February, 1!M4. 



American T^ee Journal j 



ing. I took out my pocket-knife and 

 attempted to scratch the moss out of 

 the indentations formed by the in- 

 scriptions, in order to decipher them 

 She smiled at my feeble attempts, and 

 grabbing a bunch of leaves in her 

 wrinkled but powerful hands she vig- 

 orously rubbed the moss off the face 

 of the stones and uncovered very 

 quickly the inscriptions. Five of my 

 ancestors were there, and the grave of 

 my grand-father bore the Latin words : 



" /'ransii/ bi'in-l'iuifiitlo" (He passed 

 doing good). A motto to be proud of! 

 It was correctly applied too, evidently, 

 for every old woman' to wlioni we 

 spoke in the village, had only praise for 

 his memory. My cousin from Paris 

 had come to meet us there, and we to- 

 gether seeked and renewed all the old 

 memories of our school vacation days. 

 My next description will carry us 

 farther south and a little more among 

 the bees. 



Kk;. = 



-Fountain at the the foot of the wall near whicli Charles Dadant kept hi 

 bees 55 years ago. 



Convention Proceedings 



The National Convention 



The annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Beekeepers' Association will 

 convene at the Planters Hotel in St. 

 Louis, Mo., Feb. 17, 18 and 19, 19U. The 

 first session will be held Feb. 17 at 10 

 o'clock a.m. A large hall and office 

 rooms have been provided at the hotel. 



The following rates on the European 

 plan have been granted to the beekeep- 

 ers and their friends : 



For one person, rooms without bath, 

 $1.50 to $2.00 per day. Rooms with 

 bath, $2.50 to $5.00 per day. 



For two persons, rooms without bath, 

 $2..50 to $3.00 per day. Rooms with 

 bath, $3.50 to $7.00 per day. For each 

 person over two in a room, $1.00 addi- 

 tional. 



The Planters Hotel fs one of the 

 finest in the city, and guests will be 

 nicely taken care of. 



It is hoped that this convention may 

 prove one of our old-style gatherings, 

 where we meet many of our old friends 

 and make many new ones. All meet- 

 ings will be open to all the beekeepers 

 who come, whether members of the 

 association or not. Let the beekeepers 

 rally and make this a rousing gather- 

 ing like we had in 1004, during the St. 

 Louis Exposition. Bring your wife 



and daughters. St. Louis will try to 

 make it pleasant for all. There will be 

 rooms in the hall for exhibits, if any 

 manufacturers or beekeepers wish to 

 show, or adjoining rooms can be had, 

 if desired. Robt. A. Holekamp, 



/Vf.s. .SV. /.()«/.( Becti-el'crs lliih. 



Prelimin.^ry Program. 



A number of vital and important 

 problems confront the association for 

 action. Every affiliated society should, 

 if possible, be represented by a dele- 

 gate; otherwise send communications 

 and instructions to the secretary. 



The program following is prelimi- 

 nary and is subject to change. An ef- 

 fort has been made, however, to secure 

 the very best talent available in this 

 country and abroad : 



TUESDAV. FEERIARV. 17. 



i):3o AM. -ODeninu session. Seating of offi- 

 cial delegates Apiiointment of committees 

 as well as routine business will be prose- 

 cuted in due form. 



"Suggestions for the Betterment of the 

 ' National ' "—Editor E. D. Townsend. North- 

 star, Mich. 



I :oo p M.— Session for discussions. Since 

 the program is constantly growing, final ar- 

 rangements are not yet possible. The pa- 

 pers offered are therefore grouped and list- 

 ed below. 



-•,00 P.M.— Business session. 



8:oo P.M.— Lectures with the lantern. 



Wednesday. Kehriarv. i8. 



Qoo A.M.— Business session. with!papers as 

 time will permit. 

 1.30 P.M. —Short business session. 

 2:00 P.M. — Discussions and papers. 

 7:00 P.M. — Business session. 

 8:00 P.M. —Lectures. 



