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ELtablished in 1888 by the late 

 W. Z. Hutchinson 



OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE 



NATIONAL BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION INC. 



AND ITS AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS 



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



ASSOCIATE EDITORS 



WESLEY FOSTER, Boulder, Colo. PROF. EDWIN G. BALDWIN, Deland, Fla. 



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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Advertising rates on application. Forms close 20th of each month. 



VOL. XXVIII NORTHSTAR, MICHIGAN, APRIL 1, 1915 No. 4 



The new secretary of the National Beekeepers' Association is 

 Wesley Foster, Boulder, Colorado, to whom all correspondence rel- 

 ative to the association should be addressed. 



Read announcement on page 153 and mail your National an- 

 nual dues of $2.00 to Secretary-Treasurer, Wesley Foster, Boulder, 

 Colorado. 



Bees Have Wintered Unusually Well 



Reports coming to this office on condition of bees at this 

 time are not very large, but what we have received, indicate that 

 bees both in special repositories and outside wintering have come 

 through the winter in unusually fine condition. A few reports 

 reached this office early in winter from some locations where as- 

 ter, or poor winter stores were in use, that bees were wintering 

 poorly, in fact, some reported bees dead as early as January. 



