. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. zzi^J^ K ^ K ^•« J -as: . \ 3 (Entered as second-class matter at the Post-office at Hamilton. 111., nnder Act of March ?. 1870 ' Published Monthly at $ a Year, by American Bee Journal, First National Bank Building C. p. Editor. DR. C. C. MILLER. Associate Editor. HAMILTON, ILL, OCTOBER, 1914 Vol. LIV.—No. 10 Editorial Comments In Canada In compliance with an invitation to attend the convention of beekeepers of the province of Qaebec, in Montreal, Nov. 11 and 12, wife and I have decided to make a trip into Canada early in November, going
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. zzi^J^ K ^ K ^•« J -as: . \ 3 (Entered as second-class matter at the Post-office at Hamilton. 111., nnder Act of March ?. 1870 ' Published Monthly at $ a Year, by American Bee Journal, First National Bank Building C. p. Editor. DR. C. C. MILLER. Associate Editor. HAMILTON, ILL, OCTOBER, 1914 Vol. LIV.—No. 10 Editorial Comments In Canada In compliance with an invitation to attend the convention of beekeepers of the province of Qaebec, in Montreal, Nov. 11 and 12, wife and I have decided to make a trip into Canada early in November, going as far as the city of Quebec and calling upon a few bee- keepers along the way. We anticipate a good time, for we have many friends to meet. A few days later, I hope to attend both the Iowa meeting at Ames and the Illinois meeting at Springfield. All the above-named conventions will be again mentioned in our November is- sue, in time to inform those who may wish to attend. There is nothing bet- ter than these meetings, both in the benefit from information gained and the cheerfulness of pleasant acquaint- ances formed. ?Wax-Produciufr The picture on our cover page is a greatly magnified photograph of the above named organs of the worker bee, made by our learned friend, Mr. E. F. Bigelow, of Sound Beach, Conn. In order to show the details, we here- with display one of the organs as given in the microscopic studies of Count Barbo, of Milan, Italy, drawn by Clerici, and published in the 70's by the Italian Beekeepers' Association. It is taken from our Revised Langstroth. The ventral plates of the abdomen of the worker bee consist of pieces of scales, sliding upon each other as do the rounded dorsal scales. The first one near the thorax is small and rounded, the last one at the tip of the abdomen is heart-shaped. The other four are shaped like the accompany- ing cut. The two upper pentagonal surfaces are transparent and yield- ing, and are covered by the segm
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