DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 



Vol. XIX. 



Chicago, 111., December 26, 1883. 



No. 52. 



THE WEEKLY EDITION 





i^" The contents of this number 

 being nicluded in the general indexes 

 to the volume, found on pages 675 to 

 678, we omit the usual index here. 



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CLUBBLVG LIST FOR 1884. 



1^ This Number ■will complete 

 the volume of the Weekly Bee Jour- 

 nal for 1883. We would respectfully 

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 renew at once for 1884. i$y sending 

 on the subscriptions at once, it will 

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Local Convention Directory. 



1884. Time and place of Meeting. 



Jan. 6.— Nebraska State, at Lincoln, Neb. 



M.L. Trester, Sec. 



Jan. S.— De Moines Co., at Middleton. Iowa. 



Jan. 8.— Cortland Union, at Cortland, N. Y. 



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



Jan. 8-10.— Eastern New York, at Albany, N. Y. 

 S. Vrooman, Fres. 



Jan. 9.— Central Illinois, at Bloomington, III. 



Jas. Poindexter, Sec. 



Jan. 10.— Champlttin Valley, at Mlddleburg, Vt. 

 J. E. Crane, Pres. 



Jan. 14, 15, 16.— Ohio State, at Columbus. O. 



C. M. Kingsbury, Sec. 



Jan. 15, IG.— Indiana State, at Indianapolis, Ind. 

 F. L. Dougherty. Sec. 



Jan. 15, iG.- N.W.Illa..&S.W.Wis..atFreeport. 

 J. Stewart, Sec, Uuck City, 111. 



Jan. 1(5, 17.— N.K. Ohio, and N. W.Pa.. at Jefferson,0. 

 C. H. Coon, Sec, New J*yme, Ohio. 



Jan. 22-24.— Northeastern, at Syracuse, N. Y. 



Geo. W. Uou»e, Sec, Fuyetteville. N. Y. 



Jan 23.— S. E. Mich., at Adrian, Mich. 



H. C. Markham, Sec. 

 April 18.— Iowa Central, at Winterset, Iowa. 



J. E. Pryur. Sec. 



Oct. 11, 12.— Northern Mich., at Alma, Mich. 



F. A. Palmer, Sec, McBrlde, Mich. 



Dec. 10, 11.— Michigan State, at Lansing. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



%W In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



We will supply the American Kee (Tonrnal 

 one year, and any of the following Books, at the 

 prices quoted in the last column of flKures. The 

 first column (fives the resrular price of both. AH 

 postaKO prepaid. 



Price of both. OUtb 

 The Weekly Bee Journal, |2 00.. 



and Cook's Manual, 7th editiontin cloth) 3 25.. 3 76 

 Cook's Manu:il. (In pnper covers)... .3 09.. 2 M 

 Bees and Honey (T.G.NewmMnjcIoth 'i 75. . 2 5tf 



Bees and Honey (paper covers) 2 50.. 2 25 



Binder for Weeklv Bee Journal 2 75.. 2 SO 



Apiary Kegister for 2O0 colonies 4 00. . 3 60 



Dzierzon'a New Bee Book (cloth) 4 00.. 3 00 



Dzierzon's New Book (paper covers) 3 50*. . 2 75 



Quinby's New Bee-Keoping 3 50. . 3 2& 



Langstroth'B Standard Work.... 4 00 . 3 75 



Root's A B C of Bee Culture (cloth) 3 25. . 3 00 



Alley's Queen Bearing 3 00.. 2 75 



Scribner'8 Lumber and Log Book. ... 2 35. . 2 35 



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40.. 2 25 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 30.. 4 25 



Honey as Food <S:Medlcine,100 Copies 6 00.. 5 50 



Blessed Bees 2 75.. 2 50 



King's Text Book 3 00. . 2 74 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 



and Gleanings inBee-Culture( A.I. Root) 3 00.. 2 75 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine (A.J.King). 3 00. . 2 75 



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.Hill) 2 50.. 2 35 



Kansas Bee-Kecper 3 00.. 2 75 



The Apiculturist, (Silas M. Locke) . . 3 00. . 2 75 



New Eng. Apiarian, (W.W.Merrill).. 2 75.. 2 50 



British Bee Journal 3 75.. 3 00 



The 8 above-named papers 9 00.. 7 25 



The Menthly Bee «Journal and any of th« 



above, *i less than the figures In the last column. 



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