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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nov. 21, 1901. 



Quetns for Breeders. 



•■ Breed from the best '' has been the watch- 

 word with myself as well as others. F. B. 

 Simpson, in Bee-Keepers' Review, saj's we're 

 off. Given five queens from the same 

 mother, which five queens uniformly yield 

 about 40 pounds more than the average, and 

 another five from another mother, which five 

 zigzag: all around from 3.5 below to 90 above 

 the average, and he will breed from the first 

 five rather than from the one that runs 90 

 above the average. Now. if F. B. will tell us, 

 as I am afraid he will, that all intelligent 

 breeders of note will agree with him, I'll 

 promptly 'bout face and stand in line with 

 him ; but if he's only giving his own opinion, 

 I've a choice assortment of abusive epithets 

 laid up for him, and a lot of brickbats to fling 

 at his battlements. I ought to e.\plain that 

 he reasons that the one that runs 90 above the 

 average is a freak that will not give uniform 

 results, while the five of the other mother, 

 being uniform, may be relied upon for future 

 results. — [The recommendation of F. B. 

 Simpson is one that we have been carrying out 

 in practice for several years. A breeder 

 whose queens are irregular, zigzagging 

 from one extreme to the other, is one that 

 will cause complaints from customers; but 

 one that will give uniform results in markings. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clovep Seeds. 



We Have made arrangements so that we can 

 fnrnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



sns ions 2516 50ft 



Sweet Clover (white) $.60 $1.00 $2.25 $4.ro 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 ".£0 



Alsike Clover 90 1.70 3.75 7.00 



White Clover 1.00 1.90 4.50 8.50 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3,25 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 

 Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-pound 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound if 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 &. 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



POULTRY PAPER. 



Send 25 cents for a year's subscription to our 

 Journal, and we will send book. Plans for 

 Poultry-Houses, free. Six months trial subscrip- 

 tion to Journal, 10 cents. 

 Inland Poultry Journ.^l, Indianapolis, Ind 



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in prolificness, in gentleness, in every one of 

 her daughters, Is the one that we select for a 

 l.)reeder — providing, of course, that these 

 daughters all score a high average: but if 

 Mr. S.. or any one else, can find a mother, the 

 bees of whose daughters will average in num- 

 ber of pounds of honey about the same under 

 like conditions — well, we can not do it. The 

 daughters of our best breeder nearly all score 

 well in honey, but there is quite a variation. 

 While the poorest will be no worse than the 

 average, the best will be considerably better. 

 — Editok.] — Stray Straw in Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture. 



Breeding for Uniformity. 



Readers of the Bee-Keepers' Review who 

 have been accustomed to be told that they 

 should always breed from the best, will gasp 

 when told by F. B. Simpson that instead of 

 breeding from their best they should breed 

 from those that are only a little above the 

 average if they are to have an^' perniiiiuni 

 improvement. He says: 



The breeding of queens often recalls to my 

 mind the '■ fooling the public " adage with 

 variations : '' We can breed ideal queens once 

 in awhile, we can average fair queens, and we 

 too often produce worthless ones, but we can 

 not uniformly produce superior queens." 

 Why can we not ? Simply because the ma- 

 jority have for years bred their bees on a 

 principle founded on a fallacy — they have 

 continually bred from the least uniform, hop- 

 ing to obtain uniformity I 



Red Clover Queens ^1902 Free 



Long-Tongue Variety — Warranted Purely Mated. 



We have already arranged with the queen-breeder who furnished Long'-Tongue Red Clover Queens 

 for us during the past season, to fill our orders next season. Although fully 95 percent of the untested 

 queens he sent out were purely mated, next season all that he mails for us will be warranted purely mated. 



We want every one of our present subscribers to have one or more of these money-maker Queens. We 

 have received most excellent reports from the queens we supplied during the past season. And next year 

 our queen-breeder says he expects to be able to send out even better Queens, if that is possible. He is one 

 of the very oldest and best queen-breeders. His bees average quite a good deal the longest tongues of any 

 yet measured. The Breeder he will use is direct from Italy, having imported her himself. Her worker-bees 

 are large, of beautiful color, very gentle, scarcely requiring veil or smoke. 



Orders for these fine, " long-reach " Warranted Queens will be filled in rotation — " first come, first 

 served" — beginning as early in June as possible. It is expected that orders can be filled quite promptly 

 (even better than the past season), as a much larger number of queen-rearing nuclei will be run. (But never 

 remove the old queen from the colony until you have received the new one, no matter from whom you order 

 a queen). 



All Queens will be guaranteed to arrive in good condition, and will be clipped, unless otherwise 

 ordered. 



A Warrauted (Jueeii for sending us Only 2 New Yearly Subscribers 



In order that every one of our subscribers who wants one of these Warranted Queens next season can 

 easily earn it, we will book your order for one queen for sending us the names and addresses of two new 

 subscribers to the American Bee Journal and $2.00. Fiirthermore, we will begin to send the Bee Journal 

 to the new subscribers just as soon as they are received here (with the S2.00), and continue to send it until 

 the end of next year, f()03]. So, forward the new subscriptions soon — the sooner sent in the niore weekly 

 copies they will receive. — 



This indeed is an opportunity to get a superior Queen, and^at the same time],help swell the list of 

 readers of the old American Bee Journal. 



We are now ready to book the Queen orders, and also to enroll the new subscriptions. Remember, tlie 

 sooner you get in your order the earlier you will get your Queen next season, and the more copies of the Bee 

 Journal will the new subscribers receive that you send in. We hope that every one of our present readers 

 will decide to have at least one of these Queens. Address. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 ERIE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL, 



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