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winter clustering space. In the strong colony the brood nest will be 

 several times larger than the winter clustering space and several frames 

 may be filled from end to end. It is, of course, a recognized fact that 

 strong colonies in the spring are able to build up strong for the honey 

 flow. 



In the northern states bees are often removed from the cellar and placed 

 in exposed locations where the north and west winds sweep over them, 

 causing a loss of temperature which can only be made up by extra work 

 on the part of the bees and a consequent loss of energy which should be 

 conserved for a greater expansion of the brood nest. The month of 

 April is nearly always cold and the night temperatures frequently drop 

 to near the freezing point. Whenever a cold wet spring occurs the bees 

 have great difficulty in building up and always reach the honey flow 

 in poor condition unless protected. 



MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 



The members of the Section on Apiculture now in session at Toronto do hereby re- 

 solve: 



That whereas Mr. F. W. L. Sladen, the late Dominion Apiculturist who was prom- 

 inent in Scientific Research work in Apiculture, and 



Whereas Mr. Sladen met his sudden death while carrying on research work in 

 apiculture, and 



Whereas the late Mr Sladen and his work were well known to most of the members 

 of this Association, that the Secretary of this Section convey to the members of the 

 late Mr. Sladen' s family the sympathy of this Section. 



Section of Horticultural Inspection 



Friday, December jo, 1921 



The meeting of the Section of Horticultural Inspection of the American 

 Association of Economic Entomologists was called to order at 10:00 

 A. M., December 30, 1921, at the University of Toronto by the Chair- 

 man, Mr. A. G. Ruggles of St. Paul, Minnesota. 



Chairman Ruggles: The fiist paper on the program is an address 

 by the Chairman. 



ADDRESS OF CHAIRMAN 



By A. G. Ruggles, St. Paul, Minn. 



For a horticultural inspector from the Middle West to address a 

 meeting of this kind seems more or less prestmiptuous. In Minnesota 

 we have very little of the real inspection work to occupy our attention. 



