THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL,. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1883. Time and Place oj MeeUma. 



Jan. 2-4— Eastern N. Y., at Albany, N. Y. 



E. Quakenbush. Sec. Barnervtlle, N. Y. 

 9.— Cortland Union, at Cortland. N. Y. 



M. C. Bean. Sec. McGrawville, N. Y. 

 9.— Ohio State, at Columbuti, Ohio. 



I). Spear. Sec, CardinKton, Ohio. 

 9-II, Northeastern, at Syracuse. N. Y. 



G. W. House, Fayetteville, N. Y. 

 10, n.— Indiana State, at Indianapolis. 



Dr. J. H. O'Rear. Prea. 



U, Nebraska State, at Wahoo. Neb. 



Geo. M. Hawlcy, Sec. 



10,— N. W. 111. and S. W. Wis. at Kreeport. 



J. Stewart. Sec. 



18, Chamolain Valley, at Micidleburg. Vt. 



T. Broukins. Sec. 



19, 20.— Mahoning Valley, at Berlin Centre. O. 



\j. Caraon, Pres. 



20.— S. W. Mich., at Ann Arbor, 



G. J. Pease, Sec, Ann Arbor. 



Feb. 3.— Northern Ohio, at Norwalk, O. 



8.— Maine State, at Dexter. 



Wm. Hoyt, Sec. 



14, l.'i.— N. K. Ohio and N. W. Pa., at Anrtover 

 C. T. Leonard. Sec. 



April 5.— Utah, at Salt Lake City. 



Stevenson, Sec 



17, 18,— Texas State, at McKinney, 



Wm. H. Howard, bee. 



May II.— Iowa Central, at Winterset. 



J. B. Pryor.Sec. 



— , —Texas State Convention, at McKinney. 

 Dr. W. K. Howard. Sec. 

 Oct. 17, 18.-Northwe8tern.at Chioafio. 111. 



TbomasG. Newman, Sec. 

 9, 10.— Northern Mifih. at Slieridun. Mich. 



O. R. Goodno, Sec. Caraon City. Mich. 

 Dec. 5-fi. Michigiin State, at Flint. 



H. D. Cutting, :?ec.. Union, Mich. 



|y In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetiuiis.- Kl>. 



Convention Notices. 



t^ The Northeastern Ohio and 

 Northwestern Penn'sylvania Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will meet at 

 Andover, Ohio, to liold tlieir annual 

 convention, on the second Wednes- 

 day and Thursday of February, 18S3. 

 C. T. Leonard, Sec. 



i^° The annual meeting of tlie Cort- 

 land Union Bee-keepers' Association 

 will be held in Cortland, N. Y., on 

 Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1883. 



M. C. Bean, Sec. 



McGrawville, N. Y. 



1^ The annual meeting of the 

 Cliamplain Valley Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Middleburg, 

 Vt., on Thursday, January 18, 1883, at 

 10 a. m. T. BuooKiNS, Sec. 



1^ The Northeastern Bee- Keepers' 

 Association will hold tlieir thirteenth 

 Annual Convention in the City Hall, 

 at Syracuse, N. Y., on the 9lh, 10th 

 and 11th days of January, 1883. 



Business of great value to every 

 bee-keeper in the State will be brought 

 before the meeting. Every memuer 

 is requested to attend and bring their 

 friends, that all may be benefited by 

 tlie action there taken. 



The question drawer will be opened 

 each day, and questions answered and 

 discussed. All are invited to send 

 (piestions. Appropriate diplomas will 

 be awarded to successful exhibitors of 

 iinplements, etc. Let all attend. 



Geo. W. House, Sec. 



^- The Texas State ]5ee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its Fifth Annual 

 Convention at McKinney, Collin Co., 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 

 17th and 18lh, 1883; at the residence of 

 Hon. W. H. Andrews. 



The following committees have been 

 appointed, and the programme arrang- 

 ed for the next meeting, by the execu- 

 tive committee; viz : on Resolutions; 

 Apiarian Supplies and Exhibits ; 

 Subjects for Discussion ; and Arrange- 

 ments, to receive and entertain those 

 in attendance from abroad. 



Froijramme. —President's Address. 

 Subject— State and National Conven- 

 tions. 



