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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



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Victor's Strain of Italian 

 Bees Awarded the Diploma 

 as Being the Best Bees 

 at the Pan=Anierican. 



BUREA U OF A IVARDS. 



PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, \ 

 Buffalo, New York. U. S. A. - 

 Februaiy 12, 1902. J 

 Ml . IV. O. Victor, IVhar/on, Texas. 



Dear Sir. — I have the honor to advise yon 

 that a Diploma of Honorable Mention has been 

 awarded to you for your exhibit of Italian bees 

 at this Exposition. 



Very respectfully, Wm. I. Buchanan, 

 Director-General. 



Orel L. Hershiser Bought of Me an 

 Untested Queen. This is what 

 He Says of Her Colony : 



"They are very industrious, characteristical- 

 ly marked, and extremely gentle. It was a 

 daily experience, and repeated many times 

 daily, to go into the inclosure with interested 

 visitors, at the Exposition, open the hive, full 

 to overflowing with beautiful bees, the prog- 

 eny of the queen you sent me, and handle 

 them in the various manipulations of hunting 

 out the queen ; shaking the bees from the 

 comb, as is done in extracting, showing the 

 brood in all stages, etc., all without the use of 

 a s:noker or any thing else to quiet the bees, 

 and I do not recollect that any one ever got a 

 sting from any of thein." 



Of the bees I exhibited at the Pan-American, 

 he says : " The nucleus j'ou sent for exhibition 

 and award was certainly very fine-looking 

 bees, and, in my opinion, they deserve the 

 award g^ven them by the judges." 



But Who is Mr. Hershisen? 



See Gleanings of date of Feb'y 1, 1902. page 

 97. Send in your orders for queens, and in a 

 short time, as Mr. Hershiser and hundreds of 

 others are now doing, you, too, will be singing 

 the praises of "Victor's Bees." Price lists on 

 application. 



1 Am Filling Orders by Return Mail from 

 This Superior Stock at Following Prices : 



Untested queens: 1, $1.00; fi, $5.00. Select un- 

 tested queens: 1, $1.25; 6, $6.00. Tested queens: 

 1, $1.50; 6, $S.OO. Select tested queens: 1, $2.00; 

 0, $11.00. Breeders, $3.00 to $7 00. See circular 

 for specifications. 



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W. 0. VICTOR, Wharton, Tex. 



^ Queen Specialist. 



Wants and Exchange. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at 10 cts. per line. 

 You must SAY you want your adv't in this department, or we 

 will not be responsible for any error. You can have the no- 

 tice as many lines as you please ; but all over ten lines will 

 cost you according to our regular rates. We can not be re- 

 sponsible for dissatisfaction arising from these " swaps." 



Y^ ANTED. — To exchange Dadant uncapping-cans, 

 '" Root's No. 5 extractor, and other supplies, for 

 honey or wax. O. H. Hyatt, Shenandoah, Iowa. 



\1/ ANTED. —Comb honey in Danzenbaker sections in 

 '' exchange for supplies, or will pay cash. We pre- 

 fer large lots of white honey, but c^n use .some amber 

 in this size. The A. I.Rooi Co., Medina, Ohio. 



Yl^ANTED.— To sell Rocky Ford cantaloupe seed. 

 ' ' Seed of these fainous melons postpaid, 40 cts. per 

 pound. Choice selected stock 



H. F. Hagen, Rocky Ford, Colorado. 



\V ANTED.— To know who has 200 colonies of bees to 

 ' ' sell cheap ; also what young man would like to 

 serve an apprenticeship with Quirin the queen-breed- 

 er. H. G. Quirin, Parkertown, O. 



Vl^ANTED.— To exchange New Cumberland black- 

 "' raspberry plants (Cuthbert), Fay's Currants, 

 blackberry (Snyder, Taylor, Western Triumph), for 

 beeswax at 30c per lb., or cash. Wanted, old comb and 

 slumguni. A. P. 1,awrence, Hickory Corners, Mich. 



\17ANTED.— To sell 500 brood-combs, just a little 

 '^' larger than the Hoffman frame, at $8.00 per ICO, 

 f. o. b. at Petoskey. R. B. Oldt, Epsilon, Mich. 



WANTED.— One dollar for 15 W. P. Rock eggs; 83.00 

 for 50, or $.5.00 for 100; from 93 to 95 scoring birds; 

 cockrels and pullets, $1.00 each; 75 cts. for one Golden 

 Italian queen, or $8.00 per dozen — after August 1st, 50c 

 each or $5.00 per dozen. 



Geo. W. Cook, Spring Hill, Kansas. 



WANTED. — Beekeepers to study our adverti.sement 

 and testimonial of queens in April 1st Gleanings. 

 R. F. Holtermann, Manager Bee Department, 

 Bow Park Co., L,imited, Brantford, Canada. 



WANTED. — To exchange a Belgian rifle for offers. 

 R. J. Cary, R. F. D. No. 42, Norwalk, Conn. 



AVANTED. — To exchange the vmbound volumes of 

 '' Gleanings from 1882 to 1901, for books or any 

 thing of value. J. F. Nieman, Woodville, Ohio. 



WANTED. — Position, by a young man of 21, to as.sist 

 in apiary; have had some experience with bees 

 and factory work; temperate habits; good reference. 

 John Tite, Robinson, Quebec, Canada. 



WANTED. — Some one to move into this vicinity and 

 take 12 or 15 colonies of bees on shares. Bees are 

 in Dovetailed hives, and in good condition. Or will 

 sell. Write quick to H. J. Schrock, Goshen, Ind. 



WANTED. — To sell for cash, 5-gal. square tin cans, 

 used for honey, at about half price of new cans. 

 Also elegant exhibition 12-lb. no-drip honej'-cases for 

 plain Danz. and ■i'%Xi% sections; made for Pan-Amer- 

 ican. For prices and particulars address 



Orel I,. Hershiser, 

 301 Huntington Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 



WANTED.— Second-hand or knocked -down hives. 

 Describe them, with price. Also want a man 

 who knows how to handle bees a little. 



W. I,. CoGGSHALL, West Groton, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To sell in May and June, three I<. frame 

 nucleus with good queen, free from disease. Ital- 

 ian bees. C. S. Younki.v, Confluence, ,Som. Co., Pa. 



WANTED.— Correspondence with person desiring 

 apiary of 38 colonies, and all up to date appli- 

 ances for conducting same. A bargain for cash. 



Evans E. Ewing. Rising Sun, Maryland. 



WANTED. — Beeswax, typewriter, and wheel-hoe and 

 drill. Send for long list of articles to select from 

 in exchange. F. H. McFarland, Hj'de Park, Vt. 



WANTED. — To exchange brood foundation for bees- 

 wax or offers. Fred W. Buttery, 



R. F. D. 43, Norwalk, Conn. 



