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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb 1 



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 

 told me of the wonderful performances of the 

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

 erick, of Moravia. Mr. Broderick had reared 

 queens from this queen for both himself and a 

 few friends, and nothing in those parts had 

 equaled this strain of bees. Wishing to have 

 the particulars direct from Mr. Broderick him- 

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

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



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

 Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint. Mich. 



Dear Sir: — II is with pleasure that Kwrite concern- 

 ing the queen that I purchased of 30U three years ago, 

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

 markable queens ever possessed by any bee keeper in 

 this part of the country. 



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

 tjer, I wrote you my appreciation of this queen, but I 

 will now go more into detail. Upon receiving the 

 •queen. May 24, 18!)8. I gave her to a colony that scarce- 

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

 ony and gave me 110 well-filled sections, mostly from 

 buckwheat. This I considered remarkable, as, pre- 

 vious to that time. To lbs. was the very best yield that 

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



In the fall, after preparing mj' colonies for winter, 

 by some accident the super containing the ab.sorbent 

 was knocked out of place, thereby letting the heat of 

 the cluster pass out of doors all winter. They were 

 protected from the wind by a shock of corn fodder, 

 and in this way they passed three months without a 

 flight Thev came through the winter somewhat re- 

 duced in numbers: but, again the colony built up and 

 gave me a crop of 96 lbs. of well-filled sections. 



The past season this colony gave me 48 lbs. of comb 

 honey, which I consider good considering the age of 

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



It was in the season of 1899 that I reared the first 

 queens from this queen. The past sea.son the colony 

 from one of those young queens gave me a crop of 174 

 sections which tipped the beam at 176!^ lbs. The only 

 thing that I did to this colony in the way of manage- 



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

 comb of honey and replaced it with an empty comb. 

 This queen was the only one of this stock that passed 

 the winter iti a full colony, all of the others being 

 given to artificial colonies that were formed late in 

 the season. They all wintered finely, although each 

 colony occupied only some five or six Gallup combs. 



The past season they all built up and gave me on an 

 average 90 lbs. each of comb honey. My best colony 

 gave me a crop that was three times as large as thai 

 piodiued by the best colonies of 7ny neighbors. 



Queens of this strain occupy every comb in the hive, 

 and it makes no difference whether the combs are the 

 Gallup, the Quinby, or the hive a two story I,angstroth. 

 The bees never crowd these queens if given plenty of 

 room. The bees are as gentle 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 needle.ss to say that 

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

 long as I keep bees. You are at liberty to publish 

 this if you wish. 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 my 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, safe introduction, 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 pay 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 

 i queen will be sent you. 



Address all Orders to 



W.Z.HUTCHINSON, = FLINT, MICHIGAN. 



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