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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1 



Get the Best Queens. 



Evansville, Ind., Sept. 27th, 1900. 

 The Jennie Atchley Co.. Beeville. Bee Co.. Texas: 



Dear Friends:— It gives nie 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 them- 

 selves. Not an Atchley queen among the twenty colo- 

 nies lost during the severe drouth in July. I've 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 volumes 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 

 best honey-gatherers I ever had. 1 shall want 100 

 more next season. Yours fraternally, 



J. C. Wallenmeyer. 



Prices for Queens. 



Tested, Sl.W each ; JS.OO for G, or Sl.3.00 per doz. Un- 

 tested, P'ebruarv, March, April, and May, 81.00 each ; 

 $5.00 per 6, or 89.00 per doz. Fine breeders, 8.5.00 each. 

 We have as good bees and queens as money and labor 

 produce. We breed three-band Italians, Goldens, 

 Carniolans, Cyprians, and Holy-I^ands, in their purity, 

 bred in separate yards 5 to 20 miles apart. If you want 

 the best, call for Atchley's improved strains. Safe arriv- 

 al guaranteed. Send for a sample copy of The South- 

 land Queen, the only southern bee-paper. $1.00 per 

 year. To new subscribers we offer as a premium a 

 nice untested queen in order to get our paper intro- 

 duced. Catalog, giving queen-rearing and manage- 

 ment of apiaries for profit, FREE. 



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^ Sixty-four Page Catalog 



THE JENNIE ATCHLEY CO., 

 Beeville, Bee Co., Texas. 



of everj' thing- bee-keepers need. 

 Illustrated and fully described. 

 Especially valuable to begin- 

 ners for the information it con- 

 tains. Send your address on a 

 postal and g-et it now. Estab- 

 lished 1884.' 



]. M. Jenkins^ 



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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 IlvIyUS- 

 TRATED CATALOG, and read descrip- 

 tion of Alternating Hives, Ferguson Su- 

 pers, etc. Write at once for a catalog. 



AGENCIES: 



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

 coln, Nebraska ; C. C. Richards, 

 1223 17th St., Denver, Col. 



BINGHAM SMOKER. 



Dear Sir:— Inclosed find $1.75. Please 

 send one brass smoke-engine. 1 have 

 one already. It is the best smoker I 

 -used. Trul.v .vours, 



Henry Schmidt, Ilutto, Tex. 



MADE TO ORDER 



Bin gham Brass Smokers, 



Made of sheet brass, which does not rust or burn out ; should last 

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

 ' same size. The little open cut shows our bra.ss hinge put on the 

 three larger sizes. No wonder Bingham's four-inch smoke-engine 

 goes without puffing, and does not drop inky drops. 'J he perforat- 

 ed steel fire-grate has 381 holes to air the fuel and support the fire. 

 Heavy tin s:noke-engine, 4-inch stove, per mail, S1.50 ; 3'/4-inch ; 

 \ 81.10 ; 3-inch, $1.00 ; 2}4-inch 90c ; 2-inch, (>5c. Bingham smokers are 

 I the originals, and have all the improvements, and have been the 

 , standard of excellence for 22 years. Only three larger ones brass. 



T. F. Bingham, Farwell, Michigan. 



