IWl GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURP:. 839 



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v/. By special arrangement ■ • 



\|/ rw\\ W I f\ with The A. I. Root Co. to 'f» 



•!• 1 lie DC^ L V/LICwll^ have si'cured theTr assistance ^J. 



\|/ ^ in procuring the FINEST 'f* 



ay ^ ~ — " ~ — ~ brp:eding queens that m 



*'. _ ^ j_^ I ^ r m •* ^ thorough knowledge of the >I^ 



W ^-P 4H/^ i-J/lk^4 B/^#-«/-lc^ bees of the country and fj} 





of the Best Kinds. 



\^i \9m L I I IbT 8 ^^J^ s^ I m. I I I 9LI r^^ A money can procure. Among rt\ 



"' •'»*v a^x«^«^». A».A«A^««^v them is a SELECT D.\UGH :'; 



U/ ----^-_— --^_--_— —--——_— ^^_ TER OF THEIR $200 00 ^f> 



iL QUEEN THAT THEY RE /i\ 



"' FUSE TO QUOTE ME PRICES ON. This queen shows every superior qualily of ^U 



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



and beautiful to look upon. fft\ 



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



and with a direct cross of their breeders you should be able to produce queens whose .f . 



kAj bees show a reach of 2-5-100 of an inch " /|i\ 



.V. MR. R. A. JANSEN, of lago, Wharton Co., Texas, bought of me last fall 80 :!c 



\f/ queens. He says of them: " I consider myself the queen and ftO cents per colony '*' 



;L BETTER OFF, for the purchase of the-e queens, on the SPRING HONEY FLOW fS\ 



"{. ALONE. They SURPASSED ALL OTHER COLONIES in my yard during the AL 



\V spring honey flow and KEPT UP THE LICK. Please book my order for 100 MORE ?f? 



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



't. Under date of July 28th, 1901, from Mr. W. E. Burch, of Los Banos, Cal., comes :'; 



\f/ the following in regard to queens from my apiarv: '' The three tli^t I have are the '"' 



|i/ FINEST queens I ever saw, and the GENTLEST BEES TO WORK WITH. When rt\ 



.y I am working with these three colonies I do not use the smoker, and they ALWAYS iA 



\|/ SEEM TOO BUSY ATTENDING TO THEIR OWN BUSINESS to interfere with ^f^ 



iii me; AND THEY ARE THE BEES THAT BRING IN THE HONEY." «\ 



•T. From Ramey, Minn., under date of Aug. 8th, 1901, Mr. A. T. McKibber writes : :L 



VW "The cage of bees arrived o. k., and were measured. They ran 24-100 and 25-100, '7' 



Vli 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 "4^ inch." :^^ 



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



i|/ queen I got from 5 ou is a good one, and proved to be as good as I EVER GOT FROM rt\ 



V- ANY' BREEDER. When I am in need of queens I know where to get good ones." '}j. 



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



\kt " We like tho.se 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 i.s •^• 



\Af best of all, measures 21. THIS QUEEN I VAI^UE VERY HIGH. Her bees are uniform in color. f9\ 



.?. I'd like you to send me a cage fiom your longest-reach queen, as I'm well equipped for measuring." •!• 



\W This is from far off Jamaica : .f ' 



viy " Kingston, Jainaica, B. W. I , May 14, 1901. fk\ 



"t "Queen received on the 8th in the pink of condition. Attendants and queen appeared as if just .". 



placed in cage THE DAY BEFORE. vS. E vSURRIDGE." f&\ 



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



• \- 11 ■ nave itjiii yuuu &u(;i;i:;5a. uy next year 1 expeui lu ub ctum lu luniibn a \jvc.ci\ lur iric ^m 



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



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



ill "Medina, Ohio, May 1st, 1901. /j\ 



W/ " W. O. Victor. — Instead of sending us 12 untested queens per week, send us 18 in two install- •*. 



vi* ments, a day or so apart." rt\ 



• V- I have on hand at the Pan-American Exposition a nucleus, wiih queen. Mr. ^*% 

 VW Orel L. Hershiser, Superintendent Apiarian Exhibit, will take pleasure m showing .*. 

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



W DrmaO fnr Contomhor fl** Untested queens, 65c; 6, 83.50; 12, |6.50; 50 or more. 50c each. *" 



■L- niUCO iUI Ot/UlClilUcI; Ub- Select untested, 85c; 6, 84 50; 12, tf8.50. Tested, 81 00; 6, 85 50; 12, ik\ 



^ tnbfir anfl NnVPimhPr fnlV ^^^^^- select tested, si 50;6,f9 00. Breeders « hose best bees 



kfflif \.'..„i 1 V I- i.'_r 



show a reach of 21-100, with an average of 20-100, 83 00 Breed- 

 ers whose best bees show a reach'of 21-100, with an average reach of 20;'2-l()0, S5.0O. Breeders whose 

 best reach show 22 100, with an average reach of 21 100, 87.00. I have discovered two breeders whose 

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

 prices. Yard No. 1.— lyong-tongue Root Clover. Yard No 2. — Imported Stock. Yard No. 3— Gold- 

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

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

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

 queens at prices quoted. Send for list showing description of stock and arrangement of each apiary. 



^{ W. 0. VICTOR, Queen Specialist, Wharton, Texas. ^ 



