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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



We have just received from Dr. 

 A. B. Mason of Wagon Works, 

 Ohio, a neat pamphlet of about 70 

 pages, containing the premium list 

 and rules and regulations of the 

 Tri-State Fair (Olno, Michigan and 

 Indiana) held at Toledo, Ohio, 

 September 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 

 15, 1883. The premiums on sup- 

 plies for the apiary, bees, honey, 

 etc., are numerous and liberal and 

 cannot fail to benefit bee culture in 

 those states. It will be for the 

 advantage of every agricultural 

 society to encourage beekeeping 

 by extending to it a helping hand. 



Any person having a complete 

 set of either the American Bee 

 Journal or Gleanings and wishing 

 to dispose of it will please to 

 communicate with us. 



Mr. E. Tarr of Castle Hill, 

 Maine, informs us that, last sea- 

 son, he shipped $50.00 worth of 

 honey to the firm of F. W. Harris 

 & Co., of Boston, Mass., and that 

 said firm cheated him out of 

 his honey. We have inquired into 

 the matter and can find no such 

 firm. Reliable Boston parties think 

 that perhaps it may be a bogus 

 firm. We would advise beekeepers 

 to place their honey in the hands 

 of those known to be reliable. 



We would call the attention of our 

 readers to the letter under "Corres- 

 pondence" from Messrs. McCaul 

 and Hildreth. Mr. McCanl's expe- 

 rience while with Messrs. Thurber 

 & Co. should fit him for the work 

 before him, and we trust that our 

 readers will find in this new firm 

 just the headquarters for their 

 honey that they need ; and, just so 

 long as they do an honest, square 

 business and prove to be the bee- 

 keepers' friend, they will not fail 

 for want of patronage. 



Who will secure the first prize 

 on the club list? (See p. 93 of this 

 journal.) The person who sends 

 us the largest list of subscribers 

 befoi-e the first of Ma}^ will se- 

 cure two first-class colonies of 

 bees, which is a prize worth w'ork- 

 ing for. Please notice our club list 

 and go to work. Sample copies 

 sent free to those who wish to 

 work for us. 



The Cass County, Ind., Beekeep- 

 ers' Association, organized on the 

 15th of August, will meet on the 

 10th of October, 1883, in Logans- 

 port, Ind. All persons interested 

 in bees and honey are respectfully 

 invited to attend. 



De Witt Brown, Sec. 



The quarterly meeting of the Mar- 

 shall County, la.. Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at the Court 

 House, in Marshalltown, Iowa, on 

 Saturday, October 6, at 10.30 a. m. 

 Subject for discussion, "Fall and 

 winter care." All interested, in 

 this and adjoining counties, are 

 invited, for we hope to have a good 

 meeting, and one of benefit to all. 



J. W. Sanders, Sec. 

 Le Grand, loiva. 



We have been notified that the 

 name Crocker & Blake, under which 

 Messrs. E. E. Blake and F. L. 

 Ripley have transacted business 

 for the past ten years, has been 

 changed to that of Blake and 

 Ripley which is now the honey firm 

 of Boston. 



There is now no excuse for 

 sending postage stamps or coin in 

 letters for small sums, excepting at 

 ofl!ices where they do not issue 

 postal notes or money orders, as 

 the new postal notes are now 

 obtainable. There are 6,500 money 

 order offices and each of these is 

 supplied with books containing 800 



