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INDIANA.— The Indiana State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association meet at Indianapolis, Ind., 

 on Jan. 18 and 19, 1893. G. P. Wilson, Sec. 



Tolgate, Ind. 



ONTARIO, CAN.— The annual meeting of 

 the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held in Walkerton, Ont., on Jan. 10, 11 and 

 12th, 1893. All interested in bee-liecping are 

 cordially Invited to be present. 



Streetsville, Ont. W. Couse, Sec. 



COLORADO.— The Colo. State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold their annual meeting in 

 Denver, on Jan. 16 and 17, 1893. Election of 

 oflBcers and other important business will 

 come before the meeting. 



Littleton. Colo. H. Knight. Sec. 



CALIFORNIA.— The 2nd annual meeting ol 

 the California State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in the Chamber of Commerce in 

 Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 7th and 8th, 1892. 

 Programmes will soon be issued, for which 

 address, John H. Martin, Sec. 



Redlands, Calif. 



NEW YORK. — The next meeting of the 

 Allegany County Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Belmont, N. Y., on May 4th, 

 1893, in the Hotel Belmont. All bee-keepers 

 are invited to attend and make it what it 

 should be— an interesting meeting. 



H. C. Farnum, Pres., Transit Bridge, N. Y. 



MINNESOTA— .The annual meeting of the 

 Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Minneapolis, on Thursday, Friday and 

 Saturday, Jan. 12, 13 and 14. 1893. The 

 Thursday meeting will probably be a union 

 meeting with the Horticultural Society which 

 meets at the same place, commencing on 

 Tuesday. A. K. COOPER, Sec. 



Winona, Minn. 



WISCONSIN.— The Southwestern Wisconsin 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its next 

 annual meeting as Boscobel, Grant Co., Wis., 

 on Jan. 13 and 14, 1893. All members of the 

 Association are requested to be present as the 

 following officers are to be elected ; President, 

 Vice-President, Secretary. Assistant Sec, and 

 Treasurer. Blank Reports will be sent each 

 member, for the year 1892, with instructions. 

 A cordial invitation is extended to all bee- 

 keepers, and especially to those that would 

 like to join with us. Each member will be no- 

 tified at least one month before the meeting. 



Boscobel, Wis. Edwin Pike, Pres. 



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