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Convention Notices. 



IOWA.— The Eastern Iowa Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at Maquoketa, Iowa, in 

 the City Hall, on Dec. 14th and 15th, 1892. 

 All are invited. Frank Coverdale, Sec. 



Welton, Iowa. 



NEW YORK.— The next meeting of the Alle- 

 gany County Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Mrs. H. Green s, in Angelica, N. ST., at 

 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, 1892. All bee- 

 beepers are invited to attend. 



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



NORTH CAROLINA.— The Carolina Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its third an- 

 nual session at the Court House in Charlotte, 

 N. C, on Dec. 1, 1892. A full attendance is 

 especially desired, and all those interested in 

 bee-culture will have a hearty welcome. 



Steel Creek, N. C. A. L. Beach, Sec. 



MISSOURI.— The 7th semi-annual conven- 

 tion of the Missouri State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, will be held at the Court House in 

 Independence, Mo., on November 17, 18, and 

 19, 18y2. An Interesting and well-arranged 

 programme has been prepared, and we extend 

 a cordial invitation to all bee-keepers to meet 

 with us in this very important convention, 

 W. S. Dorn Blaser, Sec. 



Higginsville, Mo. 



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. 



THE NORTH AMERICAN Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual Convention 

 in Washington, D. C, near the end of this 

 year. The exact date cannot yet be given. 

 Mr. Frank Benton is keeping close watch, and 

 others are watching for him, to learn when 

 some other Society will meet in Washington, 

 so that the North American may meet in con- 

 junction with it and thus secure reduced 

 railroad rates. The Secretary is at work 

 arranging a programme, and as soon as the 

 exact date for holding the Convention can be 

 given, the announcement will be made. 



Flint, Mich. W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



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