Subjects for general discussion : 



£'ssaj/s.— The " Coming bee," W. H. 

 Andrews. Honey plants. Native 

 Ilorseraints, different varieties, Wm. 

 R. Howard. "Extracted vs. Comb 

 Honey," W. K. Marshall, D. D. 

 " Bee-Moth," W. H. Andrews. " The 

 Queen Bee, her nature and habits, 

 Wm. R. Howard. "The different 

 races of bees in America; their relative 

 value to apiculture," W. K. Marshall, 

 D. D. 



Other essays are promised, and a 

 general good time is anticipated. 

 Ample arrangements are made to ac- 

 comodate those from a distance. 

 Those wishing to place anything on 

 exhibition or correspond with the com- 

 mittee of arrangements, will be 

 promptly attended to, by addressing, 

 W. H. Andrews, President, McKinney, 

 Collin Co„Texas. All othercorrespon- 

 dence to the Secretary. We would be 

 pleased to have any one propound 

 questions of interest for discussion, 

 as we have found great interest, as 

 well as valuable information gained 

 hy the discusssion of questions con- 

 tributed to our " Question Box." 



Wsi. R. Howard, Sec. 



Kingston, Texas. 



1^" The annual meeting of the 

 Northwestern Illinois and South- 

 western Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held in Temperance 

 Hall, Freeport, Stephenson county, 

 111., on January 16 and 17, 1883. 



Jonathan Stewart, Sec. 



Rock City, 111. 



1^" The Eastern New York Bee- 

 Keepers' Union will hold their 11th 

 Semi-Anuual Convention on Tuesday, 

 Wednesday and Thursday, January 

 2hd, 3d. and 4th, 1883, at the State 

 Agricultural Rooms, State Street, 

 Albany, at 10 o'clock, a. m. All inter- 

 ested in bees are invited to attend. 

 C. Quackenbush, iSec. 



W. L. Tennant, Pres. 



1^ The Nebraska State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, will hold its annual 

 session in Wahoo, Saunders county. 

 Neb., commencing Thursday, Jan. 

 11th, 1883. Arrangements have been 

 made with the railroads to -secure 134 

 fare for the round trip. The Saunders 

 county Bee- Keepers' Association will 

 furnish entertainment free to all 

 visiting apiarists. Bee-keepers from 

 neighboring States will be welcomed. 

 T. L. VonDorn, Pres. 



Geo. M. Hawley, Sec 



1^ The Southeastern Michigan 

 Bee- Keepers' Association will hold 

 their annual meeting in the court- 

 house at Ann Arbor, Jan. 20, 1883. All 

 are invited. H. D. Cutting, Pres. 



G. J. Pease, Sec, Ann Arbor. 



i^" The Ohio State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet in Columbus, in 

 the rooms of the Ohio State Journal, on 

 Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 9 and 

 10, 1883. A full attendance of mem- 

 bers, and all interested in bee-culture, 

 is requested, as matters of interest 

 and importance will be discussed. 



Dr. H. Besse, Delaware, O., Pres. 



Daniel Speah, Cardington, O., Sec. 



i^The annual meeting of the Ma- 

 honing Valley Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at Berlin Center, 

 Mahoning Co., O., in the town hall on 

 Friday and Saturday the 19th and20tb 

 of January, 1883. All bee-keepers are 

 invited to attend and send essays, pa- 

 pers, implements, or any thing of in- 

 terest to the fraternity. A full at- 

 tendance is requested of all who are 

 interested. In fact, the meetings wiD 

 be so interesting that you cannot 

 afford to miss them. We expect a 

 lecturer from abroad on the evening 

 of the 19th. L. Carson, Pres. 



^" The Indiana State Bee- Keepers- 

 Association will hold its annual meet' 

 iiig at Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 10 

 and 11, 1883. AH are invited. 



Dr. J. H. O'Rear, Pres. 



.,^ The quarterly meeting of the 

 Marshall County Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation will meet in Marshalltown,Iowa, 

 on Siturday, Jan. 6, 1883, at the 

 Sheriff 's ollice, in the Court House, at 

 10:30 a. ni. The subject for discussion 

 being " Winter and Spring Care." 

 J. W. Sanders, Sec. 



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