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by Doolittle some 26 years ago, has permitted an unlimited production 

 of queens from selected stock. 



Bee journals are in many countries. Our own United States have four, 

 France has a dozen, Italy two. Our Department of Agriculture is giving 

 bees a special place in the Bureau of Entomology and the spread of dis- 

 eases is being checked with their help. 



The growth of bee keepers' associations is perhaps one of the most 

 marked features of progressive bee keeping. A few years ago, a meeting 

 calling together as many apiarists as are now found in almost any state 

 convention would have been an impossibility. But I make bold to say 

 that we are only at the beginning of success in our industry. The United 

 States have not yet produced in a single year enough honey to supply a 

 pound to each inhabitant, and there is plenty of room for more bees. 



Dr. E. F Phillips. 

 TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDIITY IN THE WINTERING OF BEES. 



E. F. THILLIPS, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



It is not necessary to argue before a company of beekeepers, especially 

 in the North, that the successful wintering of bees is not only one of the 

 most important problems before the bee keeper, but also at times one of 



