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NO. 71. ' 



THE NOKTH A.MKRICAN CON VENTIOX. 



WENT to Detroit last week to'incet Mr. Cutting, 

 and complete the arrangements lor the coining 

 meeting of the North American Ree Keepers' 

 Association. We worked hard to find some 

 public building that could be had free of 

 fliarge, but it was simply impossible. Ni)nc of the 

 eity churches were ever used for such purposes, 

 and it seemed for awhile as though we should be 

 obliged to pay fHO for the use of a hall. At last, 

 however, we found a hall called the " Red Men's 

 Wigwam," in which an organization called the 

 "Red Men" hold their meetings. This hall will 

 comfortably seat about 2.">0 people, is well lighted, 

 carpeted, furnished, and neat and cosj', and was 

 secured for $40.00. It is located at 63 Michigan 

 Avenue, one block west of the City Hall, and just 

 across the street from the Antisdel Hotel, which 

 will be the hotel at which the society will make their 

 headquarters. The regular rates are $2.00 per day, 

 but they have given us rates at $1.2.5 per day, pro- 

 vided we will " double up " on rooms, and who ever 

 knew a bee-keeper at a convention who wanted to 

 be put off into a room all alone;:' 



We called upon Mr. G. E. King, Secretary of the 

 Mich. Railway Association, and Ave will have re- 

 duced rates in Michigan, and he said there would be 

 no doubt but that he could secure reduced rates as 

 far east as Buffalo, as far west as Chicago, and as 

 far south as Toledo. 1 am now in correspondence 

 with the secretaries of other associations, and ex- 

 pect to have reduced rates to still further points. 



As soon as the arrangements are all completed I 

 will make the announcenients in all the bee-papers, 

 and then all who intend to come can send for cer- 

 tificates. 



I am working hard to get up a good programme. 

 It is not yet complete, but I can announce the fol- 

 lowing: Reversing Combs, James Heddon; Hee 

 Pasturage, Thomas G. Newman; Marketing Honey. 

 C. F. Muth; Production of E.vtracted Honey, Chas. 

 Dadant and Son; Production of Comb Honey, G. M. 

 Doolittle; The Pollen Theory, Prof. A. J. Cook; 

 Selling and Shipping Bees by Ihe Pound. E. M. Hay- 

 hurst; Comb Foundation, John Vandervort; Win- 

 tering Bees, Ira Barber; E.vcellence or Cheapness, 

 which? A. I. Root. There are several others to 

 whom I have written, asking if they would lead in 

 the discussion upon certain subjects, and I have 

 not yet heard from them; hence I am not at 

 liberty to make any more announcements. 



Father Langstroth writes that he hopes to be 

 with us, yet he is not certain. E. J. Oatman will be 

 present, also \Vm. F. Clarke, Allen Pringle, H. R. 

 Boardman, Dr. L. C. Whiting, H. D. Cutting, Dr. 

 A. B. Mason, O. J. Hetherington, and James Ure. 

 I have written to Mr. D. A. Jones, asking him to 

 take the lead in the discussion upon the " Different 

 Races of Bees." I have also written to a large num- 

 ber, asking them if they will be pi'csent: but their 

 answers are only beginning to arrive. 



The Presidentof the Mich. Agricultural College, 

 Mr. Willitts, will be present, and welcome the so- 

 ciety to Michigan. It will be remembered that he 

 Is the one who helped Prof. Cook to get the ruling 

 that allows us to send our <iueens by mail. He will 

 give us a " rouscr." I have met hini, and I know 

 that he is capable of it. 



