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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



June 1 



Advaoced-^ 



Bee C\ilt\ire ^ ^ ^ 



Is a book of nearly lOO pages 

 (the size of the Review) that I 

 wrote and published in 1891; and 

 I will tell you how I gathered the 

 information that it contains. 



For 15 3'ears I was a practical bee-keep- 

 er, producing^ tons of both comb and ex- 

 tracted honey; rearing- and selling- thou- 

 sands of queens, reading- all of the bee 

 books and journals, attending- conventions 

 and fairs, visiting- bee-keepers, etc., etc. 

 Then I beg-an publishing the Review\ and, 

 for several years, each issue was devoted 

 to the discussion of some special topic, the 

 best bee-keepers of the country giving- their 

 views and experience. Advanced Bee 

 Culture is really the summing- up of these 

 first few years of special-topic numbers of 

 the Review; that is, from a most careful ex- 

 amination of the views of the most prog-ress- 

 ive men, and a thoroug-h consideration of 

 the same in the light of my experience as a 

 bee-keeper, I have described in plain and 

 simple language what I believe to be the 

 most advanced methods of managing an 

 apiary, for profit, from the beginning of 

 the season through the entire year. 



A new and revised edition, which in- 

 cludes the improvements of the past ten 

 years, will be out June 1st. It will be as 

 handsome a little book as ever was printed. 

 The paper is heavy extra machine-finish- 

 ed white book, and there will be several 

 colored plates printed on heavj^ enameled 

 paper. For instance, the one showing a 

 comb badly afi'ected with foul brood will be 

 printed in almost the exact color of an old 

 comb. The cover will be enameled azure, 

 printed in three colors. 



Price of the book, 50 cts. The Review 

 for 1902, and the book for only $1.25. You 

 can send in j'our order now, and the back 

 numbers of the Review for this year will be 

 sent at once, and, as soon as the book is 

 out, a copy will be mailed you. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Michigan. 



Business Bees! 



Are the kind you want for honey. We have them in 

 ovir select five-band strain. J. F. Aitkins. Reno, Nev., 

 has been buying several dozen queens a year — last 

 year 180; have his order for 100 in April. F I,. Crav- 

 craft, Havana, Cuba, bought about 200 in fall of 1900; 

 also 100 last April; has placed his order for 100. These 

 men are large honey- producers. They ktiov7 what 

 they are about. We are better prepared than ever to 

 handle orders. Prices: Untested queens, $1.00; dozen, 

 89.00; after May 1st, $8.00; tested, $1..50; select, S2.00. 

 Send for circular. J, B. Case, Port Orange, Fla. 



VANDE VORD rears Golden queens from the best 

 honey strains ; untested (from an extra choice Doo- 

 little breeder) 75c, or 3 for |2.00; tested, |1.2.5 each. 

 Geo. J. Vande Vord, Daytona, Fla. 



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HONEY QUEENS FROM TEXAS. 



I can furnish queens of 6 different races, all bred in 

 their purity in separate yards from (i to 25 miles apart. 

 Untested queens, 75 cts. to $1.00 each. Tested queens 

 of either race, SI. 50 to |3.00 each. Breeders, |3.50 to $5 

 each. Bees by the pound, and 1, 2, and % frame nuclei 

 a specialty. Prices cheap. Quoted on application. 

 Price list free. Will Atchley, Box79,Beeville, Bee Co.. Tex. 



Italian Queens in the State of Washington 



Untested, 75c.; tested, |1.25. I raise all my queens by 

 the swarming method. Had many years' experience 

 You can't get better queens. Produce good workei s. 

 Robert Mirring, Dryad, Lewis County, Washington. 



DARQAIN.— One 12-inch and one 6-inch Root foun- 

 *-* dation-mill in good order. Will do fine work. 

 The first one who sends me S15 gets them both. 



WiLBER G. Fish, M. D., I,udlowville, N. Y. 



