THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Convention Notices. 



1^ The Mahoning Valley bee-keep- 

 ers will hold their 13th meeting in the 

 Town Hall, at Berlin Centre, Ohio, on 

 May 5. All bee-keepers, and the pub- 

 lic in general, are invited to attend. 

 Do not forget to bring your wives, 

 cliildren, and a well-filled lunch basket. 

 We expect a grand meeting. 



L. Carson, Pres. 



II. A. Simon, Sec. pro tern. 



1^ The semi-annual meeting of the 

 Western Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Independence, Jackson 

 County, Mo., on Saturday, April 28, 

 1883, at 10 a. m. Papers prepared for 

 the occasion by the president, sec- 

 retary and others wWX be read, and 

 matters of general interest to bee- 

 keepers discussed. A general attend- 

 ance of persons interested in bee- 

 culture is requested. The present 

 membership of this Association con- 

 trol 2,000 colonies of bees. 



S. W. Salisbury, Sec. 



Kansas City, Mo. 

 J. A. Nelson, Pres. Wyandotte, Kas. 



1^ Quite a number of the leading 

 bee-keepers of Missouri and Kansas 

 met at the Court House, in Independ- 

 ence, Mo., December 23, 1882, and or- 

 ganized a bee-keepers' convention, 

 which was named the " Western Bee- 

 Keepers' Association," by electing the 

 following officers for the ensuing year : 

 Jas. A. Nelson, of Wyandotte, Kans., 

 President; L. W. Baldwin, of Inde- 

 pendence, Mo., Vice-President; S.W. 

 Salsbiiry, Kansas City, Mo., Treasurer. 

 The Association passed a resolution 

 to invite all bee-keepers within a con- 

 venient distance, to meet with ns at 

 our next meeting and lend us their 

 councils. Adjourned, to meet again 

 at Independence, on the last Saturday 

 in April next, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 

 J. D. Meador, P. Baldwin, C. M. 

 Crandall, Committee. 



W The spring meeting of the 

 Western Michigan Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at Supervisor's 

 Hall, Grand Rapids, April 26, at 10 

 a. m. 



F. S. Covey, Sec. 



Coopersville, Mich. 



1^ The Union Bee- Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will meet in Grange Hall, Em- 

 inence, Ky., on Thursday, April 26, 

 1883. All bee keepers, and the public 

 generally, are invited to be present. 

 G. W. Demaree, iSec. 



Christiansburg, Ky. 



®" There will be a meeting of the 

 bee-keepers of Western New York 

 and Western Pennsylvania, to adopt 

 a constitution and by-laws, elect of- 

 ficers, etc., for the Western New I'ork 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, on April 

 28, 1883, at Fredonia, N. Y., opening 

 at 10 o'clock a. m. All bee-keepers 

 are cordially invited to attend. Dis- 

 cussions on bee-culture, etc. Suitable 

 rooms will be provided. 



U. E. Dodge, Actinq Sec. 



^ The Tuscarawas Valley Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold their 

 next meeting in the Town Hall, Cos- 

 hocton, O., on Wednesday, May 2, at 

 10 a. m. All bee-keepers are re- 

 quested to be present. 



J. A. BucKLEW, (Sec, Clarks, O. 



1^ The spring meeting of the 

 Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held inCortland,N. Y., 

 on Tuesday, May 8, 1883. 



M. C. Bean, Sec. 



W The Iowa Central Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold their semi- 

 annual meeting at Winterset, Iowa, 

 on Friday, May 11. 1883. All inter- 

 ested in anything pertaining to bee- 

 culture are invited to attend, and 

 bring anything that will be of interest 

 to the bee fraternity. 



J. E. Pryor, Sec. 



A. J. Adkison, Pres. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICE OF AMEKICAN BEE JOURNAL. ) 



Monday, 10 a. m., April 23, 1882. S 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



Quotations of Cash Buyers. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY— The nominal price of extracted is 7c. 

 for dark and Dc. fur Itehi— here. The supply is 

 abundant and pales are wluw. 

 BEKSWAX-None in the market. 



Al. H. Newman. 923 W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— There is no excitement in the honev 

 market, but sales are fair to our regular trade. 

 Offerings are plentiful of extracted and comb 

 honey. Extracted brings 7(sjtic. on arrival. The 

 sales of comb honey are very slow, although there 

 is a large supply of tlrst-class quality on the mar- 

 ket. It brings 12(<iilHc. on arrival. 



