American bee journal . mthe United States last fall, and on ex-amining her progeny this spring, I findfine, full-developed bees, well bred,but with wings only half the properlength. Can any one explain thecause of this ? The bees are in finecondition. I have 10 colonies of bees winteringin the cellar under the house, and theyare coming out finely so far. Theweather was fine here for sometime,but has changed for cold now. Yester-day it snowed nearly all day. I thinkvery much of the American Bee Jour-nal, which visits me regularlj- everyweek, and I could not do without itwhile I am inclined to w


American bee journal . mthe United States last fall, and on ex-amining her progeny this spring, I findfine, full-developed bees, well bred,but with wings only half the properlength. Can any one explain thecause of this ? The bees are in finecondition. I have 10 colonies of bees winteringin the cellar under the house, and theyare coming out finely so far. Theweather was fine here for sometime,but has changed for cold now. Yester-day it snowed nearly all day. I thinkvery much of the American Bee Jour-nal, which visits me regularlj- everyweek, and I could not do without itwhile I am inclined to work with bees. International Bee-Convention. —The Pamphlet Report of the Columbus,Ohio, Bee-Convention can be obtained atthis office, by mail, postpaid, for 35 pamphlet contains the new bee-songsand words, as well as a portrait of thePresident. Bound up with the history olthe International Society, and a full reportof the Detroit, Indianapolis and ChicagoconTentioDS, for 50 cents, postpaid. ^^^j^MSHieAjj!^. BUSINESS MANAGER. iitstwcss Notices, Your Full Adaress, plainly written,Is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. It ITou Live near one post-office andget your mail at another, be sure to give theaddress that we have on our list. Qive a Copy of Honey as Food andMedicine to every one who buys a packageof honey. It will sell lots of it. l)r. Itlillers Book, A Year Amongthe Bees, and the American Bee JotJB-NAL for one year—we send both for $ liyou L,ose Money by carelessly en-closing it in a letter, it is without excuse,when a Money Order, which is perfectlysafe, costs but 5 cents. I^ew Subscribers can obtain the fullnumbers for 1888 and 1889 for , if appli-cation be made at once, before all the setsof 1888 are gone. Paper Boxes—to hold a section ofhoney for retail dealers. We have two sizeson hand to carry sections 4>fx4)^ and 5J^x5J^.Price, per 100, or per 1,000. Preserre Voiir Papers for futurereference. If you have no BINBER wew


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