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Chicago, HI., Jan. 7, 1885. 



VOL. XXI.-No. I. 



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Topics Presented in this Number. 



Bees Uneasy and Roaring 4 



Catalogues for 1885 .3 



Convention Notices 10, 12 



Correspondence 5 



Editorial Items 3,4 



Food for Bees in Winter 4 



Honey and Beeswax Market 2 



Introduction 4 



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C. H. Cliapman, Robert Osborne, 

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John Morris, C. W. 5foung, 



Wm. Muth-Rasuuisst'u. 



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Michigan State Convention 6 



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Reversible Frames 8 



" Satisfaction Guaranteed " 3 



Special Notices 13 



The Bee Journal for 1S8.5 13 



The Langstroth Bee-Spaces 10 



The New and the Old Year 3 



Wintering Bees, Selling Honey, etc 9 



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