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September, 1912. 



American Hee Journal 



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ITHI.ISHED MONTHLY BY 



(jietn'ffe \V. York & Company, 



1st Nat'l Bank Bldg. Hamilton, Illinois 



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The Review now has a Board of three edi- 

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OBJECTS 



The objects of this Association shall be to 

 aid its members in the business of bee-keep- 

 ing; to help in the sale of their honey and 

 beeswax; and to promote the interests of 

 bee-keepers in any other direction decided 

 upon by the Board of Directors. 



Officers 



President— George W. York. Sandpoint. Ida. 

 Vice-Pres. — Morley Pettit. Guelph. Out. Can. 

 Secretary— E. B. Tyrrell. Detroit. Mich. 

 Treasurer— N. E. Krance. Platteville. Wis. 



Directors 



E. D. Townsend. Clim.. Remus, Mich. 



Wesley C. Foster. Boulder, Colo. 



F'ranklin Wilcox, Mauston. Wis. 



J. E. Crane. Middlebury. Vermont. 



T. Si. Buchanan. F'rankliii. Tenn. 



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The National Bee-Keepers' Association, 



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John M. Davis, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



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Best No. I sections. looo. $4.00; 2000. $7.i)o. 

 Plain. 25c less. Best white pine Hives with 

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