

732 GI/EANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Sept. 1 



UrT By special arrangement •^* 



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T 1 lie DeSl l/UCeilS havTsecureTtheir assistance ^J; 



W _S: in procuring the FINEST 'J} 



d\ — ■" ~ ~~ — BREEDING QUEENS that M\ 



Tk'i £ J-t O J. f/'* A a thorough knowledge of the |J^ 



\d/ 01 tlie OeSt K^inClS. money^LnpmcTrr^Among A\ 



\9t y^M. %.M.M.^ M^^^^ As.jL&A<»4t«^» them is a SELECT DAUGH- ;2; 



Vl/ — -__.^--_-_^--^— —— — _^^_ XER OF THEIR $200 00 ^> 



vL QUEEN THAT THEY RE- /i\ 



.!. FUSE TO QUOTE ME PRICES ON. This queen shows every superior quality of ^!i 



Vl/ her mother. Her bees show an actual reach of 21-100 of an inch ; are large, gentle, '"' 



xjl^t and beautiful to look upon. fVy 



'T. MR. E. R. ROOT says : "You have as fine bees as there are in the United States ; ^li 



11/ and with a direct cross of their breeders you should be able to produce queens whose '"' 



bees show a reach of 25-100 of an inch." tt\ 



MR. R. A. JANSEN, of lago, Wharton Co., Texas, bought of me last fall 80 ^C 



queens. He says of them: " I consider myself the queen and 50 cents per colony 'f' 



vi; BETTER OFF, for the purchase of these queens, on Ibe SPRING HONEY FLOW /M 



"{. ALONE. They SURPASSED ALL OTHER COLONIES in my yard during the :!i 



W/ spring honey flow and KEPT UP THE LICK. Please book my order for 100 MORE "} 



i^jf queens to be delivered in the fall. I shall, in all probability, increase this order later." rt\ 



.^ Under date of July 28th, 1901, from Mr. W. E. Burch, of Los Banos, Cal., comes :L 



\W the following in regard to queens from my apiary: " The three that I have are the '" 



ay FINEST queens I ever saw, and the GENTLEST BEES TO WORK WITH. When f«\ 



• ^. I am working with these three colonies I do not use the smoker, and they ALWAYS i.i 



W SEEM TOO BUSY ATTENDING TO THEIR OWN BUSINESS to interfere with 'j\ 



;|/ me ; AND THEY ARE THE BEES THAT BRING IN THE HONEY." a\ 



■V- From Ramey, Minn., under date of Aug. 8th, 1901, Mr. A. T. McKibber writes : Xl 



\l/ "The cage of bees arrived o. k., and were measured. They ran 24-100 and 25-100, '" 



\A/ which is just a little longer than any I have, or have measured, and I think by their fVy 



■ V- looks that they're good bees. The bees you sent could probably take honey % inch." ^^^ 

 \W Louis Werner writes under date of June 19, 1901, from Edwardsville, 111.: " The 'f' 

 ijl/ ^"^* ^ ^ ^^^ from you is a good one, and proved to be as good as I EVER GOT FROM ftty 



•?• ANY BREEDER. When I am in need of queens I know where to get good ones." lli 



'*' Frank Coverdale, of Maquoketa, Iowa, says, under date of July 6, 1901 : -J- 



\A/ " We like those that have hatched. Thev are ex'. e dingly gentle, and queens prolific. Among fu\ 



r?' the first fifty the tongue-reach is very good, generally 20; one measures 23, and another, which is '^^ 



\l/ ^estofall, measures 24. THIS QUEEN I V.A.L,UE VERY HIGH. Her bees are uniform in color. /•! 



rf. I'd like you to send me a cage from your longest-reach queen, as I'm well equipped for measuring." 's^ 



\?/ This is from far off Jamaica : .'* 



<)k. " Kingston, Jamaica, B. W. I , May 14, 1901. /i\ 



"' "Oueen received on the 8lh in the pink of condition. Attendants and queen appeared as if just .". 



viV placed m cage THE DAY BEFORE. S. E. SURRIDGE." fi\ 



•T- If I have real good success, by next year I expect to be able to furnish a QUEEN for the ili 



W Chinese that will be acceptable to the POWERS. ".* 



\|/ The A. I. Root Co. also knows a GOOD THING when it sees it. LISTEN ! 1j^ 



•lli " Medina, Ohio, May 1st, 1901. n\ 



W/ " W. O. Victor. — Instead of sending us 12 untested queens per week, send us iS in two install- .». 



ii/ Ments, a day or so apart." fVy 



■ y I have on hand at the Pan-American Exposition a nucleus, with queen. Mr. ^m 

 \W Orel L. Hershiser, Superintendent Apiarian Exhibit, will take pleasure in showing .T. 

 i|i them, as he always "Seeks after the Good, the Beautiful, and the True." fiX 



W Drinoo fnr Contornhnr fin Untested queens, CSc; 6, $3.50; 12, $6.50; 50 or more. 50c each. '" 



•k- niliCO lUI OCpiclllUcI; UU- Select untested, 85c; 6. S4 60; 12, S8.50. Tesled, 81.00; 6, 85 50; 12, ftA 



wi tnhor onrl Mnuamhnr Pnlii SIOOO. Select tested. 81.50; 6, S9.00. Breeders whose best bees 'J^ 



■i- IUUCl| ClIIU nUVClllUtil I'MIji show a reach of 21100, with an average of 20-100, $3 00. Breed- fkk 



\jff ers whuse best bees show a reach of 21-100, with an average reach of 2OI5-IUO. 85.00. Breeders whose "' 



•k" best reach show 22 100, with an average reach of 21 100, 87.00. I have discovered two breeders whose /|i 



\lff best bees show 24 100. with an average reach of 22 100. These are too good to sell. Don't ask for '"" 



\k'i prices. Yard No. 1.— Long-tongue Root Clover. Yard No. 2.— Imported Stock. Yard No. 3. — Gold- jftlk 



\9t en, or Five-banded Stock. Yards No. 1 and 2 contain, without question, bees as gentle as was ever 'f" 



'i' handled, and I think equal of any in the world as honey-gatherers from any flower that grows. «tf| 



\f/ Don't forget that my FAMOUS BEAR PICTURE goes as a premium with each order for six or more "" 



\k'i queens at prices quoted. .Send for list showing description of stock and arrangement of each apiary, /n 



V*{ W. 0. VICTOR, Queen Specialist, Wharton, Texas. '^ 



