GLEANINGvS IN BEE CUIvTURE. 



Jan ]5 



Three Times as Much ! 



I have recently returned from atrip through 

 New York, where I attended a series of bee- 

 keepers' institutes, or conventions. "While at 

 Romulus and Auburn, several bee-keepers 

 U'ld me of the wonderful performances of the 

 bets from a queen that I had sold Thos. Brod- 

 erick, of Moravia. Mr. Broderick had reared 

 qui ens from this queen for both himself and a 

 ftw friends, and nothing in those parts had 

 ec[ualed this strain of bees. Wishing to have 

 the particulars direct from Mr, Broderick him- 

 self, I wrote ard asked him if he would be so 

 kind as to give them to me. Here is his reply : 



Moravia. N. Y., Dec. 31, 1900. 

 Afr. W. Z. Huiclunson, Flint Midi. 



Dear Sir: — II is with pleasure that I wiite concern- 

 ing the queen that I purchased of yt u three years ago, 

 as 1 have reason to believe her one of the most re- 

 markable queens ever possessed by any bee keeper in 

 this part of the countrv. 



At the end of the first .season, as you may remem- 

 ber, I wrote you my appreciation of thi- queen, but I 

 will now go nio'e into dftiil. Upon receiving the 

 que en. May 24, ISilS I gave her to a colory that scarce- 

 ly covered four Gallup combs. She built up that col- 

 ony and gave me I-IO well-filled sections, mostly from 

 buckwheat. This I considered remarkable, as, pie- 

 vious to that time. 75 ibs was the very best yield that 

 I had ever been able to take from my best colonies. 



In the fall, after prepaiing my colonies for winter, 

 by some accident the super containing the absorbent 

 was knocked out of place, thereby letting the heat of 

 the cluster pass out of doors all winter. Thev were 

 prote ted from the wind by a shock of corn fodder, 

 fnd in this way they passed three monhs without a 

 flight Thev came through the winter somewhat re- 

 duced in numbers ; but. again the colony built up and 

 gave me a cop of 96 lbs. of well-filled S' ctions. 



The pai^t season this colony gave me 48 lbs. of comb 

 honey, which I consider good considering the age of 

 the queen (four yf ars ) and th- very poor season. 



It was in the sea.son of 1X99 that I reared the first 

 queens from this queen The past season the colony 

 from one of those voung queens gave nie a crop of 17-1 

 sections which tipped the beam at M^H lbs. The only 

 thing that I did to this colony in the wa}' of manage- 



ment was that, some time in May, I robbed it of a 

 comb cf horey and replaced it with an empty comb 

 This queen was the only one of this stock that passed 

 the winter in a full colony, all of the others 1 eing 

 given to artificial cnlonies that were formed late in 

 the season They all wintered finely, although each 

 colonj^ occupied nnh' some five or six' Gallup combs. 



The pa.st season they all built up and gave me on an 

 aver'^ge 90 lbs. each of con'b honey. My best colony 

 gave me a c op that ws t/itee times as large as that 

 prt ditced by tlie best colonies of my neighbors. 



Queens of this strain occupy every comb in the hive, 

 anil it makes no difference whether the combs are the 

 Gallup, the Ouinby, or the hive a two story L,angstroth. 

 The bees never crowd these queens if given plenty of 

 room. The 1 ees are as ge tie as one could wish ; cap 

 their honey as white as any bees cap it ; and, as work- 

 ers — well, i can't explain it. It is needless to say that 

 this strain of bees will be in evidence in my apiary as 

 long as I keep bees You are at libeitv to publish 

 this if jou vci?h. Thos. Broderick. 



To those who are thinking of trying this 

 strain of bees, I would say, don't wait until 

 next spring before sending in your order. 

 Last spring, when I began sending out 

 queens, there were orders on ttiy books for 

 nearly 200 queens. Orders are already com- 

 ing in to be filled next spring. They will be 

 filled in rotation ; so, if you wish to get a 

 queen next spring, send in your order this 

 fall. The price of a queen is $1 50 ; but safe 

 arrival, sate introduciiou, purity of mating, 

 and entire satisfaction are all guaranteed. 

 The queen can be returned any time within 

 two years, and the money refunded, and 50 

 cents additional sent to pav for the trouble. 



The REVIEW for this year and the back 

 numbers for 1900 (two years) and one of these 

 queens for only $2.00. As soon as your order 

 is received, the back numbers for last year 

 will be sent, and your subscription put on the 

 book to the end of 1901, and next spring the 

 queen will be sent you. 



Address all Orders to 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, 



FLINT, MICHIGAN 



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