twenty hives I lost only 

 two last winter, which I attribute to my own neglect. 

 My bees are all doing well ; had one swarm on the 

 25th and one on the 20th ult.. Have managed my bees 

 according to Mr. Bingham's advice for the last three 

 years, and consider his system the best. We consid er 

 the American Bee Journal the best authority ex- 

 tant for the culture and management of bees. 



J. A. Remley. 



Tuscaloosa, Ala., May 11, 1879. 

 Send me by mail two Bingham smokers. I would as 

 soon think of being without my meals as doing with- 

 out a Bingham smoker. F. P. TURNER. 



SOMETHING OLD! 



OLDEST AJiD BEST ! 



The old, reliable, original, direct- 

 draft Smoker. 



This Smoker is so perfect that it 

 has never been improved. The 

 more exact the copy the better the 

 Smoker and the plainer the in- 

 fringement. Beware of all new 

 direct-draft Smokers — Bingham 

 owns all there is of value in them. 

 Every seller and user is liable. Our 

 Smoker has been in use two years 

 longer than any bellows Smoker 

 now made. If you want the best 

 Smoker and no further expense, 

 buy only the Bingham. If you want 

 to encourage invention and not 

 theft, buy only the Bingham. 



Standard size, 2-inch $1 50 . 



Little Wonder, 1^-inch 1 00 1 



Extra large, 2}o-inch 1 75 



Sent free, per mail, on receipt of price. A discount 

 of 12 per cent, made from retail rates on all smokers 

 sent by express with or without one ormore Bingham 

 & Hetherington patent Honey Knives. 



Address, T. F. BINC1HAH, Otsego, Mich. 



ITALIAN 



QUEENS. 



That there is a vast difference in the practical, de- 

 sirable qualities of Italian bees, is a fact well known 

 by all who have bred them on a large scale. We have 

 for many years past kept this point in view, and have 

 perfected a strain of bees that excel as honey-gath- 

 erers, at the same time securing the desirable quality 

 of hardiness that enables them to safely pass our 

 coldest winters. We shall continue to rear and sell 

 choice queensfrom this strain of Italian blood, dur- 

 ing the season of 1879, "at the following reasonable 

 prices. We ship no dollar queens until they are fer- 

 tile and begin to lay. 



Untested queens, each $1 00 



" '• per half dozen 5 75 



" " per dozen 1150 



Warranted " each 150 



" " per dozen 15 00 



Tested " each 2 50 



" " per dozen 25 00 



Selected tested queens, each 3 50 



Imported queens, each 4 50 



Italian 7 frame nuclei, with dollar queens, each 3 00 

 Ditto. ditto. per dozen 30 00 



Ditto. ditto. with tested queen 4 50 



Ditto. ditto, with imported queen 6 50 



At above prices we pay express charges on Nuclei to 

 any point reached by the American Express Compa- 

 ny, and on 3 or more queens, to any point reached by 

 the American, United States, Adams, or Union Ex- 

 press Companies. 



VW For prices of smokers, knives, comb founda- 

 tion, honey extractors, wax extractors, prize boxes, 

 etc., see May American Bee Journal, or send for our 

 descriptive 40-page Catalogue. Send money by post- 

 office order, bank draft, registered letter or express, 

 and address your orders to 



HERBERT A. BURCH «fc CO., 



1-tf South Haven, Mich, 



BEFORE 



purchasing colonies with imported queens, or home- 

 bred queens, Italian Queens, COMB FOUNDATION, 

 and implements in bee-culture, write for circular 

 with prices, and sample of comb foundation free. 



Our foundation for beauty and purity caunot be 

 excelled. 



TESTIMONIALS. 



The sample of foundation is the nicest that I have 

 ever seen, take all points together. 



G. M. DOOLITTLE, Borodino, N. Y. 

 Your foundation is O. K.— it looks brightest of them 

 all. Send me 200 lbs. more. 



CHAS. F. MUTH, Cincinnati, O. 



We have scoros of similar praises. 



CHAS. DADAIST & SON, 



Hamilton, 111. 



PURE ITALIAN QUEENS. 



I can furnish pure Tested Queens, in June, for 

 $2.00 ; Untested, $1.00 ; per dozen, $11.00. My queens 

 are all bred from imported mothers. Also, a nice 

 article of Comb Foundation at a very low price. 

 Send for sample. 



A. F. STATTFFER, 

 Sterling, Whiteside Co., 111. 



FOR CANADA. 



Bee-Keepers in Canada can, by ordering 



APIARY SUPPLIES, 



Queens, etc., from us, save long freights, duties, cus- 

 tom-house charges and annoyances. Our queens and 

 supplies are the best that can be produced. Cata- 

 logue sent free. W. G. WALTON, Hamilton, Ont. 



