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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



May 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Editor American Bee-keepeb: Many inquiries 

 have been received by the Executive (!ommittee of 

 the National Bee-keepers" Association regarding 

 the time and place for holding the next convention 

 of the Association. The reply has generally been 

 that Buffalo, N.Y.. would be the place of meeting; 

 but until this morning (April 17th) the date of 

 meeting has not been settled upon. 



On March 2 the Secretary of the American Pomo- 

 logical Society wrote President Root in part as 

 follows: 



"As bee-keepers and fruit-growers have many 

 interests in common which could be considered 

 and discussed with mutual profit, our Executive 

 Committee has instructed me to extend to your 

 Association a cordial invitation to hold a joint 

 meeting at some time during our session, the exact 

 time to be decided later by correspondence. 



At this meeting we would siiegest tliat the sub- 

 jects of discussion center round the general topic 

 of the mutual relations of bee-keeping and fruit- 

 growing, . . which can be briefly treated by 

 speakers selected in advance from among our 

 prominent bee-men and fruit-men, . . in order 

 that a better understanding of these mutual rela- 

 tions may be reached. . . It has been suggested 

 that a considerable portion of fruit-growers do not 

 yet appreciate the preponderance of the benefit de- 

 rived. It is felt that a full public discussion of the 

 subject would, therefore, result in good to both 

 industries." 



Realizing, as the Executive Committee did, that 

 this was a golden opportunity for presenting the 

 bee-keepers' side of the subject to the represjnta- 

 tive men of the fruit-growing industry, the invita- 

 tion of the Pomological Society was at once accept- 

 ed by the Com-uittee in behalf of the As.sociatioh. 



We have had to delay the fixing of the date for 

 our Convention until the Pomological Society had 

 fi-xed their time of meeting. Our Convention will 

 be held on the lOth, 11th and lith of Sei)teniber 

 next, comuiencing on Tuesday evening the lOtli. 



We were at first undecided as to place of meet- 

 ing, hoping that the G. A. R. would mtet at Den- 

 ver, Col. : but when it decided to meet at Cleve- 

 land, and we received the invitation of the Pomo- 

 logical Society, we felt that we ought not to miss 

 such a splendid chance to enlighten some of them 

 on the relation of bees to horticulture; and, by 

 meeting at Buffalo, the York State and Canadian 

 bee-keepers would be witliin easy reach of the 

 place ot meeting; so we at once fixed on Buffalo as 

 ihe most desirable place. 



It has been decided not to have any papers or 

 essays, but to rely wholly on the question-box to 

 bring out the best and most important matters for 

 discussion, so that any one not being able to be at 

 the Convention, having any qu3stion O' questions 

 they may wish to have discussed, can send them to 

 the Secretary at any time. 



The Committee has taken the liberty to request 

 the Secretary of the Ontario Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion to ask tlie members of that .Association who 

 may attend the meeting at Buffalo, to bring their 

 badges with them and wear them at our sessions, 

 whether they are members of our Association or 

 not, so that we may feel more as one, and know 

 who our progressive neighbors are. 



Information regarding place of meeting, enter- 

 tainment and railroad rates will be given as soon 

 as decided upon. Don't be in a hurry about secur- 

 ing a sleeping-place during the Convention. There 

 is plenty of time, and later on better rates can be 

 secured: but if you are in a hurry, write to the 

 Young Men's Christian Association and don't be 

 bled by " sharks." 



A. B. Mason, Sec, Sta. B, Toledo, O. 



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"Attend conventions whenever distance 

 and means render this possible." 



"Enthusiasm is very desirable, if not an 

 absolute requisite to successful apiculture." 



Mr. A. J. Burns, of Black Moun- 

 tain, Cal., writes encouragingly of 

 the prospects for a honey-crop in 

 his section of the State — San Diego 

 County. 



Taking all things into considera- 

 tion, Mr. Doolittle has decided that 

 he prefers to live and keep bees in 

 New York State rather than Ar- 

 kansas; and has therefore returned 

 to the old stand. 



