1901 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 767 



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W/" B}- special arrangement • • 



\^/ ^y^i --| . ^-^ with The A. I. Root Co. to ^> 



^{^ 1 nC DCST vlUCCnS have secureTtheir assistance ^J^ 



Vl/ _5: in procuring the FINEST [V 



•k- -^ — — ^_-^^— — ^— — BREEDING QUEENS that k\ 



.V. _ ^ -.^ ITT'* -« a thorough knowltdge of the '^J. 



\ki OT iMC tSGST l\lIlOSc money can procure. Among m 



\ff ^* •'**^ IL^^A^^ A^JIMA^fc*A^e Themis a SELECT DAUGH ^Jc 



\^/ -^ ^ — TER OF THEIR $200 00 'j\ 



vl. QUEEN THAT THEY RE /|\ 



'!. FUSE TO QUOTE ME PRICES ON. This queen shows every superior quality of li 



\|/ her mother. Her bees show an actual reach of 21-100 of an inch ; are large, gentle, 'J} 



\i'i and beautiful to look upon. ft\ 



"J! MR. E. R. ROOT says : " You have as fine bees as there are in the United States ; ^gi 



W and with a direct cross of their breeders you should be able to produce queens whose '?' 



kiV bees show a reach of 25-100 of an inch " /i\ 



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



w/ queens. He Fa}s of them: " I consider myself the queen and .'iO cents per colony '"' 



xl'g BETTER OFF, for the purchase of these queens, on the SPRING HONEY FLOW /4\ 



'!' ALONE. They SURPASSED ALL OTHER COLONIES in my yard during the :k 



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



kli queens to be delivered in the fall I shall, in all probability, increase this order later." fi\ 



'T. Under date of July 2Sth, 1901, from Mr. W. E. Burch, of Los Banos, Cal., conies ^I: 



W the following in regard to queens from my apiary: " The three tint I have are the ." 



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



•f. I am working with these three colonies I do not use the smoker, and they ALWAYS ;*» 



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



;iV me; AND THEY ARE THE BEES THAT BRING IN THE HONEY." f»\ 



"/. From Ramey, Minn., under date of Aug. 8th, 1901, Mr. A. T. McKibber writes : ^^v 



\W "The cage of bees arrived o. k., and were measured. They ran 24-100 and 2o-100, 'f' 



\k'i which is just a little longer than any I have, or have measured, and I think by their fi\ 



\. looks that they're good bees. The bees you sent could probably take honey X irch." igi 



W Louis Werner writes under date of June 19, 1901, from Edwardsville, 111 : "The 't.* 



iki queen I .sot from you is a good one, and proved to be as good as I EVER GOT FROM /4\ 



•T- ANY BREEDER. When I am in need of queens I know where to get good ones." i.i 



w Frank Coverdale, of Maquoketa, Iowa, says, under date of July 6, ISOl : •'■ 



\w " We like those that have hatched. They are exceedingly gentle, and queens prolific. Among f^\ 



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



\ki best of all, m'easures21. THIS QUEEN I VAI^UE VERY HIGH. Her bees are uniform in color. f^\ 



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



\|/ This is from far off Jamaica : •'. 



vi^ " Kingston, Jamaica, B. W. I , May 14, 1901. ft\ 



'" "Queen received on the Slh in the pink of condition. Attendants and queen app'eareil as if just •'• 



ili placed in cage THE DAY BEFORE. S. E- SURRIDGE." f4\ 



.?. If I have real good success, by next year I expect to be able to furnish a QUEEN for the >« 



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



\jj)f The A. I. Root Co. also knows a GOOD THING when it sees it. LISTEN ! (f^ 



V iV " Medina, Ohio. May 1st, 1901. /|\ 



Ifl " W O. Victor —Instead of sending us 12 untested queens per week, seud us 18 in two install- •'• 



xk'g ments, a day or so apart." /f\ 



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'V- I have on hand at the Pan-American Exposition a nucleus, wi h queen. Mr. ^|h 



W Orel L Htrshiser, Superintendent Apiarian Exhibit, will take pleasure m showing .'. 



ili them, as he always "Seeks after the Good, the Beautiful, and the True." ff^K 



\l/ Drinnp fnr Onntomhni' fin Untested queens, 65c; 6, S3. 50; 12, $6.50; .50 or more. 50c each. '"* 



^k- rilCBo lOl OCplelllDer, UC- Select untested, 85c; 6, $4 50; 12. S8.50. Te.sted, »1 CO; 6, 85 50; 12, /|| 



Iw ♦nhor Onri Mnuomhor Pnlu SIO 00. Select tested. 81 50; 6. |9 00. Breedtr.s whose best bees 'J} 



;k- lUUcI) dnU llUVBlNUcI IMIVi .•^how a reach of 21 lOO, with an average of 20 lOO, «3 OO Breed- ftji 



V?/ ers wh.se best he^s show a reach of 21-100, wih an average rench of 20'4-luO, So.t'O. Breeders whose .f' 



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



\f/ best bees show 24 100. with an averftge reach of 22 100. These are too good to sell. Don't ask for .f. 



•k" prices. Yatd No 1. — L,' ng-toiigue Root Clover. Yard No 2. — Imported Stock. Yard No. 3— Gold- fgk 



\f/ en, or Five-banded Stock. Yards No. 1 and 2 contain, without question, bees as gentle as was ever .f. 



•k' handled, and I think equal of any in the world as honey-gHtherers from any flower that grows. #M 



\f/ Don't forget that my F.^MOUS BEAR PICTURE goes as a premium with each order for six or iiiore " 



•k" queens at prices quoted. Send for list showing description of stock and arrangement of each apiary. ft\ 



\{j W. 0. VICTOR, Queen Specialist, Wharton, Texas. ^- 



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