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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1 



California has had a light honey 

 crop this year, but here is an en- 

 couraging letter from a resident 

 of that State, in regard to the do- 

 ings of a colony having a queen 

 of the Superior Stock. 



Dos Mesas, Calif., June 26, 1902. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



Dear 6ir: — I enclose you the photo, of a hive taken 

 at tj:UO A. M being the only time of the day that the 

 sun shone directly upon it. The colony in this hive is 

 the development of a three-frame nucleus, in which 

 was placed the queen that you sent me last — -niner. 

 You maj' remember that slie was sent quite late m tne 

 season, as California seasons go. However, she raised 

 enough bees so that they filled ten frames full of hon- 

 ey for winter. On account of the good showing of this 

 queen last fall, I used her to breed from this season, 

 taking larvae from the combs, per the Alley method, 

 every five days. In spite of the loss in comb and bees, 

 and the interruption to the labors of the hive, I have 

 taken off 6t) well-finished sections. Please bear in 

 mind that this is a poor year, and most of my 145 big 

 hives have given me nothing. These bees are the 

 nicest bees to handle of anv I have ever seen. "While 

 I do not suppose that you intended to send me a select- 

 ed breeder, I am satisfied that this queen will compare 

 favorabU' with any queen owned by anybody. If this 

 will be of any aid to you in advertising .Superior Stock, 

 you are welcome to print it. 



Yours sincerely, H. N. Cross, M. D. 



My friend, for SI. 50 I can send you a queen reared 

 from the same strain as the queen possessed by Mr. 

 Cross. She will come from the same breeder, and be 

 reared in exactly the same manner. I will guarantee 

 safe arrival, safe introduction, purity of mating, and 

 entire satisfaction to the extent that the queen may be 

 returned any time within two years and the money 

 will be refunded, together with 50 cts. extra to pay for 

 trouble. 



Special Offer. — For $2.00 I will .send one queen, and 

 the Bee-Keepers' Review for one year. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Mich. 



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$I==-for The Pacific Bee Journal and QleaningS"=$l 



Here in California 



we need only one g'ood year to make a stake. 

 200 colonies in tlie fall can be bought for 

 $500, and often return S1500 in honey with 

 two months' work. Off seasons we have, 

 but where else in this wide world will an 

 apiary produce 400 lbs. honey to the colony? 



" A Term of Good Years Must Come Again." 



Pacific Bee Journal with Gleanings, 

 new or renewal, $1 a year. Address 



237 East Fourth St., 



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Los Angeles, Calif. 



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Queens! 



Buy them of H. G. Quirin, the largest queen- 

 breeder in the North. The A. I. Root Co. tells us 

 our stock is extra fine. Editor York, of the Ameri- 

 can Ree Journal, says he has good reports from our 

 stock from time to time, while J. I,. Gandy, of 

 Humboldt, Neb., has secured over -100 lbs. of honey 

 (mostlj-comb) from single colonies containing our 

 queens. We have files of testimonials similar to 

 the above. 



Our breeders originated from the highest-priced 

 long - tongued red - clover queens in the United 

 States. 



Fine queens, promptness, and square dealing 

 have built up our present business, which was es- 

 tablished in 1888. 



Price of Queens After July First. 



We guarantee safe arrival to any .State, conti- 

 nental island, or any European countrj-. Can fill 

 all orders promptly, as we expect to keep three to 

 five hundred queens on hand ahead of orders. 

 Special price on 50 or 100. Circular free. Send 

 all orders to 



Quirin the Queen=breeder, 



Post and Money-order Office, Parkertown, Ohio. 



GOOD FOR CUBA! 



The letter below, entirely unsolicited, 

 proves that the "Case" queens are Good 

 for Cuba. Mr. Frierson bought 100 or 

 more, last fall. 



Friend Case: — The queens all came in good order. 

 My bees, especially those I got from you, have supei- 

 seded very few queens. Only two swarmed, and thev 

 were very much exposed to the sun Notwithstandinij 

 the lo.ss i had last fall, which caused me to divide up 

 so late. I got a great deal more honey than my neigh- 

 bors, and extracted later in the season. And now 

 comes the pretty part : I have not fed a pound of sugar 

 this summer, while all my neighbors have been feed- 

 ing for .some time. I have many hives now with 40 

 lbs. of honey, while the dark (Italians) have none, 

 and I have to take frames of honey from your Italians 

 and give to the dark ones — Italians, the parties who 

 sold them called them. Call them what j'ou will, it is 

 very strange to me that they will starve while others 

 in the same j-ard have such an amount of surplus. I 

 want to get them strong early this season, then, if 

 they bring in the honey as they did last season. 



Ceiba Mocha, Cuba, Aug. 15. C. B. Frierson. 



The above queens were reared from same mother 

 and .same method I am now using. Except for num- 

 ber of queens tested it is a fair sample of a big lot of 

 testimonials. 



Prices of queens from my golden strain: One select 

 warranted, $1.00; six, 55.(J0. Fair average queen, 76c; 

 six, S4.00. Send for folder. 



J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Florida. 



Clover Queens==Two for $1.00, 



or 65 cts. each; tested, SI. 00 to close down soon. 

 Queens fine as silk. M. O. Office, Guernsey. 

 Q. Routzahn, Menallen, Pa. 



