THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Convention Notices. 



1^ The Mahoning Valley bee-keep- 

 ers will hold their 13tli 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, 

 children, and a well-Hlled lunch basket. 

 We expect a grand meeting. 



L. Carson, Pres. 



H. A. Simon, Sec. pro tern. 



^g" Thesemi-annual meeting of the 

 Western Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Independence, Jackson 

 County, Mo., on Saturday, April 2S, 

 1883, at 10 a. m. Papers prepared for 

 the occasion by the president, sec- 

 retary and others will 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 1!,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. \V. Baldwin, of Inde- 

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

 Salsbury, Kansas City, Mo., Treasurer. 

 The Association passed a resolution 

 to invite all bee-keepers within a con- 

 venient distance, to meet with us at 

 our next meeting and lend us their 

 councils. Adjourned, to meet again 

 at Independence, on tlie last Saturday 

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

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

 Crandall, Committee. 



1^ 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. 



r. 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. VV. Demaree, Sec. 



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 York 

 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, Aclinq Sec. 



1^ 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 in Cortland, N. Y., 

 on Tuesday, May 8, 1883. 



M. C. Bean, Sec. 



i^ 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. Pbyor, Sec. 



A. J. Adkison, Pres. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of American Bee Journal. \ 

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



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 ia 7c. 

 for dark and Oc. for lieht— here. The supply is 

 abundant and sales are slow. 



BEESWAX— None in the market. 



AL. H. New.man. a-a W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— There is no excitement In the honey 

 market, but sales are fair to our regular trade. 

 OITerint-'s are plentiful of extracted and comb 

 huiiey. K.xtracted brinjjs 7@l)c. on arrival. The 

 sales i>f coTiih honey are very slow, although there 

 is a lar^e supply of llrst-class quality on the mar- 

 ket. It briiiKs l"2(a<18c. on arrival. 



BEES WAX— Comes in slowly and brings iOQSOc 

 per lb., according to quality. Chas. V. MUTH. 



QtiotailoiiB of CommlBSlon 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{al6c.for white, and dark un- 

 salable. Extracted, very little trade is being done 

 in it. 7@9c. is about the market. 



BEESWAX-35IS3BC. 



R. A. BURNETT. 161 South Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONE Y— Buyers are readily obtained for choice 

 comb or extracted at full Sgures, but off qualities 

 meet with slow sale. 



White comb, I4(<iil7c.: dark to good. 11@I3C.; ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, 8>6@9^c. ; dark and 

 candied, T-^l^^c. 



BEESWA.\-We quote 30a;33c. 



Stbarns & SMITH, 423 Front Street. 



8T. liODIS. 



HONEY— Very quiet; dull. Comb atUOiec- 

 some inferior sold at 10c. : strained at fihj^7c.. ex- 

 tracted at 7Mi(ii8Hc., lots in small packages more. 



BEES WAX— Scarce and wanted at 35c. 



W. T. ANDERSON & Co.. 117 N. Main Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



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

 it has movednfTa little betterof late. 1-lb. sections 

 of best white sold at I8!.a(rt-l9c. : second grades, 

 l-!b., 17c.; 2-lb. sections a little slow at 17@18c. 

 Extracted very dull at y@llc. 



BEESWAX— None in market. 



A. C. KENDKL. 11.5 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY— Our market is fairly active. \Ve quote: 



li! lb. sections at 30c.: 1 lb. sections, ■JJlg.-'.^c. ; 2 lb. 



sections, l'o(,_i.-jjc. Extracted, loc. per lb. Good 



lots ot extracted are wanted in kegs or barrels. 



BEESWAX-Our supply is gone; we have none 

 to quote. 



CROCKER 4 BLAKE. 57 Chatham Street. 



Special 1|oticcs. 



Examine the Date following your 

 name on the wrapper label of this 

 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. 



We 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. 



Onr Premiums for Clubs. 



Any one sending us a club of two 

 subscribers for 1 year, for the Weekly, 

 with $4, will be entitled to a copy or 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, postpaid. 



For three subscribers, with $6, we 

 will send Cook's Manual, in paper, 

 Emerson's Binder for 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 five subscribers, with |10, we 

 will send the Apiary Register for 200 

 colonies, Quinby's New Bee-Keeping, 

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

 extra copy of the Weekly Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year. 



To get any of the above premiuma 

 for the Monthly Bee Journal send 

 double the number of subscribers, an^ 

 the same amount of money. 



r. .Tames Heddon announces on 

 another page that he cannot supply 

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

 interested should notice the adver-i 

 tisement. — Adv. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

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



ij^ 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. 



1^" Constitutions and By-Laws for 

 local Associations $2.00 per 100. The 

 name of the Association printed in the 

 blanks for 50 cents extra. 



