THE AMERICAJ^ BEE JOURNAL. 



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Western Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The first annual meeting of the 

 Western Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Independence, Mo., 

 Sept. 20 and 21, 1883. The association 

 being situated in the centre of one of 

 the best honey-producing sections of 

 the country, and easy of access from 

 all parts of the country, it is desirous 

 that as many bee-keepers as can pos- 

 sibly attend will meet with us, and 

 help to make it as interesting and en- 

 joyable as circumstances will permit. 

 In connection with the general busi- 

 ness of such meetings, the members 

 of the association have made arrange- 

 ments for a Bee and Honey Fair, free 

 to the world. Tlie following prem- 

 iums are offered. Members of the as- 

 sociation will not compete for prem- 

 iums offered by itself. 



Bv the Association. 



Best display of honey (comb and 

 extracted ) not less than 20 lbs. 

 of each, in marketable shape. $25 00 



Best 25 lbs. of comb honey 10 00 



" " " extracted " 10 00 



Best queen, with her bees 10 00 



Best display of apiarian imple- . 

 ments, including all the prin- 

 ciple fixtures used in the 

 apiary 15 00 



Special Premiums free to all. 



By the business men of Independ- 

 ence : Best 50 lbs. of comb honey in 

 the best marketable shape, $.i0.00. 



By the Sentinel: Best package of 

 comb honey not over 2 lbs., one year's 

 subscription. 



Judges not members of the associa- 

 tion : All articles for display or 

 jjremiums must be entered on the 

 first day of the meeting. 



Parties from a distance, who may 

 wish, can consign their goods to either 

 of the members of the committee. 

 The members of the association will 

 do their very best to provide enter- 

 tainment for all persons who may 

 visit us. J. D. Meadok, 



L. W. Baldwin, 

 C. M. Ckandall, 

 James A. Jones, 

 P. Baldwin. 



Committee. 



1^ The next meeting of the Tus- 

 carawas Valley Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Newcomers- 

 town, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 

 commencing at 10a. m. All interested 

 are cordially invited to come and 

 bring anytliiiig for exhibition that 

 will interest bee-keepers. 



J. A. Bl'Ckiew, Pres. 

 Claiks, Ohio. 

 Herbert Denman, Sec. 



Coshocton, Ohio. 



Bee Pasturage a »cessit).— We have 

 just issued a new pamphlet giving our 

 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illiistiHled with 26 en- 

 gravings, and will be sent postpaid to 

 any address for 10 cents. 



^p^tcial Notices. 



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 oflice 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- 

 dress we already have on our books. 



How to Create a Market for Honey. 



We have now published another 

 edition of the pamphlet on "Honey as 

 Food and Medicine," with more new 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price still lower, 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 5 

 cents, postpaid ; per dozen, 40 cents ; 

 per hundred, $2.50. 500 will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00, or 1,000 for 

 $15.00. On orders of 100 or more, 

 we will print, if desired, on the 

 cover-page, " Presented by," etc., 

 (giving the name and address of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and expense — enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 

 Try it, and you will be surprised. 



Subscription Credits. — We do not 

 acknowledge receipt of each subscrip- 

 tion by letter. The label on your 

 paper, or on the wrapper, shows the 

 date to which your subscription is 

 paid. When you send us money, if 

 the proper credit is not given you, 

 within two weeks thereafter, on your 

 label, notify us by postal card. Do 

 not wait for montlis or years, and 

 then claim a mistake. The subscrip- 

 tion is paid to the end of the month 

 indicated on the wrapper-label. This 

 gives a statement of account every 

 week. 



Trial Trip— 25 Cents. 



As the season for Fairs has arrived, 

 and wishing to be able to reach several 

 thousands of the old-fashioned bee- 

 men, and by the aid of the Bee 

 Journal to lift them up to higher 

 ground, adopting newer methods and 

 progressive ideas, we make the follow- 

 ing very liberal offer : We will send 

 the Weekly Bee Journal iftree months 

 on trial, for 25 cejits. In order to pay 

 for getting up Clubs, we will give a 

 copy of Fisher's Grain Tables, or 

 Scribner's Lumber and Log Book, to 

 any one who will send us five trial 

 subscriptions (with $1.25) ; for a club 

 of ten we will give a cloth copy of Bees 

 and Honey ; for a club of 15, a cloth 

 copy of the 7th edition of Cook's Man- 

 ual of the Apiary ; for a club of 25, we 

 will present both the Manual and Bees 

 and Honey. If any one wants these 

 Books for nothing, here is on excel- 

 lent opportunity to get them for a 

 little exertion. 



The Apiary Register. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies 220 pages 1 50 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 2 00 



The larger ones can be used for a 

 few colonies, give room for an increase 

 of numbers, and still keep the record 

 all together in one book, and are there- 

 fore the most desirable ones. 



Preparation of Honey for the Mar- 

 ket, including the production and care 

 of both comb and extracted honey 

 instructions on the exhibition of bees 

 and honey at Fairs, etc. This is a 

 new 10 cent pamphlet, of 32 pages. 



1^ Do not send coins in a letter. It 

 is dangerous and increases the postage 

 unnecessarily. Always send postage 

 stamps, for fractions of a dollar, and, 

 if you can get them— orie-ceni stamps; 

 if not, any denomination of postage 

 stamps will do. 



Special Notice.— We will, hereafter, 

 supply the Weekly Bee Journal 

 for one year, and the seventh edition 

 of Prof. Cook's Manual of the Apiary, 

 bound in fine cloth, for $2.75, or the 

 Monthly Bee Journal, and the Manual 

 in cloth for $1.75. As this offer will 

 soon be withdrawn, those who desire 

 it should send for the book at once. 