Thursday, February ig. 



9:00A.M. — Business session, followed by 

 as many iiapers as may prove possible. 



2:00 P. .M —Closing session. Final adjourn- 

 ment is subject to the business program, 



I'ROGRA.M 01- Papers and CONTRtBUTIONS 



SuiiiECT TO Arrangement— Aptcui.- 

 TURAi. Education and Promotion. 



" rhe Question of Apicnitural Education " 

 —Prof. Morley Peltit. Guelph. Ont. 



" Developing the Industry ■'- .Mr. Fraiik C. 

 Pellett. Atlantic. Iowa. 



"Modern Business Methods Applied to 

 Beekeeping ' — Mr. K. B. Cavanagh. Hebron. 



I"d ., ., 



"Organization of the Beekeepers —Mr. 

 Jenncr E. Morse, Saginaw. Mich. 



The Queen Business. , 



"Direct Introduction of Queens "—Mr. J. 

 M. Buchanan. Franklin. Tenn. 



"Seleciive Breeduig " — Mr. Geo. B. Howe. 

 Black River, N. Y. 



Beekeeping by Localities. 



"New lersey Beekeeping"— Prof. T. J. 

 Headlee, .New Brunswicli. N. ,T. 



" Honey Resources of New Jersey "-Mr. 

 E. G. Carr, New Egypt, N. J. : 



"California Beekeeping— Up and Down 10 

 Ijate"— Mr. J. D. Bi.\by. Covina, Calif. 



"Beekeeping in Southern California '— 

 Mr Homer Mathewson. Binghamton, N. \. 



"History of Beekeeping in California "- 

 Mr. I. E. Pleasants. Orange. Calif, 



■ IJevelopment of Apiculture in Oregon 

 -Prof. H. b. Wilson. Coivallis, Oreg. 



"Beekeeping in Europe"— Mr. C. P. Da- 

 dant. Hamilton. HI. , „, . 



• Making a Market for 500 Cars of Western 

 Honey"— Mr. Weslev Foster. Boulder. Colo. 



Wintering. 



" Building the Perfect Bee Cellar"— Mr. E. 

 S. Miller. Valparaiso, Ind. ,, 



"Humidity in the Wintering of Bees —Dr. 

 E. F. Phillips, Washington, D. C. 



Special and General Subjects. 



" Restoring the Soil Fertility and Produc- 

 ing Honey "—Dr. H. A. Surface. Harrisburg, 

 Pa 



"The Secretion of Nectar"— Dr. F. W. L. 

 Sladen, Ottawa,. Canada. 



Subject to be announced— Mr. J. J. Ander- 

 son. Salem. Idaho, , ,, , , ^ . 



" Moving Bees from the North to the South 

 for Increase ' — Mr. E. R. Root. Medina. Ohio. 



" Beekeeping as a Money Making Proposi- 

 tion "— I. J. Wilder. Cordele, Ga. 



Subject to be announced— Prof. Wilmon 

 Newell. College Station, Tex. 



"Automatic Recording Instrument "—Prof. 

 C. E. Sasborn. Stillwater, Okia, 



The sessions are open to the public. 

 Business sessions, however, are partici- 

 pated in by delegates. 



Burton N. Gates, Chairman. 



Amherst, Mass., Jan. 15. 



Iowa State Beekeepers' Convention 



The Iowa State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion met at the Saverv Hotel in Des 

 Moines on Dec. 10, 11 and 12. The 

 parlor which was placed at the dis- 

 posal of the association, proved hardly 

 sufficient. So large was the attendance 

 at some of the sessions that even the 

 door was obstructed, and the officers 

 contemplated securing larger quarters. 

 We can give but an abridged report of 

 the meeting, which could fill an entire 

 number of the .\merican Bee Journal. 



The address of the President, Frank 

 C. Pellett, called attention to the fact 

 that Iowa is one of the best honey- 

 producing States, outranking Colorado, 

 and that it may some day rank first. 



