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a remunerative and fair price than 

 can be bought for one dollar, we 

 shall cease advising our readers to buy 

 only the best, and only from the most 

 discriminating and careful breeders. 

 If the majority of the "dollar" queens 

 are not as good as the majority of the 

 high-priced tested ones, then they are 

 not so cheap. 



We think we were not extravagant 

 in our estimate of the number of cheap 

 queens bred and sold by Mr. Henry 

 Alley, during the 20 years of his expe- 

 rience, as compared with others en- 

 gaged, and certainly if, in that length 

 of time, he could not determine the 

 value of such queens, and the profit 

 derived from the breeding of them, 

 no one is competent to do so. 



Our honest convictions remain, that 

 the cheap queen traffic has been a det- 

 riment to the development and per- 

 manence of the better strain of bees, 

 and will yet prove a curse to apicul- 

 ture in America. To the future we 

 leave the question for settlement, 

 with every confidence that time will 

 sustain us in our position, and the 

 bee-keepers of the future will repair 

 the errors of the past and present, and 

 recover the vantage loss by a mistaken 

 economy. Meantime, we drop tlie 

 question for the present, with tlie in- 

 junction to buy and breed only the best. 



1^ Bees will be iu lively demand 

 this spring. We have hundreds of 

 calls for copies of the Bee Journal 

 every week from beginners and those 

 who intend to enter the ranks of bee- 

 keepers. They want to read the ad- 

 vertisements and ascertain where to 

 buy bees. Tliose who have any thing 

 for sale should now be on the alert, 

 and get their advertisements before 

 the public. Not a week should be lost 

 now, for the time is at hand to do 

 business. " A word to the wise is 

 sufficient." 



^' By all means, bee-keepers should 

 provide for the future by planting 

 honey producing trees. One of the 

 best is the basswood. Do not let a 

 spring pass without doing something 

 in the line of providing for the future 

 in this way. 



Binders for 1882.— We have, had a 

 lot of Emerson binders made espe- 

 cially for the Bee Jouknal for 1882. 

 They are lettered in gold on the back, 

 and make a nice and convenient way 

 to preserve the Jouknal, as fast as 

 received. They will be sent postpaid 

 by mail for 75 cents. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1882. Time and Place of Steetina, 



April 1— Barren Co., Ky., at SlnkinK Sprinp. Ky. 



11— Eastern Michigan, at Detroit. Mich. 

 A. B. Weed, Sec, Detroit. Mich. 



15.— Northern Ohio, at Norwalk, O. 



S. F. Newman, Sec. 



19, 20— Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valley, 

 at Coshocton, O. 



J. A. Bucklew, Sec., Clarks, O. 



25— Texas State, at McKinney, Texas. 



Wm. R. Howard, Sec. 



26, 27,— Western Mich, at Grand Rapids. 

 W. M. S. Dodge, Sec, Coopersvllle, Mich. 



26. 27— Western Michigan, at Grand Rapids. 

 Wm. M. S. Dodge, Sec, Coopersville, Mich. 



27— Kentucky Union, at Eminence. Ky. 

 G. W. Demaree, Sec, Christiunsburg, Ky. 



May 2, 3 -Eastsrn N. Y. Union, at Cobieskili. N. Y. 

 C. Quackeubush, Sec, Barnesviile, N. Y. 



11— Champlain Valley, at MIddlebury, Vt. 

 T. Brookins, Sec, East Shoreham, Vt. 



16-N. W. 111. and S. W.Wis., at Rock City, 111. 

 Jonathan Stewart, Sec, Rock City, 111. 



25— Iowa Central, at Winterset. Iowa. 



Henry Wallace, Sec. 



C^" In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



New Jersey and Eastern Convention. 



The bee-keepers of New Jersey and 

 vicinity met at New Brunswick, N. J., 

 on Wednesday, March 15, to organize 

 a society. 



The meeting was called to order at 

 10:15 a. m. by Mr. G. W. Thompson, 

 of Stelton, who was subsequently 

 elected temporary chairman. He 

 stated the object of the gathering, and 

 enumerated the interests involved 

 which liad brought forth such a step. 



