1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



479 



A Stingfing^ Reply. 



(In four parts.) 



Part 1 — " By jove, this must be the very 

 place where Miss Constance said she would 

 leave the message that would seal my fate." 



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Part 3— "Ah, yes; I can identify the tree 

 by the characters upon it. The letter must 

 be inside." 



Part 3—" To be or not to be ?— that is the 

 question." 



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ConTentiOD l^otices. 



California.— The next meeting of the Tu- 

 lare County Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held in Vlsalla, Aug. 14, 1895. All interested 

 are invited. J. E. Yoong, Sec. 



Visalia, Calif. 



Texas.— The Texas State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation *ill meet at Greenville, Tex., Aug. 

 21 and 22, 1895. Good premiums are offered 

 for best exhibits. All are invited to attend. 



Deport, Tex. W, H. White, Sec. 



Illinois. — The annual meeting of the 

 Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at the residence of O. Taylor, in 

 Harlem, 111., on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1895. All 

 are cordially Invited. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



New MUtord, 111. 



Tennessee.— The next annual meeting of 

 the East Tennessee Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at Mulberry Gap, Tenn., on 

 August 16. 1895. The members are urged to 

 attend and all bee-keepers are invited to be 

 present. H.F Coleman, See. 



SneedvlUe, Tenn. 



Wisconsin.— The Southwestern Wisconsin 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its next 

 meeting at Plattevllle, Wis., Oct. 8 and 9, 

 1895. "Come, every one." Don't get dis- 

 couraged if we haven't got a crop of honey. 

 We will have a good time at Plattevllle, just 

 the same Bring your wives and daughters 

 with you. Many interesting subjects will be 

 discussed. M. M. EiCE. Sec. 



Boscobel. Wis. 



Wants or Excliaiiges. 



This department Is only for your " Wants " 

 or bona-flde " Exchanges," and such will be 

 Inserted here at 10 cents a Hue tor each 

 time, when specially ordered into this depart- 

 ment. Exchanges for cash or for price-lists, 

 or notices offering articles for sale, will not 

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 advertising columns, at regular rates. 



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 Organ. F. C. Morrow, 



27Att Wallaceburg, Ark. 



TO EXCHANGE— Lossing's "Civil War in 

 America" (3 vols.i, for Honey. Address, 

 J. C. York, Alliance, Ohio. 



Mai-lcet Ciarden. — The June number 

 of the ■• Market Garden,"' published by the 

 Market Garden Co., Minneapolis, Minn, is 

 a special number on the construction of 

 vegetable greenhouses. Anyone interested 

 in this industry may have a sample copy 

 free by mentioning this paper. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



Opficbrs for 1895. 



Pres.— R. F. Holtermann Brantford, Ont 



Vice-Pres.- L. D. Stilson York, Nebr. 



Secretary.- W. Z. Hutchinson... Flint, Mich. 

 Treasurer.— J. T. Calvert Medina, Ohio. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union, 



PREbiDENT— Hon. R. L. Taylor. .Lapeer. Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



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