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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 15 



QUEENS, QUEENS 



Old Standbys.— The A. I. Root Co., to whom we 

 ha^e sold queens for many years, wrote ns last May, 

 thus: "Are you running low on queens? We hope 

 not, as you seem to be our standbys. Send us 24 per 

 week in'st< ad of 12, till further ordeis." 



Beat Any Thing He ever Saw, -The Cyprian queens 

 you stnt lie last year beat nu\ thing I ever saw rear- 

 ing bn od and fiTuig their hives with honey —J. Nitl- 

 son, Huntington, Utah, Sept. 4, 1001. 



Is Great.— The nucleus you sent me last fall is great 



— the fi est queen that ever crossi d the plains. 

 Please du licatc her this time. Mr. Joidan says the 

 nucleus you sent him cast two fine swarms.— G. R. 

 Warren, hruitvale, Cal.. May 12, liiOl. 



$50 Queens.- My nice queen that you sent me, and 

 J put in a hive with a handful of bees on the tjth d-iy 

 of^last Juu' , has now nearlv filled her 30-lb. super for 

 the third time. No man's J50 i bill could lake her. 

 Please send nie another one like her a« soon as possi- 

 ble, a d keep a dozen ready for me like her for the 

 20th of April next, aid I wi)l make vou a nice present. 



- M. Brown, Statii n A, Little Rock, Ark. 



We breed Italians, Cyprians, Holylands. Carniolans, 

 and Albinos, in sepaiate yaids, .5 to 2ii miles apart. 

 Prompt seivice. Sale arrival gi aranteed. Pees by 

 the poiint, nucleus, full colony, or by the carload. 



Prices : Tested, $1 ;50 each : S8 00 for six ; $15 00 per 

 dozen. Untested. February, March, April, May, $1.00 

 lach: $5.00 for six: $!t.00 per dozen' Fine breeders, 

 $j.00 each. Send for • ur catalog, free by mail: tells 

 how to rear queens nd how lo keep bee- for profit. 



Agents for Dadant's F'oundation and Gleanings. 

 Premiums given. Don't fail to get onr printed niatter. 

 It's ALL free. Bee-supplies of all kinds. 



The Jennie Atchley Co., Beeville, Tex. 



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Shugart & Ouren, Council Bluffs, la. 



Cha-. Spangler, Kentland, Ind. 



Krelchmer Mfg. Co., Box 60, Red Oak, la. 



BINGHAM SMOKER. 



Dear Sir:— Inclosed find $1.75. Ple,-\se 

 send one brass tmoke-eiigine. I h.ive 

 one already. It is the best smoker I 

 ever used. Trulvyonr';, 



Henkt Schmidt, Hutto, Tex. 



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Bing ham Brass Smokers. 



M.^de of sheet br.nss, which does not rust or burn out; should last 

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 same .size. The little open cut shows our brass hinge put on the 

 three larger sizes. No wonder Bingham's four-inch smokc-eiigine 

 goes without pufifing, and does not drop inky drops. The pei torat- 

 ed steel fir. -grate has 3S1 holes to air the fui-l and support the fire. 

 Heavy tin smoke-engine, 4-inch stove, per mail, $150; 354-iiich, 

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 the originals, and have all the improvenienLs, and have b=en the 

 standard of excellence for 23 years. Only three larger ones brass. 



T. F. Bingham, Farwell, Michigan. 



