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Established in 1888 by the late 

 W. Z. Hutchinson 



OFFICIAL ORGAN OFTHE 



NATIONAL BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION INC. 



AND ITS AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS 



E. D. TOWNSEND, Managing Editor, Northstar, Michigan 



ASSOCIATE EDITORS 



WESLEY FOSTER, Boulder, Colo. PROP EDWIN G. BALDWIN, Deland, Pla. 



Entered as second-class matter December 9, 1913, at the postoffice at 

 Northstar, Michigan, under the act of March 3, 1879. 



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VOL. XXVIII NORTHSTAR, MIC HIGAN, MARCH 1, 1915 No. 3 



The new secretary of the Na- 

 tional Btee-Keepers' Association is 

 Wesley Foster, Boulder, Colorado, to 

 whom all correspondence relative to 

 the association should be addressed- 



Read announcement on page 108 

 and mail your National annual dues 

 of $1.50 to Sec-Treasurer, Wesley 

 Foster, Boulder, Colorado- 



The National Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation Inc. 



The members of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association are referred to 

 memorandum No. 41, published in this 

 number of the Review, relative to the 

 incorporation of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. At this writing, 

 no copy of the constitution as incor- 

 porated has reached this office, so no 

 comment will be made at this time. 



The winter, generally speaking, has 

 thus far been mild, excepting a few 

 very severe storms. Bees with a 

 plenty of Good stores have wintered 

 usually well out of doors. Some few 

 adverse wintering reports have been 

 received, both in cellar and outside 

 wintering. Those could usually be 

 traced direct to poor stores, especially 

 those wintered outside in winter cases. 

 Some poorly constructed winter 

 repositories may be the cause of 

 winter loss, but it can be taken for 

 granted that the repository is very 

 poor, indeed, if bees do not winter 

 well, providing they have good stores. 

 Those who were wise enough to 

 extract their aster, or poor late 

 wintrr stores and have fed their bees 

 granulated sugar syrup last fall are 

 fortunate, for they now have good 

 strong swarms in place of very poor, 

 or in many cases, dead swarms, where 

 they are allowed to winter on aster 

 honey. 



