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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



placed at the side, the incomplete part 

 of the box will come between the com- 

 pleted side and the brood comb. It 

 will be readily seen that such boxes 

 would be much more readily filled at 

 the sides than would such as were 

 placed at the sides empty and filled as 

 they usually will be first, nearest the 

 combs and completed at the back. I 

 have no objection to all being finished 

 at the top, but the efl'ort with us was 

 to get the bees fully occupied in the 

 quickest possible way in as many 

 boxes as we expected them to finish. 



L. C. Root. 



Mohawk, N. Y. 



QUESTION BY I., C. ROOT. 



Will Prof. Hasbrouck please answer : 

 What are the particular conditions 

 which enable him to be so successful 

 in fertilizing- queens in confinement, 

 when beekeepers are so generally un- 

 successful? 



I have experimented largely in dif- 

 ferent ways, and have never been suc- 

 cessful in a single instance. 



Mohawk, N. Y. 



to accompany us. Let us have the 

 largest attendance that ever assembled 

 at one of these conventions and great 

 good will come to apiculturists as the 

 result. 



Till-: NORTHKASTKRN CONVENTION. 



The fifteenth annual convention of 

 the Northeastern Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held in the City Hall in 

 the city of Syracuse, N. Y., on the 

 22nd, 23rd, and 24th of January, 1884. 



This will be the largest and most in- 

 teresting convention of beekeepers 

 ever held in America. Many of the 

 most scientific apiarists in the country 

 will take part in the discussions. 



The program is completed and 

 comprises all the important topics of 

 the day. 



The question box will be opened 

 each day and the questions discussed. 

 All are invited to send in questions. 



Implements and articles for exhibi- 

 tion will be received and properly ar- 

 ranged. Such articles sh<mld be sent 

 to the secretary with transportation 

 charges paid. 



Five hundred beekeepers are ex- 

 pected to be in attendance. It will 

 pay any beekeeper to go one thousand 

 miles to listen to the discussions. 



Reduced rates of board at hotels 

 have been secured. All are invited. 



Geo. W. House, Sedy. 

 W. E. Clark, Pres. 



CON VENTl y NO TES. 



We take great pleasure in calling the 

 attention ol our readers to the following 

 notice of the Northeastern Beekeepers' 

 convention as giv- n by the secretary, 

 Mr. House. 



As we have been an active member 

 of that association for years, we can 

 truthfully say that when it speaks it 

 speaks for the interest of the bee- 

 keepers. 



Its members, the pupils of the hon- 

 ored and lamented Quinby imbued 

 with his spirit and following in his 

 footsteps, carry out the measures 

 which he so desired to complete, but 

 tenderly intrusted to others, when he 

 fell asleep. 



Questions of great importance will 

 be brought up for consideration and 

 we urge all who can to attend the 

 meeting. We hope to be present and 

 Mr. Alley of Wenham, Mass., expects 



SOUTH EASTERN MICH. BEEKEEPERS 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The annual meeting of this Associa- 

 tion will be held at Ailrian, in Plym- 

 outh church chapel, Jan. 23, 1884. 



H D. Cutting, Preset. 

 H. C. Markham, Secy. 



The secretary of the New Jersey and 

 eastern convention kindly sends us re- 

 ports of their late meeting, but lack of 

 space forbids its insertion. Many mat- 

 ters of interest were brought up and dis- 

 cussed and several interesting papers 

 read which we hope at a future time to 

 be able to give to our readers. 



On account of the mass of material 

 which is piled on our desk we must 

 omit the reports of the Northwestern 



