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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15 



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Our specialty is making SECTIONS, and they are the best in the market. 

 Wisconsin basswood is the right kind for them. We have a full line of 

 BEE - SUPPIylES. Write for FREE illustrated catalog and price list. 



LONGEVITY. 



I have never made any great claim for the longevity 

 of the Superior Stock of bees that I am selling, but 

 from the reports that I am getting this year I am in- 

 clined to *he belief that this quality ought to be added 

 to the other desirable traits that they possess. Here 

 is a sample of the letters that I get : 



Wars\w, N. Y., Sept. 4 1901. 

 Mr. IV. Z. Hutchinson. Dear Sir .-—I inclose $2 00 for 

 Reviev7 and queen. Three years ago • lost my breed- 

 ing queen in the spring, and sent to you Jor one of 

 your year-old queens. I expected to use her only one 

 season, but she proved to be .so much better than I ex- 

 pected that I kept on using her until I now have near- 

 ly my entire apiary reqneened from your stock. I 

 started last spring with 3o colonies, increased to 75, 

 and have near y 40(.0 pounds of honey — not so bad for 

 a village where 250 colonies are kept, besides there be- 



ing other apiaries near by. One of my neighbor bee- 

 keepers is so well pleased with my bees that he offer- 

 ed to trade apiaries with me. giving me two swarms 

 for one. but I declined his t ffer The bees of this 

 queen have been trying hard for the last two or three 

 months to supersede her, but I keep the cells cut out, 

 and shall try hard to keep her over into her fifth year. 

 Resp. yours, 



W. W. Sherwin. 



If you send in your order a/ once jou will probably 

 be able to get one of these queens this fall, and be all 

 ready for business next spring, instead of being 

 obliged to wait two or three months before your order 

 can be filled. 



Queen alone. SI. 50; queen and Review from now to 

 the end of next year, only 82 00. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Mich. 



Long Tongues Valuable 



South as well as Morth. 



How Moore's i-traiu of Italians roll in the honey 

 down in Texas : 



Hut to. Texas. Nov. 19th, 1900. 

 J. P. ^Toore.-- Dear Sir: — I wish to write ynu in re- 

 gard to queens purchased of you. I could have writ- 

 ten sooner, but I wanted to test them thoroughly and 

 see if they had those remarkable qualities of a three- 

 banded Italian bee. I mu.'-t conft ss to you I am more 

 surprised every day as I watch them They .'-imply 

 "roll the hone^' in." It seems that they get honej' 

 where others are idle or trying to rob; and tor gentle- 

 ness of handling, I have never seen the like Friend 

 E. R. Root was right when he said your bees have the 

 longest tongues ; f-or they get honey where others 

 fail. I will express my Ih :nks for .>-uch queens. I am 

 more than pleased. I will stock my out-ap:aries next 

 spring with your queens. 



Yours truly, Henry Schmidt. 



The above is pretty strong evif^ence that red clover 

 is not the only pl.nt which requires long-tongue bees 

 to secure the greatest quantity of nectar. 



Daughters of mv 2.3-10) breeder, the prizewinner : 

 Untested, 75c : six,'S4.00: doz., 87 50. Select untested, 

 81.00; six. 85.00, dozen, 89 00. Safe arrival and sati.s- 

 faction guaranteed. Descriptive circular sent free. I 

 am filling all orders by return mail, and shall prob- 

 ably be able to do .so till the clo^e of the season. 



J. P. Moore, Lock box 1, Morgan, Pend. Co., Ky. 



(Mr. J. P. Moore is entirely reliable. — A. I. R. Co.) 



No more Untested 

 Clover Queens 



will be sent this season. All orders received after 

 this date will be filled next season. We are preparing 

 to winter over a large number of our best clover 

 queens, and expect to be fully equipped to take care 

 of all orders next season. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Hedina. Ohio. 



Standard - Bred Queens! 



Acme of Perfection ; Not 

 a Hybrid among Them. 



Improved Strain Golden Italians. 



World-wii'e reputation; 75c each; six for $4.00. 



Long-toagueJ 3>banded Italians. 



Bred from stock whose tongues measured 25- 

 hundredths inch. These are the red clover 

 hus'ltrs fif Ameiics. 75 cts. each; six for $4.00. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. Catalog on applica- 

 tion. Headijuarters for bee-keepers' supplies. 



Fred W. Muth S;. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



South-west Corner Front and Walnut Streets. 



Q 



ueens. 



U6tnS* J. B. CASE, 



From my breeders, 75 cts.; select, 

 81 00: tested, 81 25. For particulars, 

 s;e former advts. and circulars. 



Port Orange. Fla. 



Barnes' 



Hand and Foot Power 



Machinery. 



This cut represents our 

 combined circular saw, 

 which is made for bee- 

 keepers' use in the con- 

 struction of their hiv^s, 

 sections, boxes, etc. 

 JVlachines on trial. 

 S'^nd for illu.strated cata- 

 logue and prices. 



W.F.&John Barnes Co., 



545 Ruby St., 

 Rockford - - 111. 



JOR SALE.— First-class Angora cats and kittens. 

 Mrs. Hattie S. Webber, Monroe Ctr., Minn. 



