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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Victor's Strain of Italian 

 Bees Awarded the Diploma 

 as Being the Best Bees 

 at the Pan=American. 



SURE A U OF A WARDS. 



PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION," 

 Buffalo, New York, U. S. A. 

 Februaiv 12, 1902. 

 Mr. M' O. Victor, IVharton. Texas. 



Deal Sir: — I have the honor to advise you 

 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. liershiser 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 smoker or any thing else to quiet the bees, 

 and I do not recollect that any one ever got a 

 sting from any of them." 



Of the bees I exhibited at the Pan-American, 

 he says : " The nucleus you sent for exhibition 

 and award was certainly very fine-looking 

 bees, and, in my opinion, they deserve the 

 award given them by the judges." 



Wants and Exchange. 



VLTANTED.— To sell 50 colonies bees, at $2.75 per col- 

 '^' ony; 5 or more, S2.50 ench; in home-made hives; 

 I mostly Hoffman frames; bees in good condition; a 

 bargain Gardiner I,. Ellis, MiHsboro, Del. 



Y^A^NTED. — To sell Rocky Ford cantaloupe seed. 

 I * ' Seed of these famous melons postpaid, 40 cts. per 

 I pound. Choice selected stock. 



H E. HAtiEN, Rocky Ford, Colorado. 



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

 I for 50. or S5.00 for lOO: from 93 to 95 scoring birds; 



cockerels raid pullets, $1 00 each; 75 cts. for one Golden 

 \ Italian queen, or $S 00 per dozen — after August 1st, 50c 

 I each or $5.00 per <lozen. 

 j Geo. W. Cook, Spring Hill, Kansas. 



VX AN TED — f'ee keepers to study our advertisement 

 ' niid testimonial of queens in April 1st Gleanings. 

 R F. HOLTERMANN, Manager Bee Department, 

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



\17ANTED.— 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, Wcst Groton, N. Y. 



WANTED. — To sell bees and queens. Also putty- 

 knife with iron handle and strong steel blade — 

 just the thing for prying and scraping about hives, 

 etc., 15c postpaid. O. H. Hyatt, Shenandoah, la. 



WANTED.— To sell 70 hives of bees, some nuclei, 

 ^' stands, and frames; good condition; many fix- 

 tures. Write quick. Chas. G. Miller, Cuero, Tex. 



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But Who is Mr. Hershiser ? 



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. 



I Am Filling Orders by Return Mail from 

 This Superior Stock at Following Prices : 



Untested queens: 1, $1.00; (i, 5.5.OO. Select un- 

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

 1, $1.50; (i, $8.00. Select tested queens: 1, $2.00; 

 6, $11.00. Breeders, $3.00 to $7 00. See circular 

 for specifications. 



W. 0. VICTOR, Wharton, Tex. 



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ANTED.— Prices on comb and extracted honey, 

 and sorghum. L,. R. Bidwell, Watonga, O. T. 



WANTED.— To sell 35 colonies of bees with hives, 

 ^^ fixtures, etc.. 10-frame I,, size, all in flrst-class 

 condition, in the best basswood and white-clover sec- 

 tion of Wisconsin, or would rent to reliable party. 



W. H. IvONGSDORF, Porcupine, Wis. 



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

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

 AI.S0 elegant exhibition 12-lb. no-drip honey-cases for 

 plain Danz. and 4%X45^ sections; made for Pan-Amer- 

 ican. For prices, etc., address Orel I,. Hershiser, 

 301 Huntington Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 



V^ ANTED. — To exchange American Eclipse evaporat- 

 '' or— contains 78 reversible trays, 7 square feet 

 each —for bees or offers, or will sell cheap for cash. 

 Also want location for bee-yard in the buckwheat di.s- 

 trict, either West Virginia, Pennsylvania, or Maryland. 

 Reinhard Stehle, Marietta, Ohio. 



WANTED.— To sell flash-light photos taken down a 

 ' ' coal mine, size 4x5, 10c each, unmounted; or two 

 below and one on top — the three for 25c. 



ly. Burr, Braceville, 111. 



\117 ANTED. — A buyer for a quantity of honey-cans 

 ' ' that have been used once. Write for particulars 

 to Iv. C. Woodman, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



\VANTED. — To exchange untested Italian queens 

 • ' from imported stock for Dadant uncapping-can. 

 Write flrst. L,. B. Smith, I,onieta, Texas. 



WANTED. — Buyer for two choice lots near depot 

 and schools, $15 each or two for $25. 



C. G. Adams, Sorrento, F^la. 



WANTED. — To sell a number of hives and frames, 

 full of comb, on wire, built on foundation, all in 

 L,angstroth size, and in good order, also Barnes foot- 

 power saw, etc. Reason for selling, have quit the bee- 

 bu.siness. Address for information, 



Jake Everman, North Middletown, Ky. 



WANTED. — To sell June and July eggs from pure B. 

 P. Rocks at two sittings for $1.00. Order direct. 

 G. M. Ranum, Perry, Wis. 



WANTED.— To sell a new Taber rotary pump. No. 3, 

 '' 2-in. suction and discharge; cost $50.00; will take 

 $20.00. J. Q. MuLFORD, L,ebanon, Ohio. 



To make cows pay, use Sharpies Cream Separators, 

 book " Business Dairying " & cat. 288 free. W. Chester, Pa. 