BEES WAX— Comes in slowly and brings 20®30c 

 per lb., according lo quality. Chas. F. Muth. 



Quotations of Commission Merchants. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— The demand is light and It is not now 

 probable that all of the comb honey can be sold 

 before a new crop comes. Prices are very irregular 

 and generally low : 15(al0c. for white, and dark un- 

 salable. Extracted, very little trade is being done 

 in it. 7@iic. is about the market. 



BBKSWAX-35(a.U(!c. 



R. A. BURNETT, 161 South Water St. 



SAN KRANCISCO. 



HONE Y— Buyers are readily obtained for choice 

 comb or extracted at full figures, but off qualities 

 meet with slow sale- 

 White comb. 14i«jl7c.; dark to good. ll@13c. ; ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, 8^(gi9>^c.; dark and 

 candied. 5(5i7Hc. 

 BEBSWAX-We quote 3l-l®33c. 



STEARNS & SMITH. 423 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY— Very quiet; dull. Comb at 14®16c.— 

 some inferior sold at inc.; strained at 6H(3i7c.. ex- 

 tracted at 7^(«;-^M»c.. lots in small packages more. 



BEESVTAX— Scarce and wanted at .15c. 



W.T. ANDERSON & CO.. 1I7N. Main Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY— Is a little lower, and at the lower price 

 It has mitvedoff a little better of late, l -lb. sections 

 of best white sold at is>i;@l'*c. ; second grades. 

 X-lb., 17c.: 2-lb. sections a little slow at 17®18c. 

 Extracted very dull at u® lie. 



BEESWAX— None in market. 



A. C. KENDEI.. 115 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY— Our market is fairly active. We quote: 



i^ lb. sections at 3nc.: 1 lb. sections, 22(a.'J5c.: 2 1b. 



sections, 2n®22c. Extracted. lOc. per lb. Good 



lots 01 extracted are wanted in ke(A or barrels. 



BEESWAJC— Our supply is gone: we have none 

 to quote. 



CROCKER & BLAKE. .ST Chatham Street. 



Examine the Date following your 

 name on the wrapper label of thia 

 paper; it indicates the end of the 

 month to which you have paid your 

 subscription on the Bee Journal. 



For safety, when sending money to 

 this office get either a post office or ex- 

 press money order, a bank draft on 

 New York or Chicago, or register the 

 letter. Postage stamps of any kind 

 may be sent for amounts less than one 

 dollar. Local checks are subject to a 

 discount of 25 cents at Chicago banks. 

 American Express money orders for 

 $5, or less, can be obtained for 5 cents, 



W e wish to impress upon every one 

 the necessity of being very specific, 

 and carefully to state what they desire 

 for the money sent. Also, if they live 

 near one post office, and get their mail 

 at another, be sure to give us the ad-, 

 ress we already have on our books. 



Our Premiums for Clubs. 



Any one sending us a club of two 

 subscribers for 1 year, for the Weeklyj 

 with $4, will be entitled to a copy of 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, postpaid. 



For three subscribers, with $6, we 

 will send Cook's Manual, in paper^ 

 Emerson's Binder tor the Weekly, or 

 Apiary Register for 50 colonies. 



For four subscribers, with $8, we 

 will send Cook's Manual in cloth, or 

 Apiary Register for 100 colonies. 



For Ave subscribers, with $10, we 

 will send the Apiary Register for 20O 

 colonies, Quinby's New Bee-Keeping, 

 Root's A B C of Bee Culture, or an 

 extra copy of the Weekly Bee Joubi 

 NAL for one year. 



To get any of the above premiums 

 for the Monthly Bee Journal send 

 double the number of subscribers, and 

 the same amount of money. 



^"Mr. .Tames Heddon announces o\\ 

 another page that he cannot supply 

 any more Hives, etc., in the flat. All 

 interested should notice the adver- 

 tisement.— ^Icfu. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for 10 cts each, or $8 per 100. 



^°Do not let your numbers of the 

 Bee Journal for 1882 be lost. The 

 best way to preserve them is to pro- 

 cure a binder and put them in. They 

 are very valuable for reference. 



^" Constitutions and By-Laws for 

 local Associations $2.00 per 100. The 

 name of the Association printed in ths 

 blanks for 50 cents extra. 



