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ganization. He explained the benefits to 

 he derived from organization at considera- 

 ble length : the most important being those 

 derived from getting all the smaller pro- 

 ducers to understand the best manner of 

 marketing their honey, and to be able to im- 

 press upon them the necessity of compre- 

 hending the situation so as not to break 

 down the prices when taking their honey 

 to market. Many a market had been ruined 

 by the inexperience and thoughtlessness of 

 the small producers, who did not read bee 

 literature. They went into a locality or 

 town and sold their crop of honey at any 

 price offered, because they did not know its 

 real or marketable value. Had they been 

 readers of the bee papers or attended some 

 good convention, they would have known 

 othewise, and thus save thousands of dol- 

 lars to the honey producers of the country. 

 Many instances were cited where honey had 

 been sold by such for about half its value. 



Mr. H. W. Lee, President of the North- 

 western Association,' requested this Associ- 

 ation to send a delegate to their next meet- 

 ing, to confer upon establishing uniform 

 prices for this year's crop of honey, and 

 that until then we hold our honey at Chi- 

 cago market quotations. 



The Convention passed a vote of thanks 

 to Mr. T. G. Newman for his addresses and 

 efforts to interest and benefit them ; to Mr. 

 Lee, of Pecatonica, and to the landlord of 

 the Junction Hotel, for kind attentions. 



The meeting was well attended, and very 

 interesting. We obtained 12 new members. 



It was decided that the next meeting be a 

 picnic, and that it be held in Davis' Grove, 

 Davis Junction, 111., on August 31, 1880. 

 D. A. Fuller, Sec. 



Lancaster County, Pa., Convention. 



Met at Lancaster May 10, Mr. I. G. Mar- 

 tin in the chair. The following reports on 

 wintering were then given : 



Mr. I. G. Martin's 32 colonies wintered 

 without loss on summer stands. They are 

 nearly ready to swarm. 



Mr. E. Hershey wintered 31 colonies and 

 lost 2, starved ; the rest in good condition. 



Mr. J.Eiteiniller lost 7 out of 26 colonies ; 

 the rest being almost ready to swarm. 



Mr. J, H. Mellinger lost 3 (queenless) out 

 of 16 colonies wintered on summer stands. 

 He used no packing. 



All agreed that the prospects were good 

 for a large crop of honey. 

 , Adiscusion followed on the best plan of 

 introducing queens, Messrs. Mellinger, Her- 

 shey, Martin and Eitemiller taking part in it. 



In reference to the best plan of getting 

 bees to work in section boves, Mr. Hershey 

 gave them comb foundation. 



Mr. Martin said that when he had colonies 

 which refused to work up the upper stories 

 of his boxes, he took a section already filled 

 with comb, and placed in it the bees who 

 refused to work, and he always found they 

 would then work toward the upper story. 



In reference to buying untested queens, 

 an agreed that it was desirable, providing 

 they purchased from reliable breeders, who 

 had no hybrids in their yards or vicinity. 



Adjourned till 2d Monday in August. 



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Constitutions and By-Laws, for local Associations, 

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 in the blanks for 50 cents extra. 



We do not send goods by C. O. D., unless sufficient 

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 both ways, in case not taken from express office. 



Strangers wishing to visit our office and Museum 

 of Implements for the Apiary, should take the Madi- 

 son street-cars (going west). They pass our door. 



In consequence of the dearth of small currency in 

 the country, we will receive either 1 .-«>•• .1 cent 

 slumps, for anything desired from this office. We 

 cannot use Canadian or other foreign stamps. 



We will send a tested Italian Queen to any one 

 sending us FIVE subscribers to the Amkhican Bee 

 Journal with ST.SO. The premium Queens will in 

 every case be tested, but not sent till after July 1st. 



Club names for the Bee Journal may be sent to> 

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Our answer to all who ask credit is this : We sell on 

 small margins, and cannotafford to take theri^ks of 

 doing a credit business. If we did such a business, 

 we should be obliged to add at least 10 to 20 per cent, 

 more to our prices, to make up for those who would 

 never pay, and to pay the expenses of keeping book- 

 accounts with our customers— this we know our Cash 

 customers would not think to their advantage.— 

 This rule we must make general In order not to do 

 injustice to any one. The cash system gives all the 

 advantage to cash customers, while the credit sys- 

 tem works to their injury. In justice to all we must 

 therefore require Cash with the order. 





