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Local Convention Directory. 



1879. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Oct. 2.— Union, at Shelbyville, Ky. 



2, 3.— Southern Kentucky, at Edmunton, Ky. 



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



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



7.— Central Kentucky, at Louisville, Ky. 



15— Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 



21.— National Convention, at Chicago, 111. 



30, 31.— W. 111. and E. Iowa, at Burlington, Iowa. 

 Nov. 10.— Lancaster Co.. Pa., at Lancaster. 

 Dec. 9.— Northwestern Union, at St. Paul, Minn. 



16, 17.— Northern Michigan, at Carson City, Mich. 

 1880. 



Jan. 13.-N. W. 111. & S. W. Wis., annual, at Davis, 111. 

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



%W In order to have this Table complete, Secreta- 

 ries are requested to forward full particulars of time 

 and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



lE^Tlie Western Illinois and Eastern 

 Iowa Bee-Keepers' Society will meet at 

 Burlington, Iowa, on Thursday and Friday, 

 the 30th and 31st of the present month. 

 This is one of the largest and most promis- 

 ing Societies in the country, and their meet- 

 ings are always characterized with an un- 

 usual degree of interest. They extend a 

 cordial invitation to any and all interested 

 in bee-keeping to attend their meeting, and 

 the committee of reception propose to 

 receive and exhibit free all articles sent by 

 bee-keepers or manufacturers, if addressed 

 in care of Mr. Geo. Bischoff, Burlington, 

 Iowa, and freight prepaid. Reduced rates 

 will be given at the hotels. The usual list 

 of prizes, will be given to members present, 

 and will be more varied and useful than 

 ever. They earnestly request members to 

 bring their badges. Their present active 

 membership foots up the handsome total of 

 130. We expect to meet many of the mem- 

 bers of this Society at the National Con- 

 vention to be held in this city on the 21st 

 of this month. 



Dunham Foundation Machine. 



Mrs. Frances Dunham has fowarded 

 to the American Bee Journal Mus- 

 eum a 12-inch foundation machine of 

 her make, and intended for exhibition 

 at the National Convention. This ma- 

 chine is gotten up in a very neat and 

 substantial manner, and were there 

 nothing superior claimed for the foun- 

 dation manufactured by it, the machine 

 would sell readily when placed in com- 

 petition with others, because of superi- 

 ority in make. A patent has been ap- 

 plied for on the machine, though we do 

 not know the specifications filed or 

 patentable points claimed. 



Apiarian Supplies for Europe. 



That many of the American methods 

 of securing surplus honey and prepar- 

 ing it for maaket have met with favor 

 in the old country, is evidenced by the 

 fact that on the 9th ult. an order was 

 filled from our supply department for 

 Messrs. Geo. Neighbour & Son, London, 

 England, consisting of several tons of 

 apiarian supplies, embracing hives, 

 extractors, prize boxes, sections, sepa- 

 rators, cases, smokers, uncapping 

 knives, etc. There is also a very grati- 

 fying demand for bee-literature — the 

 shipment embracing several hundred 

 copies of " Cook's Manual," Newman's 

 " Bee-Culture," " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine," and other publications. 

 Messrs. Neighbour & Son preface the 

 order with the significant remark, "This 

 is only an initial order." 



It3P The annual Convention of the Ken- 

 tucky Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday, Oct. 

 7th, at 10 a.m. Arrangements are perfected 

 for a large and enthusiastic gathering. 

 Chas. F. Muth, of Cincinnati, O., and many 

 other prominent apiarists are expected to 

 be in attendance. The distinguished Presi- 

 dent of this Society sa*id at their last meet- 

 ing : " Our Conventions become more and 

 more interesting ; each meeting improves 

 on the last." With true Kentucky hospi- 

 tality, they "cordially invite all bee-keepers 

 and those who have any desire to hear bee- 

 keeping discussed, to attend." 



HEP" The following letter speaks for itself: 

 Springfield, 0.,Aug. 7, 1879. 

 * * * I am almost ash am e 

 to be sending one dollar semi-occasionally, 

 when I see what Doolittle has done; but, 

 good for him ! I wish he could send you ten 

 thousand names and dollars. I am going to 

 make a trip across the State with my horse 

 and wagon, and if you will send me a few 

 extra Journals, etc., by the last of next 

 week, I will do what I cau for you. 



A. B. Mason. 



