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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb 15 



Our Advertisers. 



BURPEE'S QUARTER-CENTURY FARM ANNUAL. 



This is another catalog (see advertisement in this 

 issue) that contains a vast amount of valuable infor- 

 mation besides the pictures. Burpee, you will remem- 

 ber, gave us the bush lima bean, the Rocky Ford 

 muf^kmelou, or the one that gave birth to it, and a 

 whole string of other exceedingly valuable wtll- 

 known vegetables. When he recommends a thing 

 you may be sure it is worthy of at least a trial, and I 

 wish we could say the same of all other seedsmen. 



POULTRY-KEEPING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. 



The above is the title of a catalog sect out by the 

 Cyphers Incubator Co. See advertisement in this is- 

 sue. Now, this catalog, or book, we had better say, 

 was arevelation to me. In fact, it was one of my hap- 

 py surprises. I have visited .some of the big poultry- 

 farms recently, but I confess I did not dream, until I 

 got hold of this book, of the magnitude that the poul- 

 try business has reached at the present day. A few 

 years ago we used to hear that " hen-farms'' were a 

 failure ; Ict-^ of men had sunk money in incubators 

 and expensive buildings, but nobody ever got it back 

 again. The pictures alone in this book tell us that 

 men have got their money back, and are getting it 

 back. Not only have we views of chickens, but of 

 ducks and geese by the thousand. There may be 

 •^ow\\.xy-books with such beautiful pictures, hut I have 

 not seen them. If you are at all interested in poultry- 

 keeping, and if you want to know what this great 

 country of ours is doing along this line, you can well 

 afford to send 10 cents for this wonderful achieve- 

 ment, not only in the way of poultry-keeping, but in 

 beauty of print and half tone work, aT well. These 

 unique halftones show over <!0 of America's largest 

 and most successful poultry-plants, in hiding duck- 

 ranges, broiler-farms, winter chicken and rooster 

 farms, besides the yards of numerous breeders of 

 standard poultry. 



Get the Best Queens. 



Evan.sville, Ind., Sept. 27th, 1900. 

 The Jennie Atchley Co , Beeville, Bee Co., Terras: 



Dear Friends:— 1\. gives me great pleasure to forward 

 you this unsolicited testimonial regarding the merits 

 of Atchley queens. The three (3) dozen queens pur- 

 chased of you have made an excellent record for 

 themselves. Not an Atchley queen among the twenty 

 colonies lost during the severe drouth in July. I have 

 bought queens from many breeders; and although the 

 present crop is exceedingly short, the tiers of supers 

 show where the Atchley queens are, and speak vol- 

 umes for your method of queen-rearing. I find the 

 progeny to be very gentle, strong winged, uniformly 

 marked, long-lived, of large size, and last, but not 

 least, the be.st honey-gatherers I ever had. I shall 

 want 100 more next season. 



Yours fraternally, J. C. Wallenmeyer. 



Prices for Queens. 



Tested, 81.50 each; $8 00 for 6, or 11.5 00 per dozen. 

 Untested. February, March, April, and May, 81 00 

 each; $.5.00 per 6, or 89 00 per dozen Fine breeders, 

 $5 00 each We have as good bees and queens as 

 money and labor produce. We breed three-band 

 Italians, Goldens, Carniolans, Cyprians, and Holy- 

 Lands, in their purity, bred in separate yards 5 to ^0 

 miles apart. If you want the best, call for Atchley's 

 improved strains. .Safe arrival guaranteed. Send for 

 a sample copy of "The Southland Queen," the only 

 southern bee-paper. $1 00 per year. To new sub- 

 scribers we offer as a premium a nice untested queen 

 in order to get oui paper introduced. Catalog, giving 

 queen-rearing and management of apiaries for profit, 

 FREE. 



THE JENNIE ATCHLEY CO., 



Beevilie, Bee Co., Texas. 



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KRETCHMER M'F'G CO., Red Oak, Iowa. 



BEE-SUPPLIES. 



Best -equipped factory in the West; car- 

 ry a large stock and greatest variety of 

 every thing needed in the apiary, assur- 

 ing BEST goods at the LOWEST prices, 

 and prompt shipment. We want every 

 bee-keeper to have our FREE ILLt'S- 

 TRATED CAT.^LOG, and read descrip- 

 tion of Alternating Hives, Ferguson Su- 

 pers, etc. Write at o>ice for a catalog. 



AGENCIES : 



Trester Supply Co., 103 So. 11th St., Lin- 

 coln. Nebraska : C. C. Richards, 

 1223 17th St., Denver, Col. 



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BINGHAM SMOKER. 



Dear Sir;— Inclosed find «1.75. Please 

 send one brass Smoke-engine. I have 

 one already. It is the best smoker I 

 ever used. Tiuly vours. 



Hknky Schmidt, Hutto, Te.x 



Bingham Brass Smokers 



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 a lifetime. You need one, but they cost 25 cts. more than tin of the 

 same size. The little open cut shows our brass hinge put on the 

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