THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



291 



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The Proceedings of the Seventeenth 

 Annual Convention of the North Amer- 

 ican Beekeepers' Society, held at In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., Oct. 12, 18 and 14, 

 1886, will be issued, in pamphlet form, 

 by Thos. G. Newman & Son, ;i2.5 West 

 Madison St., Chicago, 111. Price, 25 

 cents per copj'. 



The book contains 300 pages, 100 

 fine illustrations, is handsomely bound 

 in cloth and sent to each subscriber, 

 by mail, for fifty cents in addition to 

 one year's subscription to the ''Api." 

 Regular price of book, $1.10 by 

 mail. 



This work treats of the best meth- 

 ods for rearing queens, and is pro- 

 nounced by Rev. L. L. Langstroth to 

 be the best authority on this impor- 

 tant branch of beekeeping. 



Mr. M. E. Hastings has kindly sent 

 to this office one of his "Perfection 

 Bee Feeders." It is something new, and 

 we see no reason wiiy it will not work 

 perfectly. See his "ad" in another 

 column. 



Discount on Prices of Sup- 

 plies. — We are prepared to All orders 

 for any kind of goods found in our 

 price list, and a liberal discount will 

 be made to all customers who will pur- 

 chase this fall or at any time before 

 Jan. 1, 1887. 



Discount as follows: one dozen 

 Drone and Queen-traps, one made up 

 (thirteen in all) $2.75 ; regular price, 

 $3.50. Sample, latest improved, by 

 mail, 50 cents; regular price, (i5 ; or 

 Ti'iipand Apiculturist, one year, $1.35. 



Queen-nursery, 18 cages, which Mr. 

 Doolittle says is the best he has seen, 

 by mail, $1.25; regular price, $1.60. 



We intend to sell goods very cheap 

 fr»m now until Jan. 1, 1887, and a most 

 liberal discount will be made on all 

 goods except the Bay State Reversible 

 Hive; the price for that is as low as 

 we can place it. 



We desire to retain on our list the 

 name of every subscriber and as an in- 

 ducement for all to renew and to new 

 subscribers a discount of from twenty- 

 five to tifty per cent will be made on 

 any one article found in our list of sup- 

 plies. Our price list of apiarian sup- 

 plies will be found on the last pages of 

 any number of the " Api." 



NOW IS THE TIME. 



Send $1.50 and get the Am. Api- 

 culturist one year, and a copy of 

 the Beekeepers' Handy Bqok. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The New York State, the Eastern 

 New York and the New Jersey and 

 Eastern Beekeepers' Associations will 

 hold their sreat united convention at 

 Albany, N. Y., on Jan. IS, 19 and 20, 

 1887. This convention will be one of 

 the largest, if not the largest, ever held 

 anywhere in this country and it be- 

 hooves every beekeeper in the country 

 te attend. A grand exhibit of apiarian 

 fixtures is promised. An unusually 

 brilliant programme will be prepared 

 and announced later. 



The next annual meeting of the Ne- 

 braska State Beekeepers' Association 

 will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska, on 

 Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1887. Location 

 of Hall to be used and Hotel accommo- 

 dations will be given after further ar- 

 rangements have been made. 



H. N. PATTEnsox, Sec. 



The next annual meeting of the 

 Michigan State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held in Ypsilanti, Mich., 

 on Dec. 1 and 2, 1886. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec. 



The American Bee Journal is the 

 best weekly bee paper published in 

 the English language. Price $1.00 

 per year. 



If any new subscriber to the " Api- 

 culturist," or those who renew, desire 

 to take a weekly Bee Journal we will 

 send both papers for ^1.70. 



