ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS. 



[From the Illinois state Journal.] ■' 



The Apiarists of Illinois are to be congratulated on the prompt 

 publication of the annual report of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association for 1892. The report, makes an attractive neatly printed 

 volume of nearly two hundred pages, and the contents reflect credit 

 upon the practical experience of the editor and the members ■of the 

 association. 



Their report contains information that should be in the hands of 

 tvery bee-keeper in the State, as follows : 



Constitution and by-laws, act of last legislature in favor of^the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, articles of incorporatjoiir^^fl'i^ 

 of members, minutes of all the meetii^s since organized and the affili- 

 ation of North Western with minutes of its proceedings, discussion of all 

 the important subjects relating to. apiculture, by prominent Apiarists, 

 all the acts of the Bee-Keepers' Union, decisions of the supreme court, 

 in cases against bee-keepers' ; a short work on bee keeping which if 

 followed is comprehensive enough for any amateur. 



Any person wishing to become a member of the Illinois State 

 Bee- Keepers' Association and thereby receive the benefits to which 

 members are entitled as well as the next annual report can do so by 

 sending name and address and membership fee of |i 00 to the Secre- 

 tary JAMES A. STONE, Bfadfordton, 111. 



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