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crop report this }'ear we will be in a very good way to get a 

 system started, which can be enlarged upon as time goes by. Too 

 much must not be expected at the start, but every season will 

 strengthen the system. \Mien bee-keepers realize the value to 

 them of making these reports, then and not till then will the best 

 results be obtained. 



Co-Operative Experiments in Bee-Keeping by Canadians. 



Canada, through her Provincial Apiarist, Morley Pettit, is con- 

 ducting a series of co-operative experiments in bee-keeping. The 

 plan is to first send out a circular announcing that certain experi- 

 ments are to be made, and asking those who will tr}' them out 

 according to the instructions given to fill out the blank sent them 

 and return it to Mr. Pettit. 



Instructions are then sent for carrying out the experiment 

 .^elected, together with a blank on which to make a full report in 

 the fall. 



For 1912 the following experiments will be carried out: 1 — 

 Alethod of prevention of natural swarming in extracted hone}^ pro- 

 duction by holding the colony together. 2 — Alethod of prevention 

 of natural swarming in comb honey production, by artificial shaken- 

 swarming. 3 — ^Method of prevention of natural swarming by manip- 

 ulation of hives instead of combs. 



Short Course in Bee-Keeping at Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



The annual short course in bee-keeping at the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College is offered from May 29th to June 13th, 1912, 

 to be concluded by a Convention and Field Day. The course and 

 convention is under the personal direction of Dr. Burton N. Gates, 

 in charge of the apicultural service of the College and State. 



The course includes lecture, laboratory, demonstrational, apiary 

 and field work as well as excursions to large apiaries and queen 

 rearing plants. The concluding convention should bring together a 

 hundred or more representative apiarists of the East, beside the 

 noted authorities and commercial men who appear on the program. 



The features of this convention will be lectures, demonstra- 

 tions by authorities of national reputation, as well as displays by 

 inventors, manufacturers, supply merchants, and queen rearers. 



A special invitation is extended to all bee-keepers to display and 

 demonstrate inventions, implements or methods. If table space is 

 desired, or special equipment is to be prepared, notice should be 

 sent to Dr. Burton X. Gates, Amherst, ^lass., at least two or three 

 weeks before the convention. The college will provide covered 

 tables for the exhibit. 