Mr. King, of New York, thought 

 tliat a name for the new association 

 should be adopted first. 



11. M. Cook, with this end in view, 

 moved that a committe of five be ap- 

 pointed to draw up articles embody- 

 ing a constitution and suggest a name 

 for the association. 



The motion was adopted unani- 

 mously, and the following were ap- 

 pointed such committee: Messrs. 

 Hasbrouck, Kue, King, Harmeling 

 and Read. 



While the committee were at work 

 Mr. Thompson spoke at length on the 

 subject of bee-keeping. There was an 

 unlimited demand for pure products 

 of the farm, especially honey, and 

 those who were engaged in farming 

 should organize and thus protect them- 

 selves against adulterations and spu- 

 rious farm food. 



Prof. Kroeh, of Hoboken, said that 

 it had been a disadvantage to the ma- 

 jority of bee-keepers that they had 

 not been in harmony and consulta- 

 tion with eacli other in regard to their 

 products, thus losing in the money 

 value of marketable food. Such an 

 organization was eminently proper in 

 his mind, and each bee-keeper should 



exert himself in keeping alive the in- 

 terest thus far manifested in the 

 premises. 



Prof. Hasbrouck was elected as 

 temporary Secretary, who read the 

 constitution and by-laws suggested by 

 the committee appointed for that pur- 

 pose, which were adopted. Ad- 

 journed. 



In the afternoon, the New Jersey 

 and Eastern Bee-keepers' Association 

 met and unanimously elected the fol- 

 lowing as its first officers : 



President, G. W. Thompson; Vice 

 President, Ira Yeager; Secretary, 

 Prof. J. Hasbrouck ; Treasurer, Prof. 

 C. F. Kroeh. 



The following gentlemen were 

 elected as the executive committee : 

 T. F. Reed, Brooklyn, N. Y., three 

 years ; J.H. M. Cook, Caldwell, N. J., 

 two years ; G. II. Rue, Manalapan, N. 

 J., one year. 



Mr. Cook stated that each member 

 should bring in a report at the next 

 meeting, showing the condition of his 

 bees and the net value of the honey 

 harvested. 



Prof. Kroeh moved a vote of thanks 

 be extended to Mr. King, of New 

 York, for the liberal donation which 

 he had made to the Association of the 

 proceeds of the sale of his Magazine to 

 the members, turning the money into 

 the treasury of the Association. 



Mr. King acknowled^d the action 

 and stated that he would in addition 

 give each lady who should join the 

 Association a receipt for one year's 

 subscrtption to his bee Magazine. 

 This brought forth a round of applause 

 from the members. 



The gentleman referred to last, sug- 

 gested that Secretary Hasbrouck keep 

 up a correspondence with the various 

 bee-keepers' associations throughout 

 the country for the benefit of this 

 organization. This suggestion met 

 with approval, but the Secretary was 

 not instructed to do so. 



Mr. Tompkins, of Newark, stated 

 tliat although a honey consumer he 

 was not a bee-keeper, but he could 

 not do without the pure article in his 

 home. 



Mr. King said that it would beemi- 

 nently proper for this Association to 

 offer premiums to its members for the 

 best honey during the coming season, 

 said honey to be put up in good and 

 substantial manner and form. This 

 gentleman also said that the ordinary ^ 

 syrups were manufactured with sul- ' 

 phuric acid and more than one-half 

 glucose, whicli were injurious tochild- 

 ren. Extracted honey ought to take 

 the place of these poisons. 



Mr. Cook suggested that the Asso- 

 ciation take some decided step in re- 

 gard to tlie protection of the members 

 from adulterations of syrups. 



Mr. G. W. Thompson favored such 

 a step but cautioned moderation in 

 the premises. 



A number of the members spoke on 

 the subject of adulterations. One 

 said that recently a man was found by 

 him peddling adulterated honey from 

 door to door. He was told to get out 

 of the place at once or he would be 

 prosecuted. The member submitted 

 tliat adulterations were practiced to 

 an alarming extent in this State. 



