THE BEE-KEEPERS- REVIEW 59 



The Eastern Massachusetts Bee-Keepers' Association will hold 

 the fourth meeting of l!)l;j-14 series on Saturday, February ^, at 7 

 o'clock p. m. at Ford Hall, Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass. Busi- 

 ness: Adoption of new constitution. Burton N. Gates, Ph. L)., In- 

 spector of Apiaries of Massachusetts, will be the speaker. A full 

 attendance is desired. 



Leslie A, M. Stewart, Secretary-Treasurer. 





PRELIMINARY PROGRAM 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association Convention, St. Louis, Mo., Feb- 

 ruary 17, 18, 19, 1914. 



The headquarters of the National Bee- Keepers' Association Con- 

 vention will be the Planters Hotel, where the meetings will be held. 

 Rooms, $1.2.5 and up. Under date of January 10th, Manager Walker, 

 of the Planters Hotel, wrote Secretary Tyrrell in part as follows: 



We have two assembly rooms on our parlor iioor, one with a 

 seating capacity of eight hundred, and the other with a seating capac- 

 ity of three hundred; also any number of smaller rooms that may be 

 used for committee meetings, secretary's office, etc. Any or all of 

 these we can place at your disposal free of charge, provided the 

 Planters Hotel is selected as headquarters for this meeting. 



"Our rates for your delegates will be as follows : 



Rooms for one person without bath $1.50 to $2.00 per day 



Rooms for one person with bath 2.50 to 5.00 " " 



Rooms for two persons without bath 2.50 to 3.00 " 



Rooms for two persons with bath 3.^10 to 7.00 " 



For each person over two in a room 1.00 additional. 



"We do not in any manner operate on the American plan, but we 

 serve table d'hote meals at the following prices: Breakfast, 75c.; 

 luncheon, 60c.; dinner, $1.00; club breakfast, 30c. to $L00. 



"Laclede, Market and Eighteenth street cars passing Union Sta- 

 tion will bring you right to the door of the hotel." 



Those wishing hotel reservations may request the Secretary, Mr. 

 E. B. Tyrrell, 214 Hammond Building, Detroit, Mich., to assist them. 



Some of the peculiar features of this convention may be outlined. 

 Arrangements are pending for the use of the new moving picture film 

 relating to bee-keeping. The showing of this film will possibly be in 

 a moving picture theater. 



An attempt is being made to procure ample space for displays of 

 manufacturers, dealers and inventors of new appliances. Those in- 

 tending to make displays should communicate with the Secretary. 



The meetings of the convention will be divided as found requisite, 

 devoting time to the reading of the numerous important papers, as 

 well as to the transaction of business by the delegates. 



It may be announced to the delegates, however, that a number of 

 vital and important problems confront the Association for action. 



