The 8th American Bee Research Conference will be held in Rudder Hall on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station Texas. Meeting dates are Monday and Tuesday, Septemeber 27 and 28, 1993. Presentations of research are restricted to unpublished research involving the genus Apis. Abstracts of the proceedings of the conference will be published about 2 months later in the December issue of the American Bee Journal. For more information contact John Harbo, Honey Bee Breeding Lab., 1157 Ben Hur Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70820, USA. Tele. 504 766-6064, E mail [log in to unmask] or FAX 504 389-0383. The main purpose of these meetings is to provide an opportunity for scientists to present their current work to those present as well as to a worldwide audience via the American Bee Journal. A second objective is to get to know other apiculturists in an informal social setting as well as in a structure of scientific presentation and discussion. For those arriving on Saturday, there is an informal buffet. Sunday will have the annual meeting of the AAPA (American Association of Professional Apiculturists), optional field trips, and of course more food. Paper presentations will be Monday (8 - 5) and Tuesday until about 1PM.