AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Emerson Binders, made especially for 

 the American Bee Journal, are convenient 

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 received. They will be sent, post-paid, for 50 cts. 

 each. They cannot be sent by mail to Canada. 



f.ost Numbers.— We carefully mail the 

 Bee Journal to every subscriber, but should 

 any be lost in the mails, we will replace them if 

 notified before all the edition is exhausted. 



Always State the Post-Offlce to which 

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SpeciaUiotices. 



The Date on the wrapper-label of this 

 paper indicates the end of the month to 

 which you have paid for the Journal. 

 If that is past, please send us ojie dollar 

 to pay for another year. This shows 

 that Mr. Porter has paid his subscrip- 

 tion to the end of next December : 



Wallace Porter Dec92 

 Suffield, Portage co, Ohio 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1892. 



Nov. 17-19.— Missouri State, at Independence. 

 W. S. Dorn Blaser, Sec, Higginsville, Mo. 



Nov. 28.— Allegany Co., at Angelica, N. Y. 

 H. L. Dwight, Sec, Friendship, N. Y. 



Dec 14, 15.— Eastern Iowa, at Maquoketa. 

 Frank Ooveidale, Sec, Welton, Iowa. 



1893. 



Jan. 13, 14.— S.W.Wisconsin, at Boscobel.Wis. 

 Edwin Pike, Pres., Boscobel, Wis. 



[t^~ In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editors. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Eugene Secor.. Forest City, Iowa. 

 Secretary— W. Z. Hutchinson. . . .Flint, Mich 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon . .Dowagiae, Mich. 

 Sec'y and Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago. 



Fifty-Two numbers of the Bee 

 Journal for $1.00 ! Where can you 

 find a cheaper, yet more valuable, vol- 

 ume of over 1,600 pages of bee-litera- 

 ture for that amount of money ? You 

 oan't afford to do without it if you care 

 anything for bees. It is worth two cents 

 a week just to get a look at its "cheer- 

 ing face." 



Please Send Us the Names of your 

 neighbors who keep bees, and we will 

 send them sample copies of the Bee 

 Journal. Then please call upon them 

 and get them to subscribe with you, and 

 secure some of the premiums we offer. 



Wajits or Exchanges. 



Under this heading, Notices of 5 lines, or 

 less, will be inserted at 10 cents per line, 

 lor each insertion, when specially ordered 

 Into this Department. If over 5 lines, the 

 additional lines will cost 20 cents each. 



WANTED.— We want a printing press, and 

 will trade Dov. hives for same. Let us 

 hear from you. LEVERING BROS., 

 18Atf Wiota, Cass Co., Iowa. 



TO EXCHANGE— Pure Tested Young Ital- 

 ians, 3 to 5 bands, 50 cents to $1.00— for 

 cash, wax or offers. F. C. MORROW, 

 6Atf Wallaceburg, Arkansas 



