January, 1915. 



American Hee Jonrnal 



increase the consumption, stimulate 

 the demand and stiffen the price of 

 honey." Geo. W. Williams, 



Sec. Xational Beekeepers' Associatio)/. 



Short Course in Beekeeping. — The On- 

 tario Agricultural College at Guelph 

 will hold its short courses from Jan. 4 

 to March UK The short course in bee- 

 keeping will last eleven days or from 

 Jan. 12 to 23. 



National Beekeepers' Association 



\ preliminary announcement of the 

 annual convention and official meetings 

 of delegates from affiliated societies, 

 to be held at the Auditorium Hotel, 

 Denver, Colo., Tuesday, Wednesday, 

 and Thursday, Feb. IG, 17, and 18, 1915. 

 It is to be held jointly with the meet- 

 ing of the Colorado State Beekeepers' 

 Association. 



HOTEL RATES. 



Room without bath, single, $1.00 per 

 day and upwards. 



Room with bath, single, $1.50 per 

 day and upwards. 



Excellent cafe and meal service may 

 be had. The hotel is convenient to all 

 street car connections and adjacent to 

 railroads. 



The convention apparently will have 

 ample, comfortable quarters with a 

 large assembly hall, reception room, 

 committee room, etc. The reception 



room will doubtless be used as an ex- 

 hibition hall. 



NOTICE TO DELEGATES. 



The secretary has mailed to each 

 affiliated association delegates' cards, 

 to be used as credentials. It is abso- 

 lutely essential to send the original 

 direct to Mr. George W. Williams, Sec- 

 retary, Redkey, Ind., on or before 

 Feb. 1. 



The program will consist of official 

 executive meetings and of lectures, 

 demonstrations, etc. 



PROGRAM. 



Tuesday. Feb. i6. 



o-.w A.M.— Meeting called to order and or- 

 tranization of ihe convention, appointment 

 of committees, presentation of credentials, 

 report of Credentials Committee, and an- 

 nouncements and invitations. 



r;oo f.M.— President's report. 



Transaction ot business wfiich shall regu- 

 larly come before the session. 



Papers. 



8:00 P.M. — General session of the associa- 

 tion for the reading of papers and for dis- 

 cussions. 



Wednesday. Feb. n. 



q:oo A.M.— Delegates' session for the tran- 

 saction of business followed by the reading 

 of papers. 



i:oo PM.— General program, continuing the 

 reading of papers. 



8:00 p M.— Public session. At this time it 

 is hoped to provide illustrated lectures and 

 a program of general interest to the public. 

 Arrangements are in hand for this. 



Thursday. Feb. i8. 



g;oo AM.— Business session, concluding the 

 transactions of the association, followed by 

 the reading of papers. 



I :oo P.M.— Session for discussions and the 

 reading of papers to be followed by adjourn- 

 ment. 



It may be desirable to hold a special 



session in the evening forthose who do 

 not leave town that night. Special ar- 

 rangements for this will be announced 

 during the convention. 



PROGRAM OF PAPERS. 



An effort is being made to secure the 

 best talent in the country. Not all will 

 be present to read their papers, but the 

 members are assured of hearing some 

 of the most recent and worthy remarks 

 from the apicultural leaders on this 

 continent. At present, however, it is 

 merely possible to partially list these 

 papers. 



The following have promised papers 

 the nature of which is not known. 

 *Expected to be present : 



Prof. E. G. Baldwin, Deland, Fla.. 'Prof, 

 C. E. Bartholomew, Ames. Iowa. *E. J. Bax- 

 ter. Nauvoo. III.. *J. M Buchanan. Franklin, 

 Tenn.. D. H. Coggshall. 'West Groton. N, Y , 

 *E. G. Carr. New Egypt. N. J.. *C. P. Dadant. 

 Hamilton. III.. Benjamin Davis. Tennessee, 

 Edgar Elthorp. New York. *Wesley Foster, 

 Boulder, Colo., N. E. France. Platteville. 

 Wis., L. V. France. Madison. Wis.. "Prof, 

 Francis Jager. Minnesota. Allen Latham, 

 Norwich Town. Conn.. J. W. Leenhoff. 

 Porto Rico. John H Lovell, Waldboro. Me,. 

 .1. P. Merwin. New York. Prof. Frederick 

 Millen. Michigan. *Dr. E. F. Phillips. Wash- 

 ington. D. C. *Frank Rauchfuss. Denver, 

 Colo. 



The following titles have been re- 

 ceived : 



"Some Legal Phases of Beekeeping "—J. 

 G. Gustin. Missouri. 



"Breeding Bees "—Geo. B. Howe. New 

 York. 



"Inspection in Iowa "— "Frank C. Pellett, 

 Atlantic. Iowa. 



"The Production of Extracted Honey- 

 Apiary Inspection and the Disease Situa- 

 tion in Ontario"— *Prof. Morlev Pettit, of 

 Guelph. Ont. 



A FEW MEMBERRS OF THE ADERONDACK fN. Y.l BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL 



