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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 15 



Why Successful! 



Doesn't it vex 3'ou, after ordering- "one hive nailed up and painted," to get one all 

 colors of the rainbow^, bodies and supers not square, covers don't fit, frames crooked, one 

 nail where two ought to be, etc.? That doesn't happen here, because the Bee Supplies and 

 Honey Business is the only iron we have in the fire, and we know how to keep it from burn- 

 ing. We are practical, and can advise you correctly when you don't know just what you 

 want. We don't sell "stickers" or fandangled paraphernalia to get your dollars, be- 

 cause we want you to come again. We sell the best hives and supplies at manufacturers' 

 prices. Service and shipping-facilities perfect. 



Our Standard-bred Italian Queens are the quality. Orders booked now for, untest- 

 ed, 75c each, 6 for S4.00; select tested, $1.50. 



New 1902 catalog free. 



The Fred W. Muth Co., Front and wainut, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



QueensYou Should Have 



Does blood tell in other stock ? Give 

 your bees a chance. Stock used for breed- 

 ing the queens offered — not from a sport, 

 but my pick out of an apiary giving last 

 season an average j'ield as follows : 



Honey Gathered. 



102 lbs. extracted and fiS lbs. comb honey per colony 

 besides increase and stores for winter. 



Quality of Comb Honey Produced, 



" Man ! It would dazzle you." — Wm McEvoy, Onta- 

 ria Government Inspector of Apiaries. 



Wintering Qualities. 



Up to the present. January 30, I never found these 

 bees to show the least indication of unrest— always 

 perfectly quiet. They are wintering perfectly. — 

 Frank T. Adams, Brantford, Canada. 



General Commendation. 



Out of those queens you sent me I have produced 

 the best race or strain of bees I ever owned. Remem- 

 ber that is saying a lot, as I have tried every breed 

 imported to this country. The bees winter better, 

 build up, and stand cold chilly winds in spring better, 

 and are more suitable than any bees I ever owned. 

 For the season they gave me about double the honey 

 the pure Italians did, and more increase. Glad you 

 are going into the queen business, and are going to 

 join our ranks again. We are much in want of a few 

 men like you. C. W. Post, Ex president Ontario Bee- 

 keepers' Associatijn (owns 3()5 colonies). 



S. T. Pettit, Canada's most successful comb-honey 

 producer and bee-keeper, says: "The blood in my 

 apiary is largely the progeny'of queens sent by you, 

 and tliey are grand bees." 



Prices of Queens. 



They are dutv free to the United States. Tested, 

 $2.00 each ; $10 OO for fi ; $18.00 per dozen Untested 

 until July 1st, $1.25 each ; $7.00 for ; or $12 00 per doz- 

 en. Same after July 1st, $1.00 each: $o.50 for 6; or 

 flO.OO per dozen. L,arger quantities, prices on applica- 

 tion. Postage stamps taken'for fractions of a dollar. 

 To be fair to every one, no selected tested queens are 

 offered. Every one has the same chance. The above 

 queens are bred from a careful selection of Italians 

 and Carniolans. Pure Italian and Carniolan queens 

 same price. Price of full coloni s on application. 

 Orders booked as received, and filled as quickly as 

 possible. Order early. Address 



R. F. Holtermann, 

 Bow Park Co., Limited, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. 



POR SAI.,E— Barnes combined saw, good as new. 

 * $20.00. D. P. Holt, Americus, Ga. 



Try a Sure Hatch Incubator. See adv't on page 163. 



Sections 



$1.50 



January 1 we commence making ex- 

 tensive improvements in our factory 

 and warehouse. The following regular 

 No. 2 sections are on hand, and we de- 

 sire to sell them before beginning the 

 improvements, as they will be in the 

 way. In order to sell them quickly, we 

 make the low price of 31.50 per 1000 in 

 any quantity. 



420M 4j<x4i4:xl 74 inches. 

 28M 4 i4:x4'^x2 inches 

 31M 4i4:x4>Jxl}g inches. 

 35M 4i<x4'Xx"-to-the-foot. 

 24M 4j<x4^xl% inches. 

 2M 4i<x4i/^x7-to-the-foot. 

 43M 4^x45^x7-to-the-foot. 

 25M 3f^x5xlJ4, no-bee way. 

 1(5 M 4x5x1 J4, no-beeway. 

 .52M 4%x4i4^xl^ no-beeway. 



m^ 



Page & Lyon M'f'g Co., 



LNew London, Wis. | 



1902 ITALIAN QUEENS. 



From imported and home-bred mothers, bv up- 

 up-to-date methods. Tested, 82.00 Untested, 

 $1 00 ; six, $.5.00 ; twelve, 1(9.00. Full colony. 

 $6.00 ; three-frame, $2.00: two-frame, $2..=i0: add 

 the price of queen. Discount on large orders. 

 Write for circular. 



Rufus Christian, 



Heldrim, Georgia. 



Queens by Mail To-Day, Safely! 



Abbott L,. Swinson, queen-specialist, will fill orders 

 for Breeders at $5.00; Tested Queens, $1.50; Untested, 

 'Warranted, $1.00 anv dav. Best Albino and Italian 

 stock. SWINSON & BOARDMAN. Box 358. Macon. Ga. 